December 2018 December 13: Emeritus Professor Leon Gortler publishes “Private Philanthropy and Basic Research in Mid-Twentieth Century America: The Hickrill Chemical Research Foundation” in the Ambix Journal. November 2018 November 26: Professor Maria Contel publishes “How the Horváth paradigm, Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis, affected oxidation chemistry: Successes, challenges, and a sustainable future” in Coordination Chemistry Reviews November 15: Congratulations to Professor Maria Contel, the recipient of the Don Quijote Leadership Award for outstanding work in the field of medicinal science and dedication to the Latin@ community. November 12: Professor Emilio Gallicchio publishes “Analytic Model of the Free Energy of Alchemical Molecular Binding” in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. November 1: This month, the department’s Career Blog features Dr. Monica Carreira, a freelance scientific editor. Learn about her journey from laboratory science to publishing, and find out about the opportunities for those who love science and want to make a career out of reading and presenting it. October 2018 October 23: Professor Maria Contel publishes “Bimetallic titanocene-gold phosphane complexes inhibit invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis-associated signaling molecules in renal cancer” in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. October 21: Professor Mariana Torrente publishes “The impact of histone post-translational modifications in neurodegenerative diseases” in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Molecular Basis of Disease. October 19: Professor Guillermo Gerona-Navarro publishes “A Solid Phase Approach to Accessing Bisthioether Stapled Peptides Resulting in a Potent Inhibitor of PRC2 Catalytic Activity” in Angewandte Chemie. October 19: Professor Mariana Torrente publishes “Epigenetics in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Role for Histone Post Translational Modifications in Neurodegenerative Disease” in Translational Research. October 10: Congratulations to Professor Brian Gibney who has been named Fellow of the American Chemical Society. September 2018 September 4: Professor Aneta Mieszawska publishes “Tripeptide-Stabilized Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsion of an Oleic Acids−Platinum(II) Conjugate as an Anticancer Nanomedicine” in Bioconjugate Chemistry. September 3: This month, the department’s Career Blog features Dr. Shaun MacMahon, Branch Chief of the Chemicals Contaminants Branch at the Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
