Europe’s largest science and business congress on Chemical Engineering and Applied Biotechnology was held in Den Haag
9th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE)
Long Wavelength Fluorescein Analogues
Modification of fluorescene leads to analogues with better photo-physical characteristics
Lactimidomycin – No Effect on Cell Motility but Still Cytotoxic
Synthesis and biological re-evaluation of the cytotoxic effects of Lactimidomycin and its progeny in cancer cells
Novel Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer
A non-canonical metabolism of the amino acid glutamine sustains pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma’s growth
Most Accessed Articles: March 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2013
Novel Anti-influenza Drugs
Difluorosialic derivatives are a novel class of anti-influenza medicaments acting against drug-resistant viral strains
Threaded through a Pore
Single-molecule detection of hydroxymethylcytosine in DNA by threading DNA through a membrane-embedded protein pore
Student Mobility Awards Presented
Five young chemical engineers have been granted a Student Mobility Award from the European Federation of Chemical Engineering
Allergic to Animal Tests?
BASF and Promega develop an alternative method to identify allergenic substances
Arsenic in Rice
Global pattern in rice As speciation, the factors causing the variation, and origin and transport mechanisms of methylated As