The biosynthetic pathway of the anticancer alkaloid noscapine has been identified

From Poppies to Noscapine

Magnetizing Diagnostics
Magnetic Gram staining allows for the class-specific, automated, magnetic detection and separation of bacteria

Diaminophospholipids Make Stress Useful
Vesicles made from artificial 1,3-diaminophospholipids represent a new shear-stress-based drug delivery system

Society Journals Leading the Pack
Comparing the 2011 ISI Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals

15th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC 2012)
Large international conference focussed on most recent progress in catalysis research and development

Fishing for Vitamins with Magnets
Zinc(II)–cyclen complexes immobilized on magnetic nanobeads allow quantitative reversible extraction of riboflavin

Desaturating Enzyme Mimic
US chemists have developed a laboratory analog of desaturase enzymes used to activate alkanes by converting them to free alkenes

Angewandte Author Profiles July 2012
Akio Baba, Vladimir Gevorgyan, Frank Würthner, and Bert Weckhuysen are interviewed this month

Ernesto Fattorusso (1937 – 2012)
Professor Ernesto Fattorusso, University of Naples, Italy, passed away on July 7, 2012

2011 Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe Journals
2011 ISI Impact Factors: 100 % of journals in multidisciplinary category amongst top 20 journals