chemistry@nature contents: 22 July 2011

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For more information and to register, visit: www.nature.com/natureconferences/nchembio2011   Primary Research top  Chemistry@nature JOBS of the week PhD Studentship in Biomaterials Modelling University of Warwick, Department of Chemistry Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL Fully Funded Studentship: Understanding the Formation and Stability of Pharmaceutical Solvates University of East Anglia Norwich, United Kingdom Colloidal Nanorod Synthesis and Assembly for Solar Cells University of Limerick University of Limerick W2-Professorship for Terrestrial Ecology Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Jena, Germany Bioinformatics Analyst: The Genomics of Non-coding Nucleic Acid Structures in Cancer University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK More Science jobs from Chemistry@nature EVENT VI Latinoamerican Congress on Biology, Physics and Chemistry of Environment 10 - 15 October 2011 Peru More science events from Collective synthesis of natural products by means of organocascade catalysis Spencer B. Jones et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10232 Abstract Bright and stable near-infrared fluorescent protein for in vivo imaging Grigory S Filonov et al. Nature Biotechnology doi:10.1038/nbt.1918 Abstract A chemical probe selectively inhibits G9a and GLP methyltransferase activity in cells Masoud Vedadi et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.599 Abstract An orthosteric inhibitor of the Ras-Sos interaction Anupam Patgiri, Kamlesh K Yadav, Paramjit S Arora & Dafna Bar-Sagi Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.612 Abstract Chemical genetics identify eIF2α kinase heme-regulated inhibitor as an anticancer target Ting Chen et al. Nature Chemical Biology 10.1038/nchembio.613 Abstract Serendipitous alkylation of a Plk1 ligand uncovers a new binding channel Fa Liu et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.614 Abstract Tirandamycin biosynthesis is mediated by co-dependent oxidative enzymes Jacob C. Carlson et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1087 Abstract Programmable molecular recognition based on the geometry of DNA nanostructures Sungwook Woo & Paul W. K. Rothemund Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1070 Abstract Efficient enzyme-free copying of all four nucleobases templated by immobilized RNA Christopher Deck, Mario Jauker & Clemens Richert Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1086 Abstract Face-selective electrostatic control of hydrothermal zinc oxide nanowire synthesis Jaebum Joo et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3069 Abstract Maltodextrin-based imaging probes detect bacteria in vivo with high sensitivity and specificity Xinghai Ning et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3074 Abstract Kinetics of non-equilibrium lithium incorporation in LiFePO4 Rahul Malik, Fei Zhou & G. Ceder Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3065 Abstract DNA-based programming of quantum dot valency, self-assembly and luminescence Tikhomirov, G. et al. Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.100 Abstract   Protocols top  Synthesis of magnetic resonance-, X-ray- and ultrasound-visible alginate microcapsules for immunoisolation and noninvasive imaging of cellular therapeutics Brad P Barnett et al. Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.352 Abstract Selecting protein N-terminal peptides by combined fractional diagonal chromatography An Staes et al. Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.355 Abstract   Review top  Aptamers for allosteric regulation Jan L Vinkenborg, Nora Karnowski & Michael Famulok Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.609 Abstract   Blog Entries from The Sceptical Chymist top  Element of the month: Selenium stories It was while making sulfuric acid that Jons Jacob Berzelius – 'the father of Swedish chemistry' – noticed a red residue which he first took for tellurium, as Russell Boyd from Dalhousie University notes in this month's 'in your element' article. Read Now Reactions – Pance Naumov Pance Naumov is at the Department of Material and Life Science at Osaka University, Japan, holds a position from the external staff of Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Macedonia, works on solid-state chemistry and photochemistry, and is particularly interested in unstable and "exotic" molecular species. Read Now Speaking Frankly: Critically acclaimed “If we charged a dollar per mistake, I'd be a lot richer after this presentation.” This was my advisor's comment after my first group meeting presentation in graduate school. This did not instill confidence, but… Read Now Reactions – Wilhelm Huck Wilhelm Huck is at the Institute for Molecules and Materials at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and works on picoliter droplets that can be used as artificial cells to study the influence that the crowded environment commonly found in living cells has on the 'chemistry of life'. 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