chemistry@nature contents: 30 September 2011

Bringing you the latest and best in chemistry news and research from Nature Publishing Group For more information, see each journal's latest table of contents: Nature Nature Biotechnology Nature Chemical Biology Nature Chemistry Nature Materials Nature Methods Nature Nanotechnology Nature Protocols Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 30 September 2011 Primary Research Protocols Review Blog Entries from The Sceptical Chymist Get published in Polymer Journal - a premier macromolecular science journal Polymer Journal offers: Quick and easy online submission Fast turnaround - from submission to the first decision in 30 working days on average Exposure to the widest possible readership Review the Benefits to Authors and submit your next paper today!   Primary Research top  Chemistry@nature JOBS of the week Post-Doc Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg Schiltigheim, FR Analysis of Promiscuous Enzymes Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) Nymegen, NL Phd Position on Material Science and Engineering, Biomedical science Department of Material Science and Engineering, Lobat Tayebi Tulsa, US PhD position University of Münster Münster, DE Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Checkpoint Signalling in Cancer Formation and Therapy The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research Glasgow, GB More Science jobs from Chemistry@nature EVENT The 3rd Maghreb Conference on Desalination and Water Treatment 18.-22.12.11 Hammamet, Tunisia More science events from Small molecule inhibitors reveal Niemann-Pick C1 is essential for Ebola virus infection Marceline Cote et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10380 Abstract Antibiotic resistance is ancient Vanessa M. D'Costa et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10388 Abstract Antidiabetic actions of a non-agonist PPARγ ligand blocking Cdk5-mediated phosphorylation Jang Hyun Choi et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10383 Abstract Metabolomics annotates ABHD3 as a physiologic regulator of medium-chain phospholipids Jonathan Z Long et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.659 Abstract A natural prodrug activation mechanism in nonribosomal peptide synthesis Daniela Reimer, Klaas M Pos, Marco Thines, Peter Grun & Helge B Bode Nature Chemical Biology 10.1038/nchembio.688 Abstract Chemical inhibitors of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases in Arabidopsis thaliana Cyrille Y Botte et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.658 Abstract (R)-Profens are substrate-selective inhibitors of endocannabinoid oxygenation by COX-2 Kelsey C Duggan et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.663 Abstract Affinity-based proteomics reveal cancer-specific networks coordinated by Hsp90 Kamalika Moulick et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.670 Abstract A chemical-genetic screen reveals a mechanism of resistance to PI3K inhibitors in cancer Markus K Muellner et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.695 Abstract On-resin N-methylation of cyclic peptides for discovery of orally bioavailable scaffolds Tina R White et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.664 Abstract Ligand discovery from a dopamine D3 receptor homology model and crystal structure Jens Carlsson et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.662 Abstract RF1 knockout allows ribosomal incorporation of unnatural amino acids at multiple sites David B F Johnson et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.657 Abstract Enantioselective preparation and chemoselective cross-coupling of 1,1-diboron compounds Jack Chang Hung Lee, Robert McDonald & Dennis G. Hall Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1150 Abstract A sequence-specific threading tetra-intercalator with an extremely slow dissociation rate constant Garen G. Holman, Maha Zewail-Foote, Amy Rhoden Smith, Kenneth A. Johnson & Brent L. Iverson Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1151 Abstract Ultrafast energy flow in the wake of solution-phase bimolecular reactions David R. Glowacki et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1154 Abstract Chiral information harvesting in dendritic metallopeptides Naoki Ousaka, Yuki Takeyama, Hiroki Iida & Eiji Yashima Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1146 Abstract Catalytic activity in individual cracking catalyst particles imaged throughout different life stages by selective staining Inge L. C. Buurmans et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1148 Abstract Turning aluminium into a noble-metal-like catalyst for low-temperature activation of molecular hydrogen Irinder S. Chopra, Santanu Chaudhuri, Jean Francois Veyan & Yves J. Chabal Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3123 Abstract Differential stress induced by thiol adsorption on facetted nanocrystals Moyu Watari et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3124 Abstract Colloidal-quantum-dot photovoltaics using atomic-ligand passivation Jiang Tang et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3118 Abstract Probing protein heterogeneity in the plasma membrane using PALM and pair correlation analysis Prabuddha Sengupta et al. Nature Methods doi:10.1038/nmeth.1704 Abstract Unity quantum yield of photogenerated charges and band-like transport in quantum-dot solids Talgorn, E. et al. Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.159 Abstract   Protocols top  3D maps of RNA interhelical junctions Maximillian H Bailor, Anthony M Mustoe, Charles L Brooks III & Hashim M Al-Hashimi Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.385 Abstract Synthesis of functionalized amphiphilic polymers for coating quantum dots Dominik Janczewski, Nikodem Tomczak, Ming-Yong Han & G Julius Vancso Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.381 Abstract Identifying and quantifying proteolytic events and the natural N terminome by terminal amine isotopic labeling of substrates Oded Kleifeld et al. Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.382 Abstract Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin Danielle N Rockwood et al. Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2011.379 Abstract   Review top  Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting Gregory D. Scholes, Graham R. Fleming, Alexandra Olaya-Castro & Rienk van Grondelle Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1145 Abstract Development of subtype-selective oestrogen receptor-based therapeutics Stefan Nilsson, Konrad F. Koehler & Jan-Ake Gustafsson Nature Reviews Drug Discovery doi:10.1038/nrd3551 Abstract   Blog Entries from The Sceptical Chymist top  Blogroll: Angry chemists Funding woes spark indignation and ire, but excellence sparks inspiration. Read Now Reactions - David Lemal David Lemal is at the Department of Chemistry at Dartmouth College and works on the synthesis and chemistry of unusual organic species - both stable and short-lived - and in the mechanism of organic reactions. Read Now Speaking Frankly: Changing childbirth policies Today's post enables me to expand upon a recent letter I co-authored (sub req'') in Science entitled 'Hope for graduate school childbirth policies. 'We are incredibly grateful for the journal's support in highlighting this important topic. 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