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» A Happy Glucose Holiday Season - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. A Happy Glucose Holiday Season. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : December 4, 2012. A capella singing group. Clay Clark – @biochemprof. If you don’t believe in pathways, you might want to listen. Each year in his biochemistry class, Dr. Jim Knopp sings “the glucose song.” This year, he had special visitors from Ladies in Red. An all-female a cappella group associated with the Music Department. To see the lyrics:. To be sung to the tune of Grandma got run over by a reindeer.
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» Ebola Virus VP40 -A protein straight out of “transformers” - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Ebola Virus VP40 -A protein straight out of transformers. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : October 10, 2014. This little guy may have inflicted Ebolavirus on humanity. Source: http:/ www.inaturalist.org/observations/358322. Starting with what was known about Ebolavirus and its VP40 protein, this group made several mutants of VP40 and used x-ray crystallography structural analysis to confirm the hypothesis about VP40 conformational changes. VP40 hexamer structure. Notic...
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» Using zebrafish to find human cancer drugs - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Using zebrafish to find human cancer drugs. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : April 2, 2012. Clay Clark – @biochemprof. My lab in the Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry. And Dr. Jeff Yoder. In the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences. At NC State University applied for an award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at NCSU. The other two finalists in the Faculty category are Ignazio Carbone. This was an interesting process because ...
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» The traveling biochemist: Cell death in Barga, Italy - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. The traveling biochemist: Cell death in Barga, Italy. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : September 3, 2012. A few weeks ago I attended my first Gordon Conference on Cell Death in Barga, Italy with my PI, Clay Clark. And traversed Italy dodging Italian drivers who have no regard for lanes or speed limits. It is actually a pretty fun experience to drive in Italia! The conference began that evening with two excellent keynote addresses presented by Martin Raff. How all of these ...
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» Apps for the academic: Checking in with the iPad - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Apps for the academic: Checking in with the iPad. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : November 1, 2012. Clay Clark – @biochemprof. I also note that I don’t have an iPhone, so my apps are not optimized for use with both devices. Here I define productivity as apps that augment my work activities or apps that allow me to sync activities with my desktop computer. 8211; A very nice app for annotating pdf files, with lots of bells-and-whistles. I use this program to sign contra...
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» Beauty isn’t the only thing skin deep: A story of love, betrayal and MRSA - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Beauty isn’t the only thing skin deep: A story of love, betrayal and MRSA. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : August 5, 2014. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacteria you have probably read about skimming through the paper while you drink your morning coffee. Who am I kidding? That oral treatment of recombinant protein can be effective. The downside is that the stability of the protein is limited, and it can be degraded after ingestion. One wa...Speci...
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» Survivin: You wouldn’t be alive without it - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Survivin: You wouldn’t be alive without it. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : October 2, 2014. Enzymes perform numerous tasks in order to contribute to the global goal of organism survival. One such enzyme is Survivin. Survivin wears many hats within the cell and is a vital part of cellular homeostasis. Here I will introduce you to two of the main processes Survivin regulates. Fig 1 Structure of Survivin. Fig 2 Survivin variants and apoptosis. DOI: http:/ dx.doi.org...I'm a...
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» Protein Journal Club - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Cooking Up Membrane Proteins with BAM! Gatzeva-topalova, P. Z., Warner, L. R., Pardi, A. and Sousa, M. C. Structure and Flexibility of the Complete Periplasmic Domain of BamA : The Protein. Effects of CURT1 on Grana Stacking. Plants, cyanobacteria, and green algae rely on photosynthesis for energy and sugar production. Chloroplast, the organelle where photosynthesis occurs,. Influenza Virus Matrix Protein Is the Major. Plants, 3D printing and a recycling bin. Influenza...
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» Free energy in the woods - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Free energy in the woods. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : October 22, 2012. Clay Clark – @biochemprof. The Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics recently held its 26th annual meeting in Carbondale, IL. The Gibbs conference began in 1986 with a meeting to discuss the discipline of thermodynamics in biological systems. How does one apply the rigorous techniques utilized in thermodynamic studies to biological systems? As described by Ackers and Bolen (1). The goal was to mov...
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» Learning to speak IT - Biochem Blogs
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Biochemistry blog, science writing. Learning to speak IT. Posted by : Clay Clark. On : December 18, 2012. Clay Clark – @biochemprof. Name redacted] got in touch with me and mentioned you were interested in how the rate for data network works. The specific formula for allocating data networking expenses is based on salary expenditures. Subtracted by the same ratio as appropriated salaries for your OUC as a percent of the overall appropriated salaries for the University. Lastly, for units paying an adm...
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