Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 51, Issue 10, October 2007

Reduction of Streptococcus mutans Adherence and Dental Biofilm Formation by Surface Treatment with Phosphorylated Polyethylene Glycol
p. 3634-3641
Akira Shimotoyodome, Takashi Koudate, Hisataka Kobayashi, Junji Nakamura, Ichiro Tokimitsu, Tadashi Hase, Takashi Inoue, Takashi Matsukubo, and Yoshinori Takaesu

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 51, Issue 10, October 2007

Correlation of the MIC and Dose/MIC Ratio of Fluconazole to the Therapeutic Response of Patients with Mucosal Candidiasis and Candidemia
p. 3599-3604

Juan L. Rodríguez-Tudela, Benito Almirante, Dolors Rodríguez-Pardo, Fernando Laguna, J. Peter Donnelly, Johan W. Mouton, Albert Pahissa, and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella

Nature Reviews Microbiology. Volume 5, August 2007

Bacterial Physiology, Stuck on you...
(p. 571)
O'Connell, David

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Volume 208, Issue 18, Sep 2007

New Polyester-Based Terpyridine Macroligands and their Blue Iron(II) Complexes
(p 1956-1964)
Andreas Winter, Ulrich S. Schubert

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Volume 45, Issue 21, Nov 2007

Preparation of nanoparticles of double-hydrophilic PEO-PHEMA block copolymers by AGET ATRP in inverse miniemulsion (p 4764-4772)
Jung Kwon Oh,, Hongchen Dong, Rui Zhang, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Helmut Schlaad

Surface interaction of well-defined, concentrated poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) brushes with proteins (p 4795-4803)
Chiaki Yoshikawa, Atsushi Goto, Yoshinobu Tsujii, Norio Ishizuka, Kazuki Nakanishi, Takeshi Fukuda

Synthesis of ABCD-type miktoarm star copolymers and transformation into zwitterionic star copolymers (p 4818-4828)
Xiaojun Wang, Junpo He, Yuliang Yang

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Volume 45, Issue 20, Oct 2007

Radical copolymerization of alkyl 2-norbornene-2-carboxylate with alkyl acrylates: Facile incorporation of norbornane framework into poly(alkyl acrylate)s (p 4597-4605)
Eiji Ihara, Shingo Honjyo, Tomomichi Itoh, Kenzo Inoue, Mitsufumi Nodono

Prof. Akihito Hashidzume visit

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Micellar Structure of Amphiphilic Statistical Copolymers Bearing Dodecyl Hydrophobes in Aqueous Media
(Macromolecules, 2007, 4, 1174 -1180)
Takefumi Kawata, Akihito Hashidzume and Takahiro Sato

Contrast Viscosity Changes upon Photoirradiation for Mixtures of Poly(acrylic acid)-Based Cyclodextrin and Azobenzene Polymers
(J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 7, 2226 -2227)
Itsuro Tomatsu, Akihito Hashidzume, and Akira Harada

Gel-to-Sol and Sol-to-Gel Transitions Utilizing the Interaction of Cyclodextrin with Dodecyl Side Chains Attached to a Poly(acrylic acid) Backbone
(Macromolecular Rapid Comm, 2005, 10, 825-829)
Itsuro Tomatsu, Akihito Hashidzume, Akira Harada

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 46, Issue 38

A Dormant Ruthenium Catalyst Bearing a Chelating Carboxylate Ligand: In Situ Activation and Application in Metathesis Reactions (p 7206-7209)
Rafa Gawin, Anna Makal, Krzysztof Woniak, Marc Mauduit, Karol Grela


Synthesis and Reactivity of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes (p 7262-7265)
Donde R. Anderson, Vincent Lavallo, Daniel J. O'Leary, Guy Bertrand, Robert H. Grubbs

...and another ROMP catalyst

Biomaterials, Volume 28, Issue 33, Pages 4901-5006 (November 2007)

The effect of hyaluronic acid incorporation on fibroblast spreading and proliferation within PEG-diacrylate based semi-interpenetrating networks
Pages 4928-4938
Jaishankar K. Kutty, Eunhee Cho, Jeoung Soo Lee, Naren R. Vyavahare and Ken Webb

Cellular control of tissue architectures using a three-dimensional tissue fabrication technique
Pages 4939-4946
Yukiko Tsuda, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato, Akihiko Kikuchi, Tadashi Sasagawa, Sachiko Sekiya, Jun Kobayashi, Guoping Chen and Teruo Okano

Chemistry - A European Journal ASAP article

Sodium Chains as Core Nanowires for Gelation of Organic Solvents from a
Functionalized Nicotinic Acid and Its Sodium Salt
David Bardelang, Franck Camerel, Anna C. G. Hotze, Benson Kariuki, Biswajit Paik, Marc Schmutz, Raymond Ziessel, Michael J. Hannon

JACS vol. 129 iss. 36 (Sept 12, 2007)

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Control of Bacterial Aggregation by Thermoresponsive Glycopolymers

George Pasparakis, Alan Cockayne, and Cameron Alexander
pp 11014 - 11015 (SI)

Calcium-Induced Phospholipid Ordering Depends on Surface Pressure

Maria Sovago, George W. H. Wurpel, Marc Smits, Michiel Müller, and Mischa Bonn
pp 11079 - 11084 (SI)

Expanding the Structural Diversity of Self-Assembling Dendrons and Supramolecular Dendrimers via Complex Building Blocks

Virgil Percec, Betty C. Won, Mihai Peterca, and Paul A. Heiney
pp 11265 - 11278 (SI)

* A ton of cool structures. "The structural and retrostructural analysis of all supramolecular dendrimers... (DSC), thermal optical polarized microscopy (TOPM), experimental density (F20), and small- and wide-angle X-ray diffraction experiments on powder and oriented fibers..."
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JACS vol. 129 iss. 35 (Sept 5, 2007)

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Self-Separating Homogeneous Copper (I) Catalysts

David E. Bergbreiter, Patrick N. Hamilton, and Nirmal M. Koshti
pp 10666 - 10667 (SI)

* Retrievable and recyclable Cu catalysts in biphasic mixtures for ATRP and click chemistry

Photoswitchable Dendritic Hosts: A Dendrimer with Peripheral Azobenzene Groups

Fausto Puntoriero, Paola Ceroni, Vincenzo Balzani, Giacomo Bergamini, and Fritz Vögtle
pp 10714 - 10719

Biomimetic Interactions of Proteins with Functionalized Nanoparticles: A Thermodynamic Study

Mrinmoy De, Chang-Cheng You, Sudhanshu Srivastava, and Vincent M. Rotello
pp 10747 - 10753 (SI)
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Nano Letters: Vol. 7, Issue 10, Nov. 2007.

Color-Changeable Optical Transport through Se-Doped CdS 1D Nanostructures

ASAP

Anlian Pan,* Xiao Wang, Pengbin He, Qinglin Zhang, Qiang Wan, Margit Zacharias, Xing Zhu, and Bingsuo Zou

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2007, 5, 2555–2559

The importance of metal geometry in the recognition of G-quadruplex-DNA
by metal-terpyridine complexes

Helene Bertrand, David Monchaud, Anne De Cian, Regis Guillot, Jean-Louis Mergny and
Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou*

Chemical Communications Advance Articles DOI: 10.1039/b706624d

Novel chemiluminescent detection of chemical warfare simulant
Himali S. Hewagea, Karl J. Wallaceb and Eric V. Anslyn*

ChemPhysChem, Volume 8, Issue 12 (p 1757-1760)

Polymeric Actuators for Biological Applications

Avishay Pelah and Thomas M. Jovin

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 17, Issue 13 (p 2139-2150)

Cytocompatible Hydrogels Based on Photocrosslinkable Methacrylated O-Carboxymethylchitosan with Tunable Charge: Synthesis and Characterization

Yin Fun Poon, Ya Bin Zhu, Jin Ye Shen, Mary B. Chan-Park,* and Siu Choon Ng

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 17, Issue 13 (p 2085-2093)

Multifunctional Hydrogels that Promote Osteogenic Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation Through Stimulation and Sequestering of Bone Morphogenic Protein 2

Danielle S.W. Benoit, Stuart D. Collins, and Kristi S. Anseth*

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 17, Issue 13 (p 2070-2076)

Magnetic and Transparent Composites by Linking Liquid Crystals to Ferrite Nanoparticles through Covalent Networks

Hyon Min Song, Jin Chul Kim, Jung Hoon Hong, Yong Bok Lee, Jungkweon Choi, Jong In Lee,
Wan Seop Kim, Jong-Hyun Kim, and Nam Hwi Hur

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 17, Issue 13 (p 2031-2037)

Influence of Engineered Peptides on the Formation and Properties of Cadmium Sulfide Nanocrystals

Erik D. Spoerke and James A. Voigt

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 17, Issue 13 , p 2009-2017

An Epoxy Photoresist Modified by Luminescent Nanocrystals
for the Fabrication of 3D High-Aspect-Ratio Microstructures

Chiara Ingrosso, Vahid Fakhfouri, Marinella Striccoli, Angela Agostiano, Anja Voigt, Gabi Gruetzner, M. Lucia Curri,* and Juergen Brugger

Bioconjugate Chem. 2007

Design of Aminated Poly(1-vinylimidazole) for a New pH-Sensitive Polycation To Enhance Cell-Specific Gene Delivery.


Shoichiro Asayama,* Takashi Sekine, Hiroyoshi Kawakami, and Shoji Nagaoka

Bioconjugate Chem. 2007, 18, 1131-1139

In Vivo Antitumor Activity of the Folate-Conjugated pH-Sensitive Polymeric Micelle Selectively Releasing Adriamycin in the Intracellular Acidic Compartments.


Younsoo Bae,†,‡ Nobuhiro Nishiyama,†,‡ and Kazunori Kataoka

Bioconjugate Chem. 2007

On-Off Regulation of 19F Magnetic Resonance Signals Based on pH-Sensitive PEGylated Nanogels for Potential Tumor-Specific Smart 19F MRI Probes


Motoi Oishi,†,‡,§ Shogo Sumitani,† and Yukio Nagasaki

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Volume 28, Issue 4

Microwave-Assisted Polymer Synthesis: Recent Developments in a Rapidly Expanding Field of Research (p 368-386)
Richard Hoogenboom, Ulrich S. Schubert

Entire issue on polymers and microwaves!

Nature Chemical Biology

Foldamers as versatile frameworks for the design and evolution of function
Catherine M Goodman, Sungwook Choi, Scott Shandler & William F DeGrado

Foldamers are sequence-specific oligomers akin to peptides, proteins and oligonucleotides that fold into well-defined three dimensional structures. They offer the chemical biologist a broad pallet of building blocks for the construction of molecules that test and extend our understanding of protein folding and function. Foldamers also provide templates for presenting complex arrays of functional groups in virtually unlimited geometrical patterns, thereby presenting attractive opportunities for the design of molecules that bind in a sequence- and structure-specific manner to oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, membranes and proteins. We summarize recent advances and highlight the future applications and challenges of this rapidly expanding field.

Bioconjugate Chem. 2007, 18, 663-670

Preparation of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Attached Dendrimers Encapsulating Photosensitizers for Application to Photodynamic Therapy


Chie Kojima, Yoko Toi, Atsushi Harada, and Kenji Kono

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Volume 28, Issue 18-19

Controlled Release of DNA from Self-Degrading Microcapsules (p 1894-1899)
Tatiana Borodina, Elena Markvicheva, Stanislav Kunizhev, Helmuth Möhwald, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Oliver Kreft


Microwave-Assisted Controlled Ring-Closing Cyclopolymerization of Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride Via the RAFT Process (p 1923-1928)
Yasser Assem, Andreas Greiner, Seema Agarwal

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2007, 5, 2920–2924

A novel proton-selective sensor based on a sugar with hinge flexibility
Hideya Yuasa,* Naohiko Fujii and Shun Yamazaki

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 46, Issue 37

Adenosine Triphosphate Biosynthesis Catalyzed by F_oF₁ ATP Synthase Assembled in Polymer Microcapsules (p 6996-7000)
Li Duan, Qiang He, Kewei Wang, Xuehai Yan, Yue Cui, Helmuth M�hwald, Junbai Li

Fun stuff!!

Designing Facial Amphiphiles for the Stabilization of Integral Membrane Proteins (p 7023-7025)
Qinghai Zhang, Xingquan Ma, Andrew Ward, Wen-Xu Hong, Veli-Pekka Jaakola, Raymond C. Stevens, M. G. Finn, Geoffrey Chang

Wiley InterScience Logo Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 46, Issue 36

Sustainable Concepts in Olefin Metathesis (p 6786-6801)

Hervé Clavier, Karol Grela, Andreas Kirschning, Marc Mauduit, Steven P. Nolan

Ever thought about Green ROMP?


Molecularly Defined Shape-Persistent 2D Oligomers: The Covalent-Template Approach to Molecular Spoked Wheels (p 6802-6806)
Dennis Mössinger, Jens Hornung, Shengbin Lei, Steven De Feyter, Sigurd Höger


Self-Assembly of T-Shaped Aromatic Amphiphiles into Stimulus-Responsive Nanofibers (p 6807-6810)
Kyung-Soo Moon, Ho-Joong Kim, Eunji Lee, Myongsoo Lee

Science, Vol 317, Issue 5843, 7 September 2007

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETING:
Silicon Adds to Its Roster of Skills
Antisense Particles Send Up a Flare
Dipstick Test Flags Spoiling Food
pg. 1318-1319


Muscular Thin Films for Building Actuators and Powering Devices
Adam W. Feinberg, Alex Feigel, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Sean Sheehy, George M. Whitesides, and Kevin Kit Parker
pg. 1366-1370

Soft Matter

Enzymatic control of the self-assembly of small molecules: a new way to generate supramolecular hydrogels

Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 515 - 520

Zhimou Yang, Gaolin Liang and Bing Xu

Soft Matter

Degradable shape-memory polymer networks from oligo[(L-lactide)-ran-glycolide]dimethacrylates

Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 901 - 909

Nok-young Choi and Andreas Lendlein

Newspaper article on community MRSA

Just of general interest, I guess. Not science but interesting perception from a citizen's point of view:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/10/0910mrsa/

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials Issue 19 Volume 18 p 2439 to 2444

Thermoresponsive "Particle Pumps" : Activated Release of Organic Nanoparticles from Open Cell Macroporous Polymers.

Haifei Zhang and Andrew I. Cooper

ImageJ Tutorial

Where to get it…

• Download at: http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/ - You need: ImageJ, Java, Plugins
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What is it good for…

• Handle graphics: change format, reduce size, crop image, change contrast… everything that makes your image neat!!!
• Imaging Applications: AFM, TEM, Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy – Manual or automatic scaling, measuring, histogramms, surface roughness analysis, handle image stacks and much, much more!

Most useful stuff….

• Save image in different formats
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Organic Letters

Triazole-Modified Calix[4]crown as a Novel Fluorescent On-Off Switchable Chemosensor

2007 Vol. 9, No. 17 3363-3366

Kai-Chi Chang, In-Hao Su, Annamalai Senthilvelan, and Wen-Sheng Chung*

Organic Letters

Fit To Be Tied: Conformation-Directed Macrocyclization of Peptoid Foldamers


2007 Vol. 9, No. 17 3275-3278

Justin M. Holub,† Hangjun Jang,†,‡ and Kent Kirshenbaum*,†

Organic Letters

A Self-Associating ADADA Hydrogen-Bonded Double Helix

2007 Vol. 9, No. 17 3267-3269

Jiaxin Li, James A. Wisner,* and Michael C. Jennings

ACS Chemical Biology, vol. 2 iss. 8, August 17, 2007

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When Conjugated Polymers Meet Amyloid Fibrils
525 - 528
Cliff I. Stains and Indraneel Ghosh

* From article, in relation to Alzheimer's Disease: "Thus, the recent development of new diagnostic agents capable of distinguishing between different morphologies of aggregated proteins is of much interest."

Communicating Science to the First Degree
501 - 503
Eric Martens

* This and the next 4 articles may be of interest to future professors

Science at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
512 -514
Joseph M. Ready and Kristen W. Lynch

Bringing the Excitement of Biological Research into the Chemistry Classroom at MIT
515 -517
Elizabeth Vogel Taylor and Catherine L. Drennan

Closing the Gap between Interdisciplinary Research and Disciplinary Teaching
518 -520
Brian P. Coppola, Mark M. Banaszak Holl, and Katrin Karbstein

Balancing Teaching and Research in Obtaining a Faculty Position at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution
521 -524
Deborah C. Tahmassebi and James R. Williamson
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PNAS

Evolution of a fluorinated green fluorescent protein

Tae Hyeon Yoo, A. James Link, and David A. Tirrell*

Related to a talk that I enjoyed at ACS, a subject that I find of personal interest. Hope someone else likes it too.

New Journal of Chemistry

Self-assembly of supramolecular nanostructures from phenylalanine
derived bolaamphiphiles

Monica Z. Menzenski and Ipsita A. Banerjee*

Amphiphilic assembly of oddly-shaped things, possibly relevant to macrocycle project.