[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Skip to Main Content

Text Size A A

Magazine (Current Issue)

Jump to Table of Contents
The Bryostatin Saga
Table Of Contents

Quote of the Week

"Studies by a number of international organizations in the last 10 years have clearly shown that the most effective way to help developing countries is by educating and empowering their women."
ALAN LIGHTMAN, FOUNDING DIRECTOR, HARPSWELL FOUNDATIONp. 45

October 24, 2011

In This Issue:

Jump to Table of Contents

October 24, 2011 Issue
October 17, 2011 Issue
October 10, 2011 Issue
October 3, 2011 Issue

» View Archives: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
more...

Highlights

Cover Story

Bryostatins Retain Promise

New results in total synthesis reinvigorate a 40-year-old field of research. (pp. 10-17)

» More on this story
Government & Policy

Academic Lab Safety Under Exam

Chemical safety board report probes academic research practices, identifies role for ACS. (pp. 25-27)

Science & Technology

For Cave's Art, An Uncertain Future

Disagreement on conservation course of action complicates a potential reopening. (pp. 38-40)

Advertise Here

C&EN reaches over 161,000 primary subscribers worldwide plus a pass-along readership for a total of 300,000 scientific readers.
» Find out more about advertising

Advertisement

Table of Contents

Cover Story

The Bryostatins' Tale pp. 10-17

With the promise of treating Cancer, Alzheimer's, and HIV, this family of marine natural products continues to intrigue scientists more than four decades after its discovery.

Pioneer: Undersea Treasure Hunter pp. 14-15

Drug Development: Taking The Long Route p. 16

News Of The Week

Shedding Nanoparticles Modifying Messenger RNA House Bills Would Undermine EPA Lab-On-A-Chip For Planets, Moons

Shedding Nanoparticles p. 5

Materials Science: Chemists observe metal objects sloughing off ions to form nanoparticles.

European Firms Invest In China p. 6

Specialty Chemicals: Companies pursue local research and production.

Prioritizing Science Funding p. 6

Budget: House committee members outline science funding they think the nation can do without.

Modifying Messenger RNA p. 7

Chemical Biology: Methylated bases in mRNA may have roles in gene regulation and obesity.

Reconsidering Safe Lead Levels p. 7

Preliminary analysis links low blood lead levels with adverse health effects.

House Bills Would Undermine EPA p. 8

Pollution: Congressional Republicans seek to derail rules on boilers, coal ash.

Lab-On-A-Chip For Planets, Moons p. 8

Microfluidics: Automated chip is designed to detect extraterrestrial amino acids.

New Editor For Analytical Chemistry p. 9

Publishing: Jonathan Sweedler to take the helm.

Investors Bet On Cleantech p. 9

Green Chemistry: Close to $1 billion is slated for start-up firms.

Business

Celanese Takes An Ethanol Plunge pp. 20-21 (Member Content)

The chemical producer seeks to make ethanol a major business but is secretive about details of its process.

Building On The Momentum p. 22 (Member Content)

BWA Water Additives rides crest of rising demand for specialty water treatment chemicals.

Business Concentrates p. 18 (Member Content)

Education

Haven Of Hope In Cambodia pp. 45-47

Dormitory for women helps cultivate the future leaders of war-ravaged country.

High Expectations, High Achievement Web Exclusive

School Aims To Enable Poor Children To Build A Better Future.

Fulfilling A Dream Web Exclusive

One Young Woman Tells Her Story.

This Week Online

Chemists Write With Conductive Silver Ink

In a video on C&EN's YouTube channel, a researcher shows how to make conductive ink.

Municipal Wastewater Spreads Antibiotic Resistance

Materials Science: Chemists observe metal objects sloughing off ions to form nanoparticles.

Why Women Leave Science

C&EN blogger Christine Herman discusses why women opt out of their jobs and how to reverse this trend. Join the discussion at Just Another Electron Pusher.

Education Fulfills A Dream

Suon describes growing up in Cambodia a decade after the Khmer Rouge fell, her desire to go to college, and how the Harpswell Foundation helped her fulfill that dream.

Government & Policy

Academic Lab Safety Under Exam pp. 25-27

Chemical safety board report probes academic research practices, identifies role for ACS.

Critical Materials Problem Continues pp. 28-31 (Member Content)

Debate over use of and substitutions for rare-earth elements points out a need for much more research.

Alleged Science Manipulation pp. 32-33 (Member Content)

Republicans say EPA chemical assessments are slanted toward tougher regulation.

EPA Clean Air Rules Challenged pp. 34-35 (Member Content)

Republicans, Democrats clash over the costs and benefits of agency’s actions.

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 24 (Member Content)

Awards

p. 48 (Member Content)

People

p. 49 (Member Content)

Facebook

Social Networking And C&EN

Social Networking And C&EN

You can now follow C&EN on Facebook. Become a fan and track the latest news and discussions at facebook.com/CENews.

Science & Technology

For Cave's Art, An Uncertain Future pp. 38-40

Disagreement on conservation course of action complicates a potential reopening.

Cancer Stem Cells pp. 41-43

Researchers zero in on the pathways that allow cancer to bounce back after treatment.

What's That Stuff? Blue Jeans p. 44

Making the iconic pants requires both color-addition and color-removal chemistry.

Science & Technology Concentrates p. 37

Editor's Page

Educating Women p. 3

Meetings

2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.

The Departments

Letters p. 2 (Member Content)

Newscripts p. 56

Chemists’ Holiday, Indestructible Data.

C&EN Archives

C&EN Archives

Now the history of the chemical enterprise is instantly accessible online. C&EN Archives holds the complete collection of C&EN issues dated back from 1923, covering world chemical events, breakthroughs in research, technological advances, business and marketing ventures, government policy, career and education trends, and ACS milestones. With more than 500,000 pages of content, C&EN Archives is instantly accessible and fully searchable, allowing you to discover how the chemical enterprise developed into what it is today.

Head here to discover the past via the C&EN Archives, go to http://pubs.acs.org/cen-archives

Environmental SCENE News

Fertilizer May Help Bacteria Slip Into Groundwater

Water Safety: High phosphate levels allow deadly microbes to pass through soil.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Sunlight Is An Effective Disinfectant

Public Health: Field work shows that a cheap water treatment method improves children's health.

House Takes Aim At Clean Air Act

Pollution: Industry backs cost-benefit analyses of EPA rules, but critics fear assault on public health.

Analytical SCENE News

New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins

Protein Purification: Technique separates proteins on a lipid bilayer.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Mapping Drugs In Human Tissue

Clinical Chemistry: Mass spectrometry imaging provides view of an inhaled drug in human lung tissue.

Skeletons Come To Light

Fluorescence Imaging: Monitoring cells as they dissolve bone may lead to disease treatments.

Analyzing Nuclear Processes

ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.

JACS Research In C&EN

Indole Changeup Yields Elusive Alkaloid

ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis.

Prefab Synthesis Moves Ahead

Organic Chemistry: First stable alpha-boryl aldehydes ease preparation of complex small molecules.

Multiple Bradykinin States Revealed

The peptide adopts at least 10 conformers in solution, explaining why its structure had only been partially characterized.

Scaling Up The Axinellamines

A quicker, more efficient, and stereocontrolled route to a key intermediate streamlines natural product syntheses.

A Revamped Vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.

CENtral Science

» News, notes, and musings from C&EN

Check out some of the recent posts from C&EN's blog, "C&ENtral Science"


Advertise Here

C&EN reaches over 161,000 primary subscribers worldwide plus a pass-along readership for a total of 300,000 scientific readers.
» Find out more about advertising

Advertisement

Services & Tools

ACS Resources

ACS is the leading employment source for recruiting scientific professionals. ACS Careers and C&EN Classifieds provide employers direct access to scientific talent both in print and online. Jobseekers | Employers

» Join ACS

Join more than 161,000 professionals in the chemical sciences world-wide, as a member of the American Chemical Society.
» Join Now!

Advertisement

Advertise Here

Advertisements

  • Visit Shimadzu
  • C&EN Webinar Archive
  • Visit C&EN Archives
Advertise Here

Advertisements

  • Visit TCI
Advertise Here