Ultrapermeable micro-porous polymer designed by close coupling of experimental and computational predictions
Colina, McKeown, and co-workers reported in a recent article in Nature Materials that the inefficient packing of two-dimensional (2D) chains of PIM-TMN-Trip generates an ultrapermeable polymer. This microporous polymer increases the efficiency of membranes for gas separations to new boundaries. More about this work can be found at doi:10.1038/nmat4939.
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Kari Basso, PhD, Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research and Education Center (MSREC) in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the NIH S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant for the purchase of a Q Exactive? HF hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer. The Q Exactive has a resolving power of 240,000, the highest resolution mass spectrometer ever installed in the Chemistry Department at a price tag of $950,000.
The fields of metabolomics, proteomics, and lipidomics are now recognized as playing a critical role in systems biology and are becoming the focus of the development of diagnostic tests, novel drug therapies, personalized medicine, and understanding of infectious diseases, cancer, and metabolic disorders. The new Q Exactive HF Orbitrap system will be used for measuring complex mixtures of proteins, peptides, lipids, metabolites and other biomolecules requiring ultra-high resolution tandem mass spectrometry for detection, identification, and quantitation of those complex mixtures.
This data will in turn improve the outcomes of the health related goals of the projects assembled in this proposal, examples including: understanding traumatic brain injury; understanding the ubiquitin-proteasome in the treatment of human cancers including multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma; understanding drug resistance to HIV-1 protease; studying Adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a delivery vehicle or vector for gene therapy; developing biosensors, bioseparation methods, targeted drug delivery, and cancer cell treatment by combining aptamers and nanomaterials; and developing and understanding the mechanism of anthelmintics.
This instrument is currently being installed in CLB 101 and is expected to be fully operational at the beginning of the Fall 2017 semester.
For more information about the MSREC, visit https://mass-spec.chem.ufl.edu/.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-074.html
Distinguished Professor Charles R. Martin is UF Chemistry Department’s renaissance man – both a nanoscience pioneer and an award-winning songwriter who has released seven albums of original rock and Americana music. Martin recently got to combine these passions for science and art in a songwriting gig from the US Department of Energy (DOE).
Martin is a member of a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC), of which there are 36 nationwide. DOE invited all the EFRCs to contribute to their “Intersection of Sound and Science Podcast, ” where each team gets three minutes to “educate, inspire and entertain” a general audience about their research.
Martin’s EFRC, called Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage, called on him to pen and record their entry. Building on the nano theme, he wrote an original rock song called “Big Things Small Packages.” He then recruited a bassist and drummer and made a professional recording in a Gainesville studio. Martin played electric and acoustic guitar and sang all the vocals on the recording.
“It was a thrill to wear my artistic hats (songwriter, recording artist, record producer) in this scientific format. I need more gigs like this,” says Martin. The Podcast is July 28 and is a competition. Wish Chuck luck.
On April 13, 2017, the University of Florida Research Foundation named Professor Adam Veige as one of 34 UFRF Professors for 2017-2020. UF recognizes faculty members for having distinguished current records of research and strong research agendas likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.
“Faculty chosen for UFRF Professorships have a proven record of research and scholarship and the potential for even more success in the future,” said David Norton, UF’s vice president for research. “History has shown that by investing in these outstanding faculty, we can generate significant return in research discoveries, scholarship and technology transfer.”
The UFRF Professors were recommended by their college deans based on nominations from their department chairs, a personal statement and an evaluation of their recent research accomplishments as evidenced by publications in scholarly journals, external funding, honors and awards, development of intellectual property and other measures appropriate to their field of expertise. In many colleges, the selection process is conducted by a special faculty committee.
Congratulations, Dr. Veige!
http://www.news.ufl.edu/articles/2017/04/uf-research-foundation-names-2017-professors.php
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Ann R. Stasch Summer Fellowships. The endowment honors our first woman doctoral student, Ann R. Stasch, Ph.D., 1956 and recognizes excellence in research, scholarship, teaching, leadership and service.
The 2017 recipients are Erica Amato and Kylie Mitchell. Erica, who received her B.S. degree in chemistry from Northern Kentucky University, is a member of Prof. Jon Stewart’s research group and studies biocatalysis as it relates to alkene cleavage reactions. Kylie who received her BS degree from University of Pennsylvania is a member of Dr. Christou’s group. Her research involves using a molecular approach to cerium-dioxide nanoparticles through the synthesis of atomically-precise cerium-dioxide nanoclusters for their application in catalysis and medicine.
Congratulations to Erica and Kylie!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Eastman Chemical Summer Fellowships
The award in analytical chemistry or polymer characterization goes to Ms. Emily Gill. Emily received her MS degree from the University of Birmingham, England and joined our program in 2014. She is a member of Prof. Yost’s research group. Her research focuses on mass spectrometry innovations for evaluating the metabolic signature of Parkinson’s disease and deep brain stimulation.
The award in organic chemistry goes to Mr. Chris Kabb who received his BS degree from SUNY Buffalo and began his PhD studies at UF in 2013. Chris is a member of Prof. Sumerlin’s research group. His research focuses on the preparation of new materials with reversible-covalent bonds that display an optical response to an appropriate stimulus.
Congratulations Emily and Chris!
Tiny Tech is a series of 90-second radio modules and podcasts that feature real world applications of chemistry and chemistry-based nanoscience. Produced in conjunction with the UF public radio station WUFT-FM, the modules are broadcast on Friday afternoons on WUFT. The scripts and sound files are available on the series web site tinytechradio.org and the podcast is available on iTunes.
The original Tiny Tech series was an outreach component of the Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials. The current run is funded by National Science Foundation grants to Profs. Lisa McElwee-White (UF), Greg Girolami (University of Illinois), Howard Fairbrother (Johns Hopkins) and Amy Walker (UT Dallas), whose groups are responsible for script writing and editing.
“The Roitberg group has recently published a method that uses Machine learning techniques, to compute highly accurate energies, but at a low computational cost.”