Reversible Oligonucleotide Chain Blocking Enables Bead Capture and Amplification of T-Cell Receptor α and β Chain mRNAs W. Miachel Hanson, Zhe Chen, Laurie K. Jackson, Meriem Attaf, Andrew K. Sewell, Jennifer M. Heemstra, and John D. Phillips J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (35), pp 11073–11076 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04465 Publication Date (Web): August 01, 2016 Copyright […]
Read MoreThe Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (JPOC) recently featured Assistant Professor Jen Heemstra in an “Early Excellence” profile. Read her highlight below! Jennifer M. Heemstr a Use the force – the noncovalent forces that drive molecular recognition and self-assembly of nucleic acids are the key to the fantastic architectures produced by the Heemstra group. Jen […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah Department of Chemistry is pleased to invite you to a ceremony honoring our students, faculty and staff. Tuesday, April 19, 2016 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 2008 HEB Reception following in the HEB Atrium We hope you will join us in recognizing our outstanding students!
Read MoreDr. Sung Wan Kim, PhD ’69 Dr. Jaqueline L. Kiplinger, PhD ’96 Dr. Milton L. Lee, BA ’71 Dr. James M. Sugihara, PhD ’47 On Monday, April 18th, the Department of Chemistry honored four former students as our 2016 Distinguished Alumni. ” Sung Wan Kim received his PhD in Physical Chemistry with Professor Henry Eyring […]
Read Moreby Lee Siegel University of Utah chemist Peter J. Stang shook hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after Stang and six other foreign scientists were honored with China’s 2015 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. “I said ‘thank you’ to him in Chinese and he smiled,” says Stang, recalling the Jan. 8 award ceremony in […]
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Joel Harris was awarded the 2015 Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology at an awards dinner at Rio Tinto Stadium on January 13, 2016. Four faculty members from the U are among 11 winners of the 2015 Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology. The other U honorees are Rich Brown, dean of the […]
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Robert W. Parry was a giant in our profession. In his 60-year career, Bob taught thousands of undergrads and mentored over 60 Ph.D. students and postdocs. Together with Henry Eyring and Cheves Walling, Bob played a key role in the growth and development of chemistry at Utah. To celebrate Bob’s life and career, […]
Read MoreAs if it wasn’t enough to make a trip to the White House and collect a National Medal of Science from the president, U organic chemist Peter Stang and his wife just spent four all-expense-paid days in Beijing attending a celebration in his honor. The Chinese Academy of Sciences recently awarded Stang the 2015 China’s […]
Read MorePlease join the Department of Chemistry in congratulating Dean and Distinguished Professor Henry White, the first winner of the Allen J. Bard Award in Electrochemistry! This award honors Dr. White for pioneering innovations furthering scientific knowledge and understanding of nanometer scale electrochemistry, micron-scale magnetohydrodynamic flow, ion transport across membranes, and electroanalytical applications of glass nanopore […]
Read MorePictured is schematic representation of an ultrafiltration membrane self-assembled from polymer brush nanoparticles. This and other types of functional membranes are described in an article published by the Zharov group and featured on the cover of ChemComm. The article describes the recently developed approach to the preparation of membrane materials by self-assembly of inorganic, polymeric […]
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