Advanced computational software is streamlining quantum chemistry research by automating many of the processes of running molecular simulations. The complicated design of these software packages, however, often limits their use to theoretical chemists trained in specialized computing techniques. A new web platform developed by Fang Liu’s theoretical chemsitry group at Emory University overcomes this limitation with a user-friendly chatbot.Continue readingChatbot opens computational chemistry to nonexperts
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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) named William Wuest, Emory professor of chemistry, to its 2025 class of Senior Members, comprised of 162 emerging inventors from NAI member institutions.Continue readingNational Academy of Inventors names chemist Bill Wuest to 2025 class of Senior Members
Christine Dunham, Ph.D., of Emory University, and Maria Barna, Ph.D., of Stanford University, hope to unravel the mechanisms behind the specific compounds that enhance protein production and evaluate their role in diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Diamond Blackfan anemia. Continue readingChristine Dunham combating disease through global protein synthesis with Pew suppport
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Playing tug-of-war with platelets
Chemist Khalid Salaita and mechanical engineer Nathan Sniecinski collaborate to use force-measuring molecules to assess platelet function.Continue readingPlaying tug-of-war with platelets
Melioidosis — a bacterial infection that causes fever, pneumonia, and sepsis — presents two enormous challenges for infectious disease experts: it kills roughly half the people who contract it and it is extremely tough to treat even in countries with advanced health care systems.Continue readingDavis Lab collaboration advances combo-drug treatment to combat Melioidosis
Chemists synthesized a highly complex natural molecule through a revolutionary strategy of functionalizing normally inert carbon-hydrogen (C-H). Science published the breakthrough led by chemists at Emory University and Caltech. Continue readingChemists showcase power of pathbreaking method to make complex molecules
Emory University chemist Fang Liu has been awarded $875,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her research on enhancing light-driven electron transfer, also known as photoredox catalysis. This chemical process, which uses light to initiate electron transfer, is a growing area in organic synthesis, with applications in sectors like healthcare and renewable energy.Continue readingDOE awards Emory chemist $875K to optimize light-driven electron transfer
Emory chemist Fang Liu received $875,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her work aimed at optimizing the use of light to spark the transfer of an electron. Known as photoredox catalysis, this powerful chemical process is one of the fastest growing areas of organic synthesis, with applications spanning everything from health care to renewable energy.Continue readingDOE funds Emory chemist’s goal to optimize light-driven electron transfer