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NEW GRANTS SUPPORT GRADUATE SCIENCE RESEARCH
Graduate student and GAANN fellow Don Ho of Chemistry: From silver and gold nanoparticles to a better understanding of the brain. (Photo Credit: John Abromowski / Brown University)
BROWN UNIVERSITY, DRAPER LABORATORY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER
CHEMISTRY COMMENCEMENT SLIDE SHOW! (Note: you will need QuckTime Player to view the movie which you can download for free from here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/)
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 2009 STUDENT ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS
PROF. SHOUHENG SUN ZEROS IN ON CANCER TREATMENT
Photo Credit: The Providence Journal/Bob Thayer
INCOMING FRESHMEN! ANNOUNCING CHEM 100 - WEB, SUMMER 2009 AT BROWN UNIVERSITY -- a free online course that helps incoming students review general chemistry.
ORIENTATION SCHEDULE FOR NEW 2009-2010 GRADUATE STUDENTS NOW ONLINE!
2009 APPLETON LECTURE FEATURING JOANNE STUBBE (MIT) NOW VIEWABLE ONLINE (April 2009)
( you will need to use Quicktime to view the taped lectuire. If you do not have Quicktime, you can download it for free from here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download . Special thanks to Brown's Instructional Technology Group for assistance with video taping.)
BROWN CHEMISTS CREAT MORE EFFICIENT PALLADIUM FUEL CELL CATALYSTS (March 2009)
| Two Brown University chemists have overcome a challenge to fuel cell reactions using palladium catalysts. The scientists produced palladium nanoparticles with about 40 percent greater active surface area than commercially available palladium particles, and the nanoparticles remain intact four times longer. Results appear in the online edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. |  |
TWIN NANOPARTICLE SHOWN EFFECTIVE AT TARGETING, KILLING BREAST CANCER CELLS (March 2009)
A unique, dumbbell-shaped twin nanoparticle created by Brown University chemists targets a class of breast cancer cells known as Her-2 tumor cells. Credit: Chenjie Xu, Shouheng Sun/Brown University
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Brown University chemists have developed a novel way to treat a class of breast cancer cells. The team has created a twin nanoparticle that specifically targets the Her-2 tumor cell and unloads a cancer-fighting drug directly into it. The result: Greater success at eliminating the cancer while minimizing an anti-cancer drug’s side effects. Findings are published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. |
CHEMISTRY'S EUNSUK KIM WINS DREYFUS FOUNDATION NEW FACULTY AWARD (August 2008)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Eunsuk Kim has been honored by the Dreyfus Foundation with a New Faculty Award for promising young scholars. The $50,000 grant will support her research in bioinorganic chemistry aimed at addressing challenging biological and environmental problems. Kim joined the Brown faculty on July 1 after postdoctoral stints at MIT and Harvard. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Sangmyung University in Seoul, her M.S. in inorganic chemistry from Korea University, and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. |
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HOT WHEELS: HYDROGEN CARS WOW BROWN SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS
(August 2008)
GM’s Brad Beauchamp (left) introduces the hydrogen-powered SUV to students and faculty, including Chemistry Department Chair Peter Weber, center right.
BROWN CHEMISTS CREATE CANCER-DETECTING PARTICLES
(May 2008)
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Nanobonding The illustration (left) shows how a RGD peptide-coated iron oxide nanoparticle binds with an integrin-rich tumor cell. At bottom left is a MRI of a mouse with the implanted U87MG tumor (red circle). At bottom right is an optical image that reveals iron oxide nanoparticles (blue) amassed in the tumor area (pink). Credit: Jin Xie, Brown University Department of Chemistry |
BROWN OPENS THE INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR & NANOSCALE RESEARCH (April 2008)
BROWN CHEMIST FINDS PLATINUM NANOCUBE ENHANCES FUEL CELL OPERATION
(April 2008)
The Making of a Platinum Nanocube On the left is a transmission electron microscopy image of 7 nanometer platinum nanocubes used for oxygen reduction reaction. In the upper right corner of this image is a high resolution picture of a single cube. On the right is an illustration demonstrating the oxygen reduction on a Pt(100) surface of a cube. Credit: Chao Wang, Brown University Department of Chemistry |
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REPORT: STAGNANT NIH BUDGETS MAY DERAIL PROMISING RESEARCHERS (March 2008)
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