@biophyschemist

Scientist, Mfg. and Process Development - Mediphage BIO, Biology, Physics and Chemistry - Lipids, Polymers, Proteins, DNA or anything science

 Toronto
Joined May 2011
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Finally our paper on using pulse dipolar spectroscopy to study the light sensing protein in the drosophila circadian rythm is out - nature.com/articles/s42003-0…

Tuning flavin environment to detect and control light-induced conformational switching in Drosoph...

Communications Biology - Chandrasekaran et al. engineered the Drosophila circadian clock protein Cryptochrome (dCRY) to form the neutral semiquinone, which serves as a dark-state proxy. They find...

nature.com
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Here is @stephen_wolfram post about ramanujan and his impact on number theory and mathematics. blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016…
Siddarth Chandrasekaran retweeted
Cornell Chronicle@CornellNews24 Mar 2016
Study reveals #malaria 'family tree' @CornellBirds @CornellCALS bit.ly/1RnMZse – at Ithaca, NY
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Pfizer buy Allergan, quite exciting times for Pfizer nytimes.com/2015/11/19/busin…

Pfizer and Allergan Said to Be Near Merger for Up to $150 Billion (Published 2015)

A merger would create a drug giant with nearly $53 billion in annual sales and give Pfizer a long-sought foreign headquarters for tax purposes.

nytimes.com
for sleepy heads like me :) xitter.cf/WileyAdvisors/status/6…
Replying to @CUGradCareers
Thank you very much for sharing this and thanks for all the wonderful experiences in the @Cornell_BEST program
Here is a blog I wrote for the @WileyExchanges. please free to leave comments - exchanges.wiley.com/blog/201… #scicomm #scijobs
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An old article about the Poincare conjecture and some of the scientists involved in solving it. An interesting read- newyorker.com/magazine/2006/…
Oh dear bucky balls! Always fascinating! qz.com/454850/buckminster-fu…
Siddarth Chandrasekaran retweeted
KFF Health News@KFFHealthNews29 May 2015
Calming Dementia Patients Without Powerful Drugs khn.org/news/calming-dementi…
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Benefits of getting an ORCID id. xitter.cf/WileyAdvisors/status/6…
Higher Temperature Superconductors that are pressure activated. Interesting. sciencealert.com/scientists-…

Scientists Have Discovered a New State of Matter, Called 'Jahn-Teller Metals'

And it could be the key to understanding one of the biggest mysteries in physics today - high-temperature superconductors.

sciencealert.com
Auto Immune Diseases, a potential drug in the market from an unlikely source - wsj.com/articles/novel-drug-… #pharma #health

Novel Drug From Nature Shows Early Promise

An unusual drug derived from the venom of a sea anemone to treat autoimmune disorders such as psoriasis and multiple sclerosis showed promise in an early-stage trial.

wsj.com
Rafts or not? Definitely this article is a little bit sensational (not sure there is evidence for lack of rafts) sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Disproven: Rafts on the cell membrane

Proteins and lipids have been assumed to move through cell membranes as 'nano rafts'. This 'raft hypothesis' has now been disproved by scientists. "We should not think of the cell membrane as a...

sciencedaily.com
Here is a post by my good friend @prathik1 about non-academic careers for scientists. #scicomm #gradschoolproblems linkedin.com/pulse/phd-scien…
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Discussion @Cornell on the future of higher education featuring some of Cornell's Presidents. cornell.edu/video/future-of-… #Cornell150
Genome editing - qz.com/389494/chinese-resear… Now we start thinking about the ethics of it all. Any opinions?
This is an interesting read! xitter.cf/sciencemagazine/status…
Science Magazine
@ScienceMagazine21 Apr 2015
Developing broad-spectrum antiviral drugs to treat emerging viral threats like #Ebola & dengue sciencemag.org/content/348/6…
So here is what chemists @Cornell do for fun. Awesome job @CommonChemist #coolsci youtube.com/watch?v=sngxb-1j…
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How do we evaluate scientific work? I dont necessarily agree with the author but he has some interesting points. medium.com/how-to-fly-a-hors…
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