Group News: Summer/Fall 09
Courtney Sparacino-Watkins returned from her 8 weeks of training at the University of Cologne. Read the description at the German Embassy blog.
Basu Group in the News:
The newly developed lead sensor was highlighted in Pittsburgh Tribune Review. This research was also highlighted in Duquesne University Magazine (Fall 2009).
Hot of the press:
Reaction affected by substituents present at 5 bonds away: read more
P. Basu, V.N. Nemykin, R.S. Sengar, “Substituent Effect on Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactivity from Oxomolybdenum Centers– Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry, and Mechanism,” Inorg. Chem., 48, 6303-6313 (2009).
New Lead Sensor, seriously: read more
L. Marbella,# B. Serli-Mitasev, P. Basu, “Development of a new fluorescent Pb2+ sensor” Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. Engl. 48, 3996-3998 (2009).
What, a bidirectional Enzyme: read more
C. Richey, P. Chovanec, S. E Hoeft, R. S. Oremland, P. Basu, J.F Stolz, “Respiratory Arsenate Reductase as a Bidirectional Enzyme,” Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, 382, 298-302 (2009).
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