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).