Posts Tagged ‘nobel’

2017 Nobel laureate Jeffrey Hall left science because he ran out of funding — Quartz

Sunday, October 8th, 2017

https://qz.com/1095294/2017-nobel-laureate-jeffrey-hall-left-science-because-he-ran-out-of-funding

Nobel in physiology, medicine awarded to three Americans for discovery of ‘clock genes’ – The Washingto n Post

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017

Med #Nobel…For discovery of clock genes
https://www.WashingtonPost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/02/nobel-prize-in-medicine-or-physiology-awarded-to-tktk Basic model-org. research, finding PER, TIM & DBT in a neg. feedback loop

Consistent Force Field for Calculations of Conformations, Vibrational Spectra, and Enthalpies of Cycloalkan e and n‐Alkane Molecules

Saturday, July 19th, 2014

Consistent Force Field for Calculations of Conformations, Vibrational Spectra, and Enthalpies of Cycloalkane and n‐Alkane Molecules http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/49/11/10.1063/1.1670007

Lifson & Warshel
CFF

Bicycle-pedal model for the first step in the vision process

Saturday, July 19th, 2014

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v260/n5553/abs/260679a0.html

Warshel_JMB76_Enzymic_reactions.pdf

Saturday, July 19th, 2014

Theoretical Studies of Enzymic Reactions :
Dielectric, Electrostatic and Steric Stabilization of
Reaction of Lysozyme
the Carbonium Ion in the
A. WARSHEL AND M. LEVITT

http://csb.stanford.edu/levitt/Warshel_JMB76_Enzymic_reactions.pdf

Backbone-dependent Rotamer Library for Proteins Application to Side-chain Prediction — ScienceDirect

Saturday, July 19th, 2014

Dunbrack PhD thesis
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283683711708?via=ihub Backbone-dependent Rotamer Library for Proteins Application to Side-chain Prediction — ScienceDirect

Some random tidbits about Michael Levitt’s Nobel Prize

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

The science behind Michael Levitt’s Nobel Prize
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/october/michael-levitt-science-100913.html Interesting spin on the Nobel: no mention of the word “chemist”, just “biologist”. No mention of QMM, but lots of discussion of protein structure prediction and folding.

Stanford Nobel winner Levitt stunned by good news – San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_24276968/stanford-nobel-winner-levitt-stunned-by-good-news QT:{{”
His hero is French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois, who at 70 indignantly told someone at her Museum of Modern Art exhibit, “You think this is a retrospective? I’m just beginning.” Then she rented a Brooklyn warehouse and went on to create her most famous work. “}}

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/american-british-israeli-biophysicist-michael-levitt-news-photo/454782861
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/professor-michael-levitt-laureate-of-the-nobel-prize-in-news-photo/454797555 pics from ceremony

Scientists who took chemistry into cyberspace win Nobel Prize | Reuters

Monday, November 4th, 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/09/us-nobel-chemistry-idUSBRE9980AO20131009

The science behind Michael Levitt’s Nobel Prize

Monday, November 4th, 2013

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/october/michael-levitt-science-100913.html

Without Test Tubes, 3 Win Nobel in Chemistry – NYTimes.com

Monday, November 4th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/science/three-researchers-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry.html?smid=tw-share