E. coli cells are permeabilized to optimize multienzymatic flaviolin production, a polyketide-based secondary metabolite

Escherichia Coli, The Super Cell

Currant Seeds Defend DNA
Currant seed extracts exert protective functions on human lymphocytes DNA and chromosome aberration

From Poppies to Noscapine
The biosynthetic pathway of the anticancer alkaloid noscapine has been identified

Global R&D Center for Mining in Australia
BASF opens center to focus on breakthrough technologies to reduce energy and reuse water

Angewandte Chemie 29/2012: Collected Intelligence
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Magnetic Isolation of Hydrogenation Catalyst
Hydrogenation catalyst, that can be easily isolated with a magnet, performs well under mild solvent-free conditions

Multifunctional Particles for Photothermal Therapy
Synthesis of folic acid-loaded multifunctional Ag@Au@phenol formaldehyde resin (PFR) particles for photothermal cancer therapy

Diaminophospholipids Make Stress Useful
Vesicles made from artificial 1,3-diaminophospholipids represent a new shear-stress-based drug delivery system

Synthetic Signaling Meets Endogenous Components
Tools of synthetic biology used to engineer detector plants and discussed how to make such designed systems orthogonal

60th Birthday: Matthias Ballauff
Matthias Ballauff, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, celebrates his 60th birthday