Colin L. Raston outlines how Australian research has been advanced through a range of fellowships and research programs

Australian Chemistry under the Spotlight

Escherichia Coli, The Super Cell
E. coli cells are permeabilized to optimize multienzymatic flaviolin production, a polyketide-based secondary metabolite

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

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

Magnetizing Diagnostics
Magnetic Gram staining allows for the class-specific, automated, magnetic detection and separation of bacteria

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

Society Journals Leading the Pack
Comparing the 2011 ISI Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals

15th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC 2012)
Large international conference focussed on most recent progress in catalysis research and development

Fishing for Vitamins with Magnets
Zinc(II)–cyclen complexes immobilized on magnetic nanobeads allow quantitative reversible extraction of riboflavin

Angewandte Author Profiles July 2012
Akio Baba, Vladimir Gevorgyan, Frank Würthner, and Bert Weckhuysen are interviewed this month