Artistry and Microbiology

The Artistry of Construction

Molecular artistry

at the age of 88, was a pioneer in the depiction of the structures of biological macromolecules. He was caught up in the subject 36 years ago, when Scientific American asked him to illustrate John Kendrew's December 1961 article on the first protein structure, that of sperm whale myoglobin. This was followed by illustrations for David Phillips' November 1966 Scientific American article on the f...

The Artistry of Software Architecture

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Nursing competencies: the artistry of nursing

Victoria Hird is a Nurse Educator at the Department of Nursing Inservice Education, St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney. The Australian Nurse Registering Authorities developed the Australian Nursing Competencies that describe the attributes and performance required by newly qualified Registered and Enrolled Nurses in the clinical setting. A description of what constitutes nursing competence, the impo...

Lectin and enzyme relationships in microbiology

Examples of inter- and intramolecular direct co-functioning of lectins and enzymes are summarized. The data indicate importance of lectin-enzyme relationships in molecular and clinical microbiology and medical biotechnology. Lectin-enzyme relationships have extended prospects in medicine and biotechnology.