Eleven divisions establish Materials Chemistry Secretariat

Chemistry of Peptide Materials

Aib α-Aminoisobutyric acid or Cα-methylalanine (αMe)Phe Cα-methylphenylalanine (αMe)Val Cα-methylvaline BOP (Benzotriazol-1-yloxy)tris(dimethylamino)phosphonium CIP 2-Chloro-1,3-dimethylimidazolidium phosphate Db z g Cα,α-dibenzylglycine Deg Cα,α-diethylglycine Dφg Cα,α-diphenylglycine Dp n g Cα,α-di-n-propylglycine EDC 1-(3-Dimethylamino)propyl-3-ethylcarbodiimide HATU 2-(1H-7-aza-1,2,3-benzot...

INCF Secretariat

Surface Chemistry in Nanoscale Materials

Although surfaces or, more precisely, the surface atomic and electronic structure, determine the way materials interact with their environment, the influence of surface chemistry on the bulk of the material is generally considered to be small. However, in the case of high surface area materials such as nanoporous solids, surface properties can start to dominate the overall material behavior. Th...

Dpp Signaling Silences bam Transcription Directly to Establish Asymmetric Divisions of Germline Stem Cells

Stem cells execute self-renewing and asymmetric cell divisions in close association with stromal cells that form a niche. The mechanisms that link stromal cell signaling to self-renewal and asymmetry are only beginning to be identified, but Drosophila oogenic germline stem cells (GSCs) have emerged as an important model for studying stem cell niches. A member of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (...

Calcifying tissue regeneration via biomimetic materials chemistry.

Materials chemistry is making a fundamental impact in regenerative sciences providing many platforms for tissue development. However, there is a surprising paucity of replacements that accurately mimic the structure and function of the structural fabric of tissues or promote faithful tissue reconstruction. Methodologies in biomimetic materials chemistry have shown promise in replicating morphol...