update: From acorns mighty micropockets grow

An update on some structural aspects of the mighty miniwall.

Peptidoglycan (PG), the mighty miniwall, is the main structural component of practically all bacterial cell envelopes and has been the subject of a wealth of research over the past 60 years, if only because its biosynthesis is the target of many antibiotics that have successfully been used in the treatment of bacterial infections. This review is mainly focused on the most recent achievements in...

Algebraic Cycles and Additive Chow Groups

A report on recent results and outstanding problems concerning additive chow groups. “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”

Anti-Inflammatory Oleanolic Triterpenes from Chinese Acorns.

Acorns play an important role in human history and are a source of food and recipes for many cultures around the world. In this study, eleven oleanolic triterpenes, one of which was novel, were isolated from Chinese acorns (Quercus serrata var. brevipetiolata). The chemical structure of the novel triterpene, which was identified as 2α,3β,19α-trihydroxy-24-oxo-olean-12-en-28-oic acid (1), was es...

From little acorns to tall oaks: from boranes through organoboranes.

From Little Acorns – The mental health service user movement

In the summer of 1985, service user activists from the United Kingdom met activists from other countries at the Mind/World Federation of Mental Health Congress in Brighton, a coming together that underlined the potential for collective campaigning in this country. That autumn’s Annual Mind Conference in Kensington Town Hall was the first national mental health event at which service users made ...