We, the national Council on Renal Nutrition (CRN) Executive Committee (EC) members, have reviewed over 450 survey responses. Reviewing these responses which included many, to open-ended questions, has taken time and effort dissect come up with some solutions improvements for benefit of all current future National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-CRN members. Let me give an update our ongoing projects on...

The enzymatic cyclization reaction of polyprenoid C(33) by squalene-hopene cyclase (SHC) was investigated with the intention of creating an unnatural hexacyclic compound. The enzymatic products consisted of mono-, bi-, tri-, tetra- and pentacyclic skeletons; however, hexacyclic products were not generated, contrary to our expectations. The absence of a hexacyclic skeleton indicated that the ent...

Dear MMTC fellow members, Thank you very much for your trust in selecting me in this Chair role to serve for this TC. As all of you may have observed, MMTC has made significant progress in the past 2 years under Qian's great leadership. I just list 2 examples below for your reference: • The influence of this TC has been significantly promoted to a larger community with 1000+ researchers; • The ...