From bks from panix.com Mon Aug 11 20:43:22 2008 From: bks from panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) Date: Mon Aug 11 23:31:53 2008 Subject: [Biophysics] Re: Mitochondrial DNA References: <52bc96c6-ebe4-4597-b79c-63cac0da9b19@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: In article <52bc96c6-ebe4-4597-b79c-63cac0da9b19@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, j_thomas wrote: > >Mitochondrial DNA > >http://bioisolutions.blogspot.com/2008/05/mitochondrial-dna.html What does this mean? "mtDNA is particularly susceptible to reactive oxygen species generated by the respiratory chain due to its close proximity." --bks From olli.holliday from gmail.com Tue Aug 12 21:58:56 2008 From: olli.holliday from gmail.com (Olli Holliday) Date: Wed Aug 13 12:52:18 2008 Subject: [Biophysics] re: melting wood Message-ID: <329a0ca4-3e31-4ea7-9953-1a240f83fa8b@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> I am trying to find further information about melting wood, all I've found so far are messages from this forum from 1994, 1999 and 2003 that seem to be without any follow-up. has any progress been made on this topic in the years since the last post? From sticher from bioc.unizh.ch Mon Aug 18 10:36:40 2008 From: sticher from bioc.unizh.ch (Patrick Sticher) Date: Mon Aug 18 16:04:57 2008 Subject: [Biophysics] 6th NCCR Symposium on New Trends in Structural Biology: New Program / Registration deadline August 29 Message-ID: <48A99708.2060507@bioc.unizh.ch> Dear colleagues, 6th International NCCR Symposium on New Trends in Structural Biology 8 + 9 September 2008, University of Z?rich, Z?rich, Switzerland NEW PROGRAM. The opening lecture will now be given by Gebhard Schertler about "Structure of the stress hormone receptor: beta1 adrenergic receptor". Confirmed plenary lecturers are Markus Gr?tter, Stephen C. Kowalczykowski, Kaspar Locher, Keiichi Namba, Poul Nissen, Andrej Sali, Gebhard F.X. Schertler, Jeffrey Skolnick, and A. Joshua Wand. The meeting will be held together with the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Crystallography. Speakers of the society are Clemens Schulze-Briese and Colin Nave. Please see the symposium website for the complete program. REGISTRATION SLOT EXPIRES AUGUST 29. Please note that online registrations can be accepted for only a few more days until August 29. INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION. www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/symposium2008.asp Please do not hesitate to contact me anytime if you need further information (sticher@bioc.uzh.ch). With best regards, Patrick Sticher The NCCR Structural Biology is a research initiative of the Swiss Science Foundation. Its research encompasses the fields of recombinant protein technologies, macromolecular structure determination and computational biomolecular sciences with a special focus on membrane proteins and supramolecular assemblies/interactions. 19 research groups from Swiss Universities and Research Institutions participate in this network. www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/ _________________________________ Dr. Patrick Sticher Moser NCCR Scientific Officer Institute of Biochemistry University of Z?rich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH - 8057 Z?rich Phone +41 / (0)44 / 635 54 84 Fax +41 / (0)44 / 635 59 08 From engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com Tue Aug 19 08:19:40 2008 From: engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com (Dr Engelbert Buxbaum) Date: Tue Aug 19 13:57:06 2008 Subject: [Biophysics] Re: melting wood References: <329a0ca4-3e31-4ea7-9953-1a240f83fa8b@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Am 12.08.2008, 22:58 Uhr, schrieb Olli Holliday : > I am trying to find further information about melting wood, all I've > found so far are messages from this forum from 1994, 1999 and 2003 > that seem to be without any follow-up. > > has any progress been made on this topic in the years since the last > post? Wood is mainly composed of cellulose and lignin. These macromolecules do not melt, but decompose when heated, producing charcoal.