"The molecular biologists tool kit: Using recombinant DNA technology to define the roles of specific molecules in the pathogenesis of human disease."
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1-AT) deficiency is a major factor in the etiology of liver disease and emphysema. The development of molecular techniques used to characterize A1-AT deficiency including a strategy for delivering specific gene products, that can be activated in response to drugs, to cells in culture, using the next generation engineered retroviral vectors will be presented.
Jon Burrows earned his B.Sc. with honours in Colour Chemistry at Leeds
University in England before moving to the University of Nevada-Reno to
complete a Masters degree in Physical Chemistry working in the
photophysical chemistry. Staying at UNR he did his doctoral work in Cell
and Molecular Biology. Jon is now a postdoctoral fellow working the
molecular basis of disease at Washington University Medical School and
St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Gilbert W. Butler of LANL will receive the 1997 John Dustin Clark Award
for service to chemistry in New Mexico. Butler, a Berkeley graduate,
has studied nuclear chemistry at the US national laboratories for three
decades. His current activities involve securing nuclear materials in
the former Soviet Union. He chaired the section in 1989 and served as
secretary, advisor and counselor at various times. In addition Gilbert
has coordinated the section’s activities in for the National Chemistry
Olympiad for the past five years. The section has revived the Clark
Award following nearly a decade’s hiatus, making the prize particularly
noteworthy. Gilbert will speak on safeguarding nuclear materials in the
former Soviet Union at the 50th anniversary meeting in Dec.
The North New Mexico section of the American Chemical Society is trying to prepare material for the news media on work or research in chemistry and allied fields. This material will be mailed out to news organizations to let them know what chemistry and chemistry professionals are doing for our state and the nation. The material will be summaries of work or research on chemical topics showing its relevance to society or humanity, the critical problems being addressed in the work, who is doing the work, who should be contacted to discuss the progress or implications of the effort, and how to contact that person. The material will be sent out news media around New Mexico before National Chemistry Week so that they can prepare interviews, articles, stories, and news casts showing how chemistry benefits us all.
I hope you can contribute to this effort. If you are willing to be
interviewed about your work or interest in chemistry or a related
technical topic and would like to be included in this mailing, please
email John Meister at meister@nmt.edu
for information on the desired format.