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A new study, led by Yale chemists, offers an “extreme” close-up picture of Photosystem II, the enzyme in photosynthesis that uses water as a solar fuel.
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Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, a leader in the field of theoretical chemistry, has been appointed the Sterling Professor of Chemistry.
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Yale’s Mark Johnson was recognized by the American Chemical Society for outstanding work in developing new tools to document how chemical reactions occur.
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Outdoors, in the fire extinguisher training station, incoming graduate students hoisted red canisters of carbon dioxide to snuff out flames in a burn pan. Inside, in the pyrophoric reagents station, they witnessed a safe transfer of a highly flammable chemical from one flask to another via a Iuer-syringe and balloons. And at the gas cylinder station, they watched gas escape from a pressure vessel – a potential hazard for fires, explosions, poisoning, and cold or chemical burns.
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Incoming Yale Chemistry graduate students scouted the lay of the land in a full day of activities on Aug. 27, including an orientation game and virtual symposium.
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An influential contributor to the field of computational chemistry, Jorgensen has had four publications that have been cited more than 2,000 times.
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A prolific scientist and generous teacher and community contributor, Holland has supervised more than 100 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers.
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Kurt Zilm has been named the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, the appointment was effective Feb. 20.
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Yale chemist Hailiang Wang, whose lab creates small-molecule and nanomaterial catalysts, had a breakthrough stemming from an idea he received from a Yale alum.
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A new class of antiviral agents developed shows promise for creating COVID-19 therapeutics — particularly effective when used with the drug remdesivir.