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		<title>The traveling biochemist: Science in the far east</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I&#8217;m lucky enough to be invited to a conference outside the United States, I jump at the chance to visit faculty and students at other institutes. Recently, I was invited by the Biochemical Journal to attend the yearly editorial &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/scienceinfareast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cadmium: toxic to mammals, harmless to a bacterium, helpful to an alga</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heavy metal poisoning is a major health concern across the world. Heavy metal ions frequently leak into the environment from industrial waste causing multiple health problems in humans, animals, and other organisms. While there is no universally accepted definition of &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/cadmiuminalgae/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Matrone lecture by Dr. Robert Lefkowitz</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Dr. Robert Lefkowitz presented the 2013 Matrone Lecture in Biochemistry at NC State University on April 18. The Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, Biochem Blogs and NC State University present the Matrone Lecture by Dr. Robert Lefkowitz: click here to &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/matronelecture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Novel industrial applications from salt loving extremophiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog will review two recent publications that explore environmentally friendly advances in biotechnology by exploiting halophilic organisms from the family Halobacteriaceae. Halophiles are found in all kingdoms of life. They employ two different survival mechanisms to cope with their typically inhospitable environment. &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/industrialapps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Science Foundation IGERT training program sends young scientists to learn neutron scattering at ORNL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduate student Annette Bodenheimer and Dr. Meilleur participated in an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) workshop in neutron scattering conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source, February 25 through March 1. The workshop educated graduate &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/igertprogram/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rubredoxin the Indestructible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most biochemists have had the “pleasure” of working with proteins that require cool atmospheres and a comfy solvent to keep them temporarily happy (until they randomly decide to aggregate into protein snot). Rubredoxin from the organism Pyrococcus furiosus, on the &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/rubredoxin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Central Dogma: The Movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all started in 2004 when I was trying to explain the trombone model for DNA replication to students in BCH453/553 (Biochemistry of Gene Expression). The conversation went like this… Student X:  Dr. Hemenway, it is really hard to visualize &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/centraldogma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ever important role of thermophiles in biofuel production</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it’s no secret that there are some major issues with our current dependency on fossil fuels. First of all, they don’t last forever, so at some point we’re going to run out (don’t worry, not any time soon). Second &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/biofuels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Computer security is important</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week the X-ray generator control computer was hacked into from an IP address assigned by an internet provider in Shanghai China.  The attack started with repeated root login attempts starting sometime before 3:00 Sunday morning and continued until &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/computersecurity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Course Offered: ‘Physical Chemistry for Life Scientists’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen the bumper sticker “Honk if you passed P-Chem”? I recently finished teaching the first semester of a new course offering designed to make P-Chem “come alive” for our students. It seems obvious to me that every dry, &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.biochem.ncsu.edu/physicalchemistry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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