chemistry

Blanton S. Tolbert Blanton S. Tolbert, professor of chemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences, and his research group study the basic biochemistry of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since he was in graduate school, he has worked on the biological molecule RNA, rib...

The Program in Cell Biology at the School of Medicine and the Department of Physics at the College of Arts and Sciences will host the annual “The 2020 Nobel Prizes in Science: What Were They Given For?” symposium today (Feb. 11) from 4 to 5 p.m. Attendees will learn about the research that earned t...

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Gheorghe D. Mateescu passed away Friday, Jan. 22, at the age of 92. Mateescu was born in Pitesti, Romania, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1967 to receive his PhD from Case Western Reserve University under Professor G. Olah. He spent the following 53 years in the Depart...

Case Western Reserve chemists measure ‘picosecond’ speed of pre-cancer cells’ lesions that form on DNA when exposed to sunlight; could lead to more effective prevention Luis Ortiz-Rodríguez grew up on the beaches of Puerto Rico—surfing, swimming and running in the hot sand—and swears he had never ...

Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University, and his research lab,...

Two Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students were selected as Beckman Scholars for the 2019-20 academic year to support their research endeavors. This year’s honorees were Katherine Yan and Kevin Pataroque. In January 2018, Case Western Reserve was among 12 institutions nationally cho...

Photo by Keli Schimelpfenig Blanton S. Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has accepted an appointment invitation to become a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC). The council can advise on the direct...

The Polymer Initiative of Northeast Ohio (PiNO) Conference will be held Friday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. This student-organized conference, originally created by graduate students in the Case Western Reserve University Department of Macromolecu...

Yifan Dai, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, and Chung Chiun Liu the Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology & Control, Distinguished University Professor, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Electronics Design Center, penned a review paper titled “Recent Ad...

The annual Nobel Symposium, which was postponed due to cold weather conditions earlier this year, will take place Thursday, April 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Rockefeller Hall, Room 301. Three CWRU faculty members will describe the achievements of the 2018 Nobel laureates: Alex Huang, professor of p...