Cool site of the day -"The Renaissance Connection"

The Renaissance Connection is the Allentown Art Museum's interactive educational web site. With the simple click of a mouse button, travel 500 years into the past to discover many Renaissance innovations revealed through the Allentown Art Museum's Samuel H. Kress Collection of European art.

Investigate Renaissance artworks in depth. Discover how past innovations inform life today. And more, all enhanced with quirky visuals, irreverent humor, and engaging interactivity that reveal the ways that Renaissance life and culture resemble our own.

 

Are you ready to start this exciting tour?

Yes?

Let's go!!

http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/

 

 

Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 6, 2008

Double click each word:

 

 

 

HAPPY  BIRTHDAY,

 

MAX !!

 

 

Laura

Corso di perfezionamento "Proprietà intellettuale e Brevetti" 
2nd Edition 2008

23-25 Settembre 2008

Obiettivi - Locandina - Registrazione  - Programma - Docenti

 

Presentazione
 

Il Corso è organizzato dall’Università degli Studi di Pavia in co-branding con il Collegio Ghislieri, con il patrocinio del Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico - Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi (UIBM), dell’European Patent Office Academy (EPO), della Divisione di Chimica Farmaceutica della Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), dell’Italian Biocatalysis Center (IBIOCAT), dell'Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Chimica (AIDIC), dell'Associazione Italiana Produttori di Principi attivi ed Intermedi (CPA) e della Provincia di Pavia.

 

 

 

IBIOCAT Science&Art- JULIAN VOSS-ANDREAE: former Quantum Physicist, now Science-Artist

Julian Voss-Andreae, a former Quantum Physicist who now works as a sculptor in Portland (Oregon), seeks to integrate the molecular sciences with the visual arts. Despite his background, much of Voss-Andreae's work is inspired by molecular structures. He graduated  from  the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2004.  While still in Art College, he developed a novel kind of sculpture based on the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life. One of his latest piece is a metre-and-a-half tall sculpture of an ion channel, commissioned by Roderick MacKinnon of Rockefeller University in New York, who shared a Nobel prize for

elucidating its structure. As a graduate student at the University of Vienna, he was one of the team led by Anton Zeilinger that conducted a ground-breaking experiment in quantum mechanics in 1999. Quantum physics describes a moving object as consisting of waves oriented perpendicular to its direction of motion. Drawing inspiration from that aspect of nature, Julian Voss-Andreae has created an image of a walking human as a quantum object, Quantum Man (2006). Made up of thin, vertically oriented steel sheets representing those waves, the 2.50 m tall sculpture is a metaphor for the counter-intuitive world of quantum physics. Symbolizing the dual nature of matter with the appearance of classical reality on the surface and cloudy quantum behavior underneath, the sculpture seems to consist of solid steel when seen from the front, but dissolves into almost nothing when seen from the side, as light shines through the spaces between the slabs. "It shows that when you look at things from a different perspective, they can look extremely different," says Anton Zeilinger, physicist at the University of Vienna and Voss-Andreae's former group leader. "That's part of the quantum message".

 

Learn more about Voss-Andreae's art, by visiting his official web site:

 http://www.julianvossandreae.com

 

Read the following journal articles about him:

 

Julie Wallace "Protein Sculptures for the People", AWIS Magazine (Spring 2008) .pdf (500 KB)

 

Philip Ball "The crucible: Art inspired by science should be more than just a pretty picture", Chemistry World (March 2008) .pdf (700 KB)

To view photos of "Quantum Man" (2006) click here

(Please note that all information about Julian Voss-Andreae is taken from his website).

 

Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

 

 

IBIOCAT JUNIOR ZONE: A tour around the amazing world of jazz (NOT ONLY FOR KIDS!!)

Click here if you want to start an unforgettable tour around the amazing world of jazz music:

 

http://pbskids.org/jazz/

 

Have fun!

 

 

Laura Cipollina - IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

 

 

 

 

IBIOCAT Musical Entertainment: A tour around the amazing world of Jazz

Jazz has been called the purest expression of American democracy; a music built on individualism and compromise, indipendence and cooperation. Click here for an eploration of jazz, America's greatest cultural achievement.

 

In the videoclip available at http://www.pbs.org/jazz/about/jazz56.html jazz musicians and writers describe in poetic terms the unbreakable bond between the spirit of jazz and the spirit of America.

 

And now...five ways to say "Round Midnight" :

 

1) Oscar Peterson:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ogyvI5GM8

 

2)  Thelonius Monk Quartet: 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX_mwDvcZ2I

 

3)  Miles Davis Quintet:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mji4nAk_8ZY&feature=related

 

4)  Michael Brecker:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoQ1jmoxAUA

 

5)  Bobby McFerrin:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82rNjQpYDbg&feature=related

 

I hope you'll enjoy my music choice!

 

 

Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

 

 

 

 

Green Thought for Today August 31, 2008

"If only one idea had to be passed to the next generation,

it is the concept of Atoms and Molecules, and that everything

is made of them".

 

 

Richard P. Feynman

 

 

Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (the parton model was proposed by him). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman developed a widely-used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology (creation of devices at the molecular scale). He held the Richard Chace Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at Caltech. Richard Feynman's interest in biology was more than casual. He was a friend of Esther Lederberg, the geneticist and microbiologist who developed replica plating and discovered bacteriophage lambda (though often others received credit for her work). It is not surprising that both these engaging people should be friends, as they also shared other scientists as friends. These included physicists in nuclear research who for moral reasons switched to genetics (such as Leó Szilárd, Guido Pontecorvo, Aaron Novick, and Carl Sagan).

 

(Source: Wikipedia)

 

 

Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

IBIOCAT Humor- A musical parody for you: "The brain chemicals"

"The Brain Chemicals"
sung to the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm  ("Nella vecchia fattoria" for Italy)

Lyrics by Julie Jeppesen, Sean J. Weinberg, Rhonda Waggoner, Marcie E. Ball, Beth Cowman, Sharon LeaTrea - all Illinois teachers

 

Acetylcholine in my brain
         B-R-A-I-N
Acetylcholine in my brain
        B-R-A-I-N
It's most abundant -- aids in memory and thought
abundant, abundant, memory and thought
Acetylcholine in my brain
       B-R-A-I-N

 

Norepinephrine in my brain
      B-R-A-I-N
Norepinephrine in my brain
      B-R-A-I-N
Short term to long term - improves mood
short term, long term improves mood
Norepinephrine in my brain
     B-R-A-I-N

 

Dopamine is in my brain
    B-R-A-I-N
Dopamine is in my brain
   B-R-A-I-N
Physical movement, improves mood
Physical movement, improves mood
Dopamine is in my brain
  B-R-A-I-N

 

Serotonin in my brain
    B-R-A-I-N
Serotonin in my brain
    B-R-A-I-N
smooth muscle movement - improves mood
smooth muscle movement - improves mood
Serotonin in my brain
   B-R-A-I-N

 

There is GABA in my brain
     B-R-A-I-N
There is GABA in my brain
    B-R-A-I-N
Keeps us calm; neurons don't fire at once
Keeps us calm; neurons don't fire at once
There is GABA in my brain
   B-R-A-I-N

 

Endorphins are in my brain
   B-R-A-I-N
Endorphins are in my brain
   B-R-A-I-N
Makes one feel good; helps one concentrate
feels good - concentrate
feels good - concentrate
Endorphins are in my brain
   B-R-A-I-N

 

Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

 

 

COOL SITE August 27, 2008 - "The Delights of Chemistry "

Cool site: August 27, 2008  http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/ 

 

Enjoy the 

Delights of Chemistry

from Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK

"Chemistry lies right at the heart of all science. Chemistry controls the way our bodies work, it controls our atmosphere and environment and is the driving force for much that is successful in British industry today. Chemistry impacts on all aspects of our lives."

Professor Philip Kocienski, Head of Chemistry, University of Leeds. 

 

Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale

THE IBIOCAT'S BOOK CORNER- Biocatalysis and Bioenergy

Biocatalysis and Bioenergy

C. T. Hou, Jei-Fu Shaw

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

ISBN: 978-0-470-13404-7

Hardcover

608 pages

September 2008

£78.95 / €100.00

This price is valid for Italy

 

 

 

An up-to-date overview of diverse findings and accomplishments in biocatalysis and bioenergy.
With the high price of petroleum and researchers worldwide seeking new means of producing energy, this comprehensive book on biocatalysis for bioenergy and biofuel applications is very timely. It combines information on state-of-the-art advances and in-depth reviews of the latest achievements in biocatalysis and bioenergy, emphasizing biodiesel, bioethanol, and industrial products. The advantages of biocatalysis include high specificity, efficiency, energy conservation, and pollution reduction. Biocatalysis and Bioenergy details advances in the field, with:

Three primary sections, covering biodiesel research, bioethanol, and industrial products;
Information on enzyme catalysis, biotransformation, bioconversion, fermentation, genetic engineering, and product recovery;

Contributions from leading experts worldwide who share their research and findings.

The prospect of using biocatalysis for the production of energy has great potential due to its cost-effectiveness, the fact that it does not require a limited resource such as oil, and its potential universality of application and use globally. This is the definitive reference for biochemists and biochemical engineers, bioprocess and bioenergy scientists, physical and oil chemists (oleochemists), microbiologists, industrial microbiologists, molecular biologists, metabolic engineers working in biocatalysis, bioethanol, and biodiesel fuels, DOE scientists working on renewable energy, and other professionals in related fields. 

 

For further information visit the Publisher's website

 

View here the  TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

 

 

Laura Cipollina - IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale