Analyzing Mummies' Hair Using LA-ICP-MS: An Interview with Dula Amarasiriwardena
March 7th 2024Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, emeritus professor of chemistry at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, and his team have been conducting research using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to investigate trace metal nutrition and exposure to toxic metal(loid) pollutants by studying Andean mummy remains. We sat down with Prof. Amarasiriwardena to discuss his research.
Inside the Laboratory: The Calhoun Laboratory at the University of Tennessee
March 5th 2024Tessa Calhoun, PhD, an associate professor of biochemistry & cellular and molecular biology and chemistry at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville, discusses her group’s most recent work employing the optical technique, second harmonic scattering (SHS), to probe how living bacterial membranes uptake and transport small molecules, including antibiotics.
Using Thermostable Raman Interaction Profiling (TRIP) For Protein Binding Screening
March 1st 2024Narangerel Altangerel, Zhenhuan Yi, and Marlan Scully of Texas A&M University recently used TRIP to analyze eight protein–ligand systems. Spectroscopy recently spoke to these three researchers about their findings and what the implications are for high-throughput drug screening.
Reviewing the Impact of Raman Spectroscopy on Crop Quality Assessment: An Interview with Miri Park
February 1st 2024Miri Park of the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technologies is examining how Raman spectroscopy could aid non-destructive sensing in agricultural science. Recently, Park sat down with Spectroscopy to discuss micro-Raman spectroscopy's role in assessing crop quality, particularly secondary metabolites, across different contexts (in vitro, in vivo, and in situ), while suggesting future research for broader application possibilities.