2017-18 Outstanding Student Chapters Honored

AIS is excited to announce the recipients of the 2017-2018 Student Chapter Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement among student chapters of the association.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1369/thumbnail.jp

Studies of Tryptophans in Membrane- Spanning WALP Peptides by Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy

WALP pep tides of sequence acetyl-Gly-Trp-Trp-(Leu-Ala)-Trp-Trp-Ala-ethanolamine insert into lipid bilayers as membrane-spanning a-helices and modulate the lipid phase behavior as functions of n and the lipid acyl chain length. A key feature of the WALP peptides is the positioning of tryptophan (Trp) indole rings at the membrane/water interface. For the examples WALP19 with n = 6.5 and WALP23 with n = 8.5, we have labeled individual indoles with deuterium and incorporated the labeled peptides in oriented, hydrated bilayers of Dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC). Deuterium NMR spectra from these samples show sharp resonances when the membrane normal is aligned either parallel (Beta = 0°) or perpendicular (Beta = 90°) to the magnetic field. The factor of two reduction in the deuterium quadrupolar splittings when Beta is changed from 0° to 90° indicates rapid molecular rotation about an axis parallel to the membrane normal. The magnitudes and ring assignments of the quadrupolar splittings vary with the position of an indole ring in a WALP sequence and indicate different average ring orientations for different locations in the sequence

Fringe Festival, October 8-26, 2014

This is the concert program of the Fringe Festival performances beginning on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., at the Lane-Comley Studio 210, Boston University Theater, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were The Whitmores by Ben Ducoff, Late the Same Evening by John Musto, and La Tragédie de Carmen by Marius Constant, Jean Claude Carrière, and Peter Brook. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

The Taming of the Shrew

Bachelor Petruchio’s search for a wife finds an unwilling participant in Kate and hilarity ensues as he sets out to ‘tame’ his headstrong wife. The play has been set in the 1950s and abridged to fit a shorter time, but has not been adapted, staying true to Shakespeare’s classic. The romantic comedy has themes of mistaken identity, role reversal, difficult choices, and, especially, being surprised by love. It will be a fun, high-energy show that includes a live, 6-person acapella group singing ‘50s’ classics, such as Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, creating a light-hearted atmosphere for the event.https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/theatre_productions/1007/thumbnail.jp

Mother-Daughter Pair Highlights New Friends of Dacus Library Book Talk

Bela Herlong graduated from Winthrop in 1951 with a bachelor\u27s degree. She won the S.C. Governor\u27s Humanities Award in 2009. Daughter M.H. Herlong\u27s first young adult book, The Great Wide Sea, was recognized by the Young Adult Library Services Association