Novel Biomaterials for Cell Transfection and Extracellular Matrices Marie-Caline Abadjian Mentor: Zhibin Guan In the area of biomaterials research, our group focuses on the design of new and improved material systems derived from naturally abundant building blocks (carbohydrates and peptides). In using these starting materials we have synthesized biomaterials with: 1) rich functionality, making...

The complexation and selective transport of alkaline earth metal cations in general and Ba in particular have been thoroughly investigated for a long time. Important applications for Ba extraction include the purification of spent nuclear fuel as well as sulfur analytics. Various binding domains have been successfully established, e.g. calixarenes, cyclic oligopeptides or substituted crown ethe...

The presented special communication summarizes data concerning novel caffeic acid-derived polyether from the species of two genera (Symphytum and Anchusa) of Boraginaceae family Symphytum asperum, S. caucasicum, S. officinale and Anchusa italica and structure elucidation of its main structural element. The high-molecular fractions were isolated from crude polysaccharides by ultrafiltration on m...

1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) is an important chemical material and can be used as monomer to produce polyesters, polyethers and polyurethanes. Its biosynthetic method arouses our more and more interests. In this study, 1,3-PD was produced from crude glycerol through the fermentation of a Klebsieblla sp. ZH-1 strain isolated from a anaerobic sludge collected in Fenhe river. The fermentation conditio...