Interesting..

attended 2 seminars today..one at 12noon..the other at 2pm..surprisingly, this was the first time i hardly dozed off during seminars..except the first onez...

12noon: “Can We Selectively Target ER-Specific BCL-2 Proteins?”

Dr Xing Chengguo

Department of Medicinal Chemistry

University Of Minnesota

Minneapolis, U.S.A

listened attentively in the beginning..cld understand..(well a surprise fact coz i hardly dun understand seminar)..mostly on organic chem & targeting anti-apoptosis proteins eg BCL-2, BCL-X2..

2pm: “Boron Nanostructures: From Materials to Cancer Therapy”

Prof Narayan S Hosmane

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Northern Illinois University

Illinois, U.S.A

funny speaker..i wld say he's gd at conveying lecture..using analogy of sandwich..saying how can we get full sandwich first then half..shd be stacking from the base..then slowly build up to half & then get the full..not bad right..his humor adds flavour to wat he's presenting..he took whole 1 hr to present his stuffs..but surprisingly, i dun find it very naggy..(not like me.haha)..the first part on wat type of boron cpds he's making..how he get them..how the ideas came abt..

the 2nd part deals with boron nanoparticles used in cancer therapy..i din expect a clinical use..as in..really in use now..he actually used it in treating brain tumors..he showed us correspondences btw the surgeon in japan & him..and also from the family..there showed a success in treating tumors..though some still died due to complications occurred before the treatment..so it was rather late..like his uncle..so he advised to go doc every yr for a check up.before things are too late..well a note for evil twins ahz..haha..his research was quite interesting..practical use..

then he ended off with pics of his students & pple who had advised him..then he mentioned tt the surgeon went for a sex change..it's true..well we were taken aback of coz..suddenly said this..haha..then he also mentioned that his students nv let him into the lab..so he resorted to check on them when all of them went back to rest..haha..faintz..

shd haf more of this kind of lecturers to make lessons more enjoyable..wahaha..

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