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NMR spectroscopy across the disciplines

05 Aug 2013

NMR spectroscopy is a remarkable and invaluable tool with diverse applications from within food science to pharmaceutical research. With over 17,000 articles concerning NMR published per year, keeping up to date with the latest developments and applications of this technique can prove time-consuming. Now in its 42nd volume, the Specialist Periodical Report on NMR provides a digest of the current literature, compiled by experts in the field.

Further adding to the literature in this field, the second book in the RSC New Developments in NMR has just been published.

Starting with a Preface by the Nobel Prize winner Richard R Ernst, ETH Zurich he says ‘New Applications of NMR in Drug Discovery and Development represents an important addition to the bookshelf of anybody seriously interested in drug discovery and development. It will remain a reliable source of information in this important field for many years to come.’

This volume demonstrates the enormous breadth of MRI applications in biomedicine which becomes even more impressive when you realise that biomedicine is only one of the fields benefitting from the application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Other recently published books from the RSC in this area include NMR Spectroscopy in Food Analysis authored by Apostolos Spyros and Photis Dais from the University of Crete and Recent Developments in Biomolecular NMR edited by Marius Clore, NIH, Maryland, USA and Jennifer Potts, University of York, UK.

The RSC will be attending the SCIX meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconson from 29 September to 4 October so look out for us there and take a look at our comprehensive selection of titles that will keep you up to date with the latest developments in this exciting field!

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Medicinal Chemistry: Books, conferences and prizes

10 Jul 2013

Poster prize judge Andy Davis presents Madura Jayatunga, from the University of Oxford, with a RSC Drug Discovery book prize at the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Summer School

It has been a busy month for medicinal chemistry publications in the Royal Society of Chemistry Books office, with three interesting and informative new scholarly books being published.

Successful Strategies for the Discovery of Antiviral Drugs, edited by Manoj C Desai and Nicholas A Meanwell, and Comprehensive Biomarker Discovery and Validation for Clinical Application, edited by Peter Horvatovich and Rainer Bischoff, were both published in early June, followed just a week later by Dendrimers in Biomedical Applications, edited by Barbara Klajnert, Ling Peng and Valentin Cena.

The 2013 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Summer School was held at Loughborough University on the 17-21^st June. A poster session was held for the first time and expertly judged by Roger Griffin and Andy Davis, editor of the forthcoming RSC book The Handbook of Medicinal Chemistry, to be published in 2014. The winners won either a years’ subscription to MedChemComm or a Royal Society of Chemistry book from the RSC Drug Discovery Series.

I recently attended the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) Annual Congress in Copenhagen. The congress saw excellent contributions on a wide range of topics from delegates travelling from across the globe. I will also soon be attending International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry (ICBIC 16) to be held in Grenoble, France from the 22^nd-26^th July.

Finally, I would like to mention the RSC/BMOS Young Investigator Award. Awards will be allocated to four outstanding researchers (two from the UK and two from Latin American) to attend the highly awaited 15th Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis (10-13 November 2013) which includes lectures from leaders in the field covering new and emerging aspects of organic synthesis. Please visit the website for more information and to apply: http://rsc.li/bmos15. The closing date for entries is the 15^th July 2013.

If you have an idea for a book or you would like to find out more about the RSC Drug Discovery, Issues in Toxicology or RSC Metallobiology Series please contact the medicinal chemistry Commissioning Editor, Cara Sutton.

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New Books on Smart Materials and Polymer Chemistry

07 Jun 2013

Need to get an overview of the latest topics in Polymer Chemistry? Read the latest titles in the RSC Polymer Chemistry Series:

Fundamentals of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizaion edited by Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Southern Methodist University, USA and Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, USA.

Provides an in-depth history, description, and mechanistic understanding of each of the controlled/living radical polymerization techniques and practical details necessary to carry out the reactions.

Functional Polymers for Nanomedicine edited by Youqing Shen, Zhejiang University, China

A complete overview of the different strategies for designing polymers for targeted gene therapy and drug delivery for researchers in polymer science, nanotechnology and pharmacy.

Interested in the latest developments in functional materials and their applications in biomedicine and energy? Find out more from the latest titles in the RSC Smart Materials Book Series:

Smart Materials for Drug Delivery (Volume 1 and Volume 2) edited by Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo and Angel Concheiro, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Written by leading experts in the field, the book provides both an introduction to the key areas for graduate students and new researchers in the stimuli-responsive field as well as serving as a reference for those already working on fundamental materials research or their applications.

Look out for the following forthcoming new titles in Nano, Polymer and Materials Science:

Responsive Photonic Nanostructuresedited by Yadong Yin, Unversity of California, Riverside, USA
Materials Design Inspired by Nature edited by Peter Fratzl , John Dunlop and Richard Weinkamer, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
Nanoscience for the Conservation of Works of Art edited by Piero Baglioni and David Chelazzi, University of Florence, Italy
Water Droplets to Nanotechnology by Plinio Innocenzi, Luca Malfatti, University of Sassari, Italy and Paolo Falcaro, CSIRO, Australia
Polymer Nanofibers by Dario Pisignano, University of Salento, Italy

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook via the RSC Publishing website

Book Reviews

Chemistry World says “It is impossible to do justice here to the immense amount of useful information this book contains.” about Materials for a Sustainable Future edited by Trevor M Letcher and Janet L Scott – read more in the article.

Meet the Team

Commissioning Editor Leanne Marle will be attending the 11th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC11), University of Warwick, UK, 8^th-11^th July. Do let me know if you are attending and would like to arrange a meeting to discuss book publishing with the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry Book Releases

21 May 2013

The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes book titles across a wide range of areas, in the area of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery we have recently published the following title:

Smart Materials in Drug Discovery, published in the RSC Smart Materials Series

Edited by Angel Concheiro and Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo.

Smart Materials for Drug Delivery brings together the recent findings in the area and provides a critical analysis of the different materials available and how they can be applied to advanced drug delivery systems.

Other forthcoming titles include:

Mechanisms and Metal Involvement in Neurodegenerative Diseases, the first title to be published in the RSC Metallobiology Series and edited by Roberta Ward, Robert Crichton and David Dexter
Readily accessible information on each of the neurodegenerative diseases written by acknowledged experts in the field.
Advances in Dermatological Sciences (set), to be published in the Issues in Toxicology Series and edited by Robert Chilcott and Keith Brain.
These books present cutting-edge advances in the field of dermatological sciences.
Chemical Toxicity Prediciton, to be published in the Issues in Toxicology Series authored by Mark Cronin, Judith Madden, Steven Enoch and David Roberts
The aim of this book is to provide the scientific background to using the formation of chemical categories, or groups, of molecules to allow for read-across i.e. the prediction of toxicity from chemical structure.

Cara Sutton will be attending the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) Congress in Copenhagen from the 28th to the 31st May 2013.

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New Nano, Polymer and Materials Science Books

26 Apr 2013

To help you keep up-to-date with key topics in nano, polymer and materials Science, we are delighted to announce the publication of the following RSC Books.

Healable Polymer Systems In the RSC Polymer Chemistry Series:

Healable Polymer Systems edited by Wayne Hayes and Barnaby Greenland, University of Reading, UK

With contributions from leading experts, the book provides a reference text on self-healing polymers from a chemist’s perspective.

In the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series:

Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites edited by Dimitrios Tasis, University of Patras, Greece

Summarizes the basic chemical aspects for obtaining multifunctional carbon nanotube-based polymer composites and highlights recent advances in the field.

Coming Soon:

Fundamentals of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizaion edited by Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Southern Methodist University, USA and Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, USA.
Functional Polymers for Nanomedicine edited by Youqing Shen, Zhejiang University, China
Smart Materials for Drug Delivery edited by Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo and Angel Concheiro, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook via the RSC Publishing Website.

If you have an idea for a book or would like more information about our materials titles please contact the Materials Books Commissioning Editor, Leanne Marle

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New book – Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites

07 Feb 2013

The combination of graphene within polymer matrices produces a material with improved electrical, barrier and mechanical properties. This new book is the first, forward-thinking, publication of its kind to detail the various methodologies of graphene functionalization and subsequent generation of nanocomposites in a comprehensive way.

Covering the most recent developments in the generation of graphene nanocomposites synthesis it assimilates, in one place, all the necessary information required to provide the reader with in-depth insights into the various aspects of the subject. The concluding chapter provides a summary on the current status and future challenges associated with the subject.

Edited by Vikas Mittal, Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites is a comprehensive handbook providing essential, highly toical, methods and strategies to the researcher.

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Want to know more about different nanomaterials? Find out about our other titles in the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series.

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Examining the effects of veterinary pharmaceuticals in humans

20 Dec 2012

The latest book to be published in the Issues in Toxicology series is Toxicological Effects of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Humans, edited by Kevin Woodward, this text provides the first definitive guide to discuss the adverse effects of veterinary medicinal products in humans.

Examining adverse drug effects reported to regulatory agencies, including the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine and the UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the chapters focus on occupational saftety and consumer issues, but also focus on circumstances in which exposure may occur and the background of adverse health effects from alternative sources in the veterinary and farming professions.

This professional reference text will provide an essential resource for medical practioners working in hospitals, poisons information centres, veterinarians, regulators and risk managers and those working in industry and academia.

Find out more here.

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Computing with Molecules

20 Dec 2012

We are constantly taking in information, processing it, storing it and transferring it all because of our molecular systems. But it is only in recent years that the information-processing abilities of molecules have been explored.

Molecular Logic-based Computation looks at the way molecules can be used in computation by performing a logical operation based on one or more physical or chemical inputs and a single output.

This well-organised book starts by introducing the history and basic concepts of the subject followed by examples of different systems from single input–single output logic gates to more complex ones, as well as applications in sensing and medical diagnostics.

This book provides an authoritative guide for scientists, academics and postgraduate students.

Stands to reason you’ll want to read more – access the content now.

Find out more about our other titles in the Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry Book Series.

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Hydrogels – More Than Just Contact Lens

11 Dec 2012

Hydrogels can be found in everyday items such as contact lenses, shoe sole cushions, vitamin capsules and wound dressings. Their varied use means that this is still an intense area of research and a concise summary of polymeric and self assembled hydrogels is needed to assist researchers and progress the field.

The new book, Polymeric and Self Assembled Hydrogels, provides an essential overview of hydrogel research from basic fundamental research to applied and platform technologies, and commercially viable applications.

Experts in the field discuss the cutting-edge developments in the field of hydrogels including supramolecular approaches to the formation of hydrogels, ‘slide-ring’’ hydrogels based on cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, peptide hydrogels, thermogelling polymers and applications in chemo-sensing and biomedical fields.

Read the latest on hydrogel research – read the book today.

Find out more about our other titles in the Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry Book Series.

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A fresh approach to studying nuclear receptors

28 Nov 2012

Nuclear receptors are evolutionary conserved proteins and important targets for drug and food additives. The first nuclear receptor structures were determined by X-ray diffraction in the 90’s, since then the number of known structures has increased dramatically. The number of structures available, combined with numerous “omics” projects, has opened up great opportunities for the discovery of new targets, the characterization of abnormal protein patterns, the selection of “tailored” drugs and the evaluation of drug efficacy, even with a lack of structural data.

Computational Approaches to Nuclear Receptors, recently published in the RSC Drug Discovery Series and edited by Pietro Cozzini and Glen E Kellogg, provides a comprehensive review of the current and on-going investigations into nuclear receptors. With detailed discussion of all aspects of computational approaches including an introduction to the structure and function of nuclear receptors, how to use structural data as a platform for computational studies and details of utilising molecular dynamics techniques in understanding the movements of nuclear receptors in both high and low flexibility domains.

Each chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each of the different methods discussed, giving the reader a comprehensive and balanced view of the current investigations surrounding nuclear receptors.

Find out more here.

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