The SL Lab of Caia Alter

                         The lab

In his first life, Caia Alter is Gus Rosania, an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Michigan College of Pharamcy.

He have his own virtual lab for scientific visualization, simulations and communication.

• SLURL : Second Nature (149, 36, 21)

In first life, his lab  is at:

• Research interests at the college of pharmacy
  http://sitemaker.umich.edu/pharmaceuticalsciences/grosania/research_interests
• http://sitemaker.umich.edu/pharmaceuticalsciences/pharmsci/gus_rosania

And his Open Notebook Lab is at:  http://1cellpk.wikispaces.com

His blog : 1CellPK blog http://1cellpk.blogspot.com/

His work :

Network of Exploratory Centers for Cheminformatics Research
http://neccr.org/
A Cell-Based Molecular Transport Simulator for Pharmacokinetic Prediction and Cheminformatic Exploration
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/mpohbp/2006/3/i06/abs/mp060046k.html

                      Chat @ the lab

Exploring Nano

Earing the professor Mario Ioannidis, director of the nanotech engineering program @ the University of Waterloo.
posted by Daneel Ariantho on Nanotechnology using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

UPDATE : Troy’s post and the audio of this event

The importance of patents for scientists

Tru Indigo (Sue Scott IRL) speak us about patents at the Second Nature Cafe. She is, a patent attorney working as a consultant to Abel & Imray in London. Before that, she acted as an advisor on patent matters to the UK government on a number of occasions, was Head of Patents at BTG and originally began life with a chemistry degree from Oxford.

More : http://network.nature.com
posted by Daneel Ariantho on Second Nature using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

 

 

 

Orac : the new Molecule Rezzer of Hiro Sheridan

A Second Life molecule rezzer , named Orac,

that accepts InChI, InChIKey, and SMILES input, queries 3 different web services, and rezzes the 3D minimized molecule.

Video shot on Second Nature Island.

Many thanks to Rajarshi, the folks at chemspider.com, Jean-Claude Bradley (Horace Moody in SL), and Eloise for advising me on how to get the most out of llhttprequest.

Read about it here, and another project (3D periodic table) here.

Hiro Sheridan / Andrew Lang IRL

Second Nature Ethical Pharmaceuticals talk

Professor Sunil Shaunak, Imperial College, tell us about his efforts to develop reduced price drugs for the developing world.
posted by Daneel Ariantho on Second Nature using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

Chemistry comes alive

All details in the article in the Second Life Insider, written by Eloise Pasteur;

It’s a video of Horace Moody.