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Women in Chemistry: Mildred Cohn (2014)

Subject

Chemistry

Mildred Cohn transformed the study of enzymes, building her own high-tech instruments when the right ones weren’t available. She also helped pioneer the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and...

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Clarke. Life of a Microbial Biochemist: Professor Patricia H. Clarke Frs in Conversation with Professor J. Gareth Morris Frs, 10 May 1994 (1994)

Subject

Biology

Professor Patricia Hannah Clarke’s main research was on bacterial enzymes: their evolution and properties, and producing and purifying them for industrial use. She was also involved in developments in...

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Enzymes

Date released

1970

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

36

NoS ID

350947

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: From brewing beer to producing washing powder, a great many chemical and industrial processes require the presence of a catalyst, and although chemists have developed manmade catalysts they are...

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Factors Affecting Drug Metabolism: Diet, Induction and Inhibition (1996 Multimedia)

aka: Dietary Factors in Drug Metabolism

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

CD-ROM

An interactive tutorial on the effect of dietary factors on drug metabolism, and the link to the ability of compounds to induce or inhibit drug metabolising enzymes. The learning objectives are 1) that...

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From Dna to Protein (2000 Multimedia)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

CD-ROM

An introudction to the process by which DNA is transcribed and translated into proteins. Uses diagrams, animations, photographs and narratives to explain the one-gene-one polypeptide hypothesis, the...

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Swarm Development and Morphogenesis in the Myxobacteria ‘Archangium’, ‘Myxococcus’, ‘Chondrococcus’ And ‘Chondromyces’ (1964 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the total developmental cycle, with the exception of the formation of passive cells, of the four myxobacteria types named in the title: microcyst germination, unfolding of the swarm, gliding motion of...

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Key Science: Microbes in Action (1998 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formates. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Video-based teaching pack containing visual evidence of key scientific phenomena. All the sequences have been chosen to show some aspect of the principles of biology as described in many new curriculum...

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Isolation and Purification of Dna (1994 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS (PAL or NTSC). col. 22 min., 1994 sale: US$70.00 (inclusive)

Shows the process of isolating high molecular weight genomic DNA from bacteria. This involves lysis of bacterial cells, dialysis, alcohol precipitation, and spooling DNA onto a glass rod. Then DNA is...

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Reaction Mechanisms 2: Enzyme Catalysed Hydrolysis (1986 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

Considers enzyme catalysed hydrolysis where the spread of reaction demands rapid experimental techniques. Stopped-flow ultra-violet spectroscopy is used to demonstrate the technique.

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Ingestion and Digestion in the Ciliate Pseudo-Microthorax Dubius (1978 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 11 min., 1996 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)

This ciliate prefers the filamentous blue-green alga ‘Oscillatoria formosa’ as food. It ingests the filaments with its cytopharyngeal basket. The rigid cell walls of the algae are dissolved rapidly by...

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