/chemistry/taxonomy/term/355/all en /chemistry/channels/news/money-coming-auclair-lab-other-end-world-264369 <p>Professor Auclair was recently awarded funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia. The two co-applicants involved in this application, Prof. Auclair and Prof. K. J. Saliba from The Australian National University, will  share approximately $185,000 per year for 3 years to work on "Understanding and targeting coenzyme A biosynthesis and utilization in Plasmodium falciparum".</p> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:29:45 +0000 audrey.moores@mcgill.ca 953 at /chemistry /chemistry/channels/news/palladiumii-dithiocarbamates-anticancer-metallodrugs-future-264335 <p>Most chemistry students are well aware of the anticancer properties of cisplatin, cis-Pt(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>,  as a result of the pioneering work of Professor Barnett Rosenberg and his colleagues at the Michigan State University in the late 1960s. Over the years, this simple Pt(II) coordination complex and some structurally closely related ones have become the FDA-approved drugs of choice for cancer treatment, especially ovarian and testicular cancers.</p> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:04:11 +0000 audrey.moores@mcgill.ca 952 at /chemistry