http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-in-action 2013-03-13T11:57:29+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p>Jacquin C. Niles is Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT and holds the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Chair. He was born and raised on the small Caribbean island of Anguilla, which he left to study chemistry at MIT. He went on to receive a PhD in Molecular Toxicology from MIT, and then an MD from Harvard Medical School.</p><p>Currently, Professor Niles runs a laboratory that applies engineering at the molecular, cellular, and biochemical level to address key challenges in understanding infectious diseases and the biology of certain organisms. The lab is especially focused on <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>, the parasitic agent that causes malaria. Each year this agent infects some 600 million people in developing countries, causing between one and two million deaths. A major goal of Professor Niles&rsquo; work is to discover how the malaria parasite functions to survive in its host organisms and why it has had such success as a pathogen in humans.</p>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/P-QxpiSYPOY/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MITinspirational/MITinspirational_niles_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/inspirational-chemistry-jacquin/id598355021?i=131241440>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/P-QxpiSYPOY>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-in-action/chemistry-in-action-jacquin-niles 2012-01-12T10:32:09+05:00 en-US MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p>Professor Elizabeth M. Nolan is the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Assistant Professor at MIT. She grew up in Niskayuna, New York and graduated magna cum laude from Smith College in 2000 with highest honors in chemistry and a minor in music. She went on to study inorganic chemistry as a graduate student at MIT, receiving her PhD in 2006 and joined MIT&rsquo;s Department of Chemistry at MIT as an assistant professor in 2009.</p><p>Professor Nolan&rsquo;s research focuses on how certain proteins in the body destroy microbes by denying them essential metal nutrients, such as zinc. She hopes her work will reveal new strategies for developing powerful antibiotics. </p>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/UEthcrwFZks/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MITinspirational/MITinspirational_nolan_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/inspirational-chemistry-liz/id598355021?i=131241439>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/UEthcrwFZks>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-in-action/chemistry-in-action-liz-nolan 2012-01-12T10:32:09+05:00 en-US MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm <p>Katharina Ribbeck is Eugene Bell Development Professor of Tissue Engineering in the department of Biological Engineering at MIT. Professor Ribbeck studied Biology at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, receiving her undergraduate degree in 1998. She went on to get her PhD at the same institution in 2001. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg from 2002-2005 before coming to MIT.</p> <p>Dr. Ribbeck and her lab focus on the basic mechanisms by which mucus prevents or allows the passage of different molecules and pathogens. The lab also does research on the ways in which pathogens have evolved to pass through the mucus barrier and cause disease.</p>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/uYuPranLS1k/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://www.archive.org/download/MITinspirational/MITinspirational_ribbeck_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/inspirational-chemistry-katharina/id598355021?i=131241438>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/uYuPranLS1k>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br> http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/chemistry-in-action/chemistry-in-action-katharina-ribbeck 2012-01-12T10:32:09+05:00 en-US MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm