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Revision as of 18:36, 17 January 2008

Hourglass drawing.svg Where David lives it is approximately: 01:04

All truth passes through three stages:

  • First, it is ridiculed.
  • Second, it is violently opposed.
  • Third, it is accepted as being self-evident
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

Chemistry/Biology Articles I Created

  1. Acetaldehyde
  2. Acetic acid
  3. Acetone
  4. Acid
  5. Alanine
  6. Aldosterone
  7. Androsteinedione
  8. Anion
  9. Arginine
  10. Aristolochic acid
  11. Arthralgia
  12. Arthrodynia
  13. Aspartic acid
  14. Asparagine
  15. Bioinformatics
  16. Boron
  17. Boyle's law
  18. Carboxylic acid
  19. Cross product
  20. Cysteine
  21. Cystine
  22. Diazinon
  23. DEET
  24. Deuterium
  25. Enantiomer
  26. Ester
  27. Estradiol
  28. Estrogen
  29. Ether
  30. Flavivirus
  31. Fuming sulfuric acid
  32. Glutamic acid
  33. Glutamine
  34. Hippurate
  35. Histidine
  36. Hydrogen/Isotopes
  37. Ideal gas law
  38. Iron/Isotopes
  39. Isoleucine
  40. Leucine
  41. Lewis acid
  42. Lewis acid-base theory
  43. List of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance experiments
  44. Lysine
  45. Methionine
  46. Nitroglycerin
  47. Nitromethane
  48. Neuralgia
  49. NMR active elements
  50. Phenylalanine
  51. Phosphate
  52. Phosphoric acid
  53. Phosphorus (a CZ:New Draft of the Week)
  54. Progesterone
  55. Proline
  56. Protein structure
  57. Serine
  58. Steroid
  59. Testosterone
  60. Threonine
  61. Tryptophan
  62. Tyrosine
  63. Sulfur dioxide
  64. Sulfuric acid
  65. Texas Hold 'Em
  66. Valine
  67. West Nile virus

Music Article I Created

  1. Cover band
  2. Rex Bell
  3. Rex Bell/Discography
  4. REO Speedwagon
  5. REO Speedwagon/Discography
  6. Rush
  7. Hayes Carll
  8. Townes Van Zandt
  9. Townes Van Zandt/Discography (this was work!)

Physics/Mathematics Articles I Created

Areas of Expertise

  1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
    1. Protein NMR Structures
      1. West Nile virus ED3
      2. Omsk Hemorhagic fever ED3
      3. Dengue 4 virus
      4. Yellow fever virus
    2. DNA Structures
      1. Benzo[a]pyrene-adducted (carcinogenic) DNA
      2. Oxidatively Damaged DNA
      3. Thioaptamer DNA
    3. Metabonomics/Metabolomics
  2. Quantum Mechanics
    1. DNA:DNA Interactions
    2. DNA:Metal Interactions
  3. Lewis Acid Chemistry
    1. AlCl3 and Et2AlCl mediated ring opening reactions
    2. SnCl4 mediated ring opening reactions
  4. Protein Expression & Purification
  5. Molecular Mechanics

Areas of General Competence

  • Physical/Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Structural Biology
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Programming
    • Pascal
    • Perl
    • C++
  • MAcromolecular Purification Methods
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance (Biacore)
  • Binding thermodynamics and kinetics


Hobbies

  • Bass Guitar
  • Texas Holdem'
  • Bird Watching

Education & Background

David E. Volk holds a bachelors degree in mathematics and physics from Minot State (ND) University, and a Ph.D (1995) in physical organic chemistry from North Dakota State University. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center under Leonard Spicer and is currently a research scientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Currently his work focuses on studying the solution structures of DNA and proteins that are important to human health or diseases using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. These studies involve the West Nile, Yellow Fever, Omsk Hemorhaggic Fever and Dengue fever viruses. Other studies involved both structure and quantum mechanics studies of damaged DNA, such as oxidized DNA or adducted DNA. Most recently, he has initiated many metabonomics studies at UTMB. Visit Dr. Volk's UTMB Page for more information and links to his publications.