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Revision as of 14:38, 22 January 2008

Hourglass drawing.svg Where David lives it is approximately: 00:43

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)


David E. Volk Status    last updated January 24, 2008    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox!Group Status
~ Plans ~
Short term plans
1. antibiotics articles
2. decide what goes into chem_infobox
3. biosynthesis sections for all 20 amino acids
Longer-term plans
1. Work on more Music articles
2. Work on steroid and all related articles
~ Roles and notes ~
Roles in the system
1. Editorial Council member
2. Editorial Personnel Administrator (EPA)
3. Chemistry Editor/Author
4. Biology Editor/Author
5. Music Author
Notes to self
Click edit above to start these notes
Public notes :

 

Chemistry Workgroup    Status    last updated January 21, 2008    [edit plan here]
~ Plans ~
My short-term plans
1. improve amino acid pages, biosynthesis
2. improve steroid and improve/create related pages
My longer-term plans
1. create pages all major metabolism cycles, reactions
~ Roles and Notes ~
My roles
1. Editor
2. Author
3. "Checklister"
My notes
1. finish amino acid synthesis text and structures
Public notes: Wish to make pages for all major metabolic pathways and chemicals therein. Also, we need pages, with help from Health Sciences folks, for every prescription drug available.


Chemistry/Biology Articles I Created

  1. Acetaldehyde
  2. Acetic acid
  3. Acetone
  4. Acid
  5. Alanine
  6. Aldosterone
  7. Androstenedione
  8. Anion
  9. Arginine
  10. Aristolochic acid
  11. Arthralgia
  12. Arthrodynia
  13. Aspartic acid
  14. Asparagine
  15. Azathioprine
  16. Bioinformatics
  17. Boron
  18. Boyle's law
  19. Carboxylic acid
  20. Carnitine
  21. Chorismate
  22. Cross product
  23. Cysteine
  24. Cystine
  25. Diazinon
  26. DEET
  27. Deuterium
  28. Enantiomer
  29. Eplerenone
  30. Ester
  31. Estradiol
  32. Estrogen
  33. Ether
  34. Folic acid
  35. Flavivirus
  36. Fuming sulfuric acid
  37. GABA
  38. Glutamic acid
  39. Glutamine
  40. Hippurate
  41. Histidine
  42. Hydrogen/Isotopes
  43. Ideal gas law
  44. Iron/Isotopes
  45. Isoleucine
  46. Leucine
  47. Lewis acid
  48. Lewis acid-base theory
  49. List of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance experiments
  50. Lysine
  51. Methionine
  52. Methotrexate
  53. NADPH
  54. Nitroglycerin
  55. Nitromethane
  56. Neuralgia
  57. NMR active elements
  58. Phenylalanine
  59. Phosphate
  60. Phosphoric acid
  61. Phosphorus (a CZ:New Draft of the Week)
  62. Progesterone
  63. Proline
  64. Protein structure
  65. Serine
  66. Spironolactone
  67. Steroid
  68. Testosterone
  69. Threonine
  70. Tryptophan
  71. Tyrosine
  72. Sulfur dioxide
  73. Sulfuric acid
  74. Texas Hold 'Em
  75. Valine
  76. Warfarin
  77. 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.