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Revision as of 16:09, 6 February 2008

Hourglass drawing.svg Where David lives it is approximately: 09:52

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)


My user plan

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 / Health Sciences Articles I Started -part 1

  1. Abacavir
  2. Acetaldehyde
  3. Acetaminophen
  4. Acetic acid
  5. Acetone
  6. Acid
  7. Acyclovir
  8. Alanine
  9. Aldosterone
  10. Aminoglycoside
  11. Ampicillin
  12. Amprenavir
  13. Androstenedione
  14. Anion
  15. Antiviral drug
  16. Arginine
  17. Aristolochic acid
  18. Arthralgia
  19. Arthrodynia
  20. Aspartic acid
  21. Asparagine
  22. Atazanavir (AZT)
  23. Atorvastatin (Lipitor)
  24. Azathioprine
  25. Bioinformatics
  26. Boron
  27. Boyle's law
  28. Carboxylic acid
  29. Carnitine
  30. Cerivastatin
  31. Chorismate
  32. Cidofovir
  33. Clofibrate
  34. Colestipol
  35. Cortisol
  36. Cross product
  37. Cysteine
  38. Cystine
  39. Diazinon
  40. DEET
  41. Delavirdine
  42. Deuterium
  43. Didanosine
  44. Efavirenz
  45. Enantiomer
  46. Entecavir
  47. Eplerenone
  48. Ester
  49. Estradiol
  50. Estrogen
  51. Ether
  52. Ezetimibe
  53. Famciclovir

  1. Fenofibrate
  2. Folic acid
  3. Flavivirus
  4. Fluvastatin
  5. Fuming sulfuric acid
  6. GABA
  7. Gemfibrozil
  8. Glucose
  9. Glutamic acid
  10. Glutamine
  11. Hexose
  12. Hippurate
  13. Histidine
  14. Hydrocortisone
  15. HMG CoA
  16. Hydrogen/Isotopes
  17. Ideal gas law
  18. Idoxuridine
  19. Indinavir
  20. Iron/Isotopes
  21. Isoleucine
  22. Lamivudine
  23. Leflunomide
  24. Leucine
  25. Lewis acid
  26. Lewis acid-base theory
  27. List of NMR experiments
  28. Lovastatin
  29. Lysine
  30. Mesalamine
  31. Methionine
  32. Methotrexate
  33. Mevalonate
  34. Mevastatin
  35. Midodrine
  36. Minocycline
  37. NADPH
  38. nelfinavir
  39. Netilmicin
  40. Nitroglycerin
  41. Nitromethane
  42. Neuralgia
  43. Oseltamivir
  44. NMR active elements
  45. Penciclovir
  46. Phenylalanine
  47. Phosphate
  48. Phosphoric acid
  49. Phosphorus
  50. Pravastatin
  51. Prednisone
  52. Prednisolone
  53. Progesterone

Chemistry / Health Sciences Articles I Started -part 2

  1. Proline
  2. Protease inhibitor
  3. Protein structure
  4. Rhabdomyolysis
  5. Ribavirin
  6. Rimantadine
  7. Ritonavir
  8. Rosuvastatin (Crestor)
  9. Saquinavir
  10. Serine
  11. Simvastatin
  12. Spironolactone
  13. Stavudine
  14. Steroid
  15. Streptomycin
  16. Sulfasalazine
  17. Sulfur dioxide
  18. Sulfuric acid
  19. Tenofovir
  20. Testosterone
  21. Tipranavir
  22. Threonine
  23. Tryptophan
  24. Tyrosine
  25. Valine
  26. Warfarin
  27. West Nile virus
  28. Zalcitabine
  29. Zanamivir


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!)

Other 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.