User:David E. Volk

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