Start Date
28-2-2022 3:45 PM
End Date
28-2-2022 5:00 PM
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust, and titanium minerals are widespread, yet conventional wisdom holds that biology has very little to do with titanium. The element has a reputation for extreme inertness that is belied by data from several experimental systems. This talk will address interactions between titanium minerals and biology at the molecular level, and will examine cases in which organisms and/or biomolecules induce the formation of, bind to, or dissolve titanium minerals.
Biography
Ann Valentine is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. She earned her BS from the University of Virginia and her PhD from MIT. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State University. She is now Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Temple University. Her research in bioinorganic chemistry focuses on hydrolysis‐prone metals in biology and the environment.
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Bioinorganic Chemistry of Mineralized Titanium
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust, and titanium minerals are widespread, yet conventional wisdom holds that biology has very little to do with titanium. The element has a reputation for extreme inertness that is belied by data from several experimental systems. This talk will address interactions between titanium minerals and biology at the molecular level, and will examine cases in which organisms and/or biomolecules induce the formation of, bind to, or dissolve titanium minerals.