Purchase of Rapid Kinetics Instrumentation for Mechanistic Studies of Catalysis

这项来自化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)/初级教师计划的奖励将允许伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的化学系获得具有停止流动能力和快速冷冻淬火仪器的快速扫描分光光度计。这个设备将主要由William van der Donk使用，他是一名初级教员，用于酶促反应机制的研究；抗生素生物合成机理研究；四氯乙烯脱卤酶的机理研究。这种技术先进的设备将在化学的许多方面开辟新的研究机会，包括生物分子化学和环境化学。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF)/Junior Faculty Program will allow the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign to acquire a rapid scanning spectrophotometer with stopped-flow capability and a rapid freeze quench instrument. This equipment will be used primarily by William van der Donk, a junior faculty member, for his research on mechanisms of enzymatic reactions; mechanistic studies of biosynthesis of antibiotics; and mechanistic investigations of tetrachloroethene dehalogenases. This technically advanced equipment will open up new research opportunities in many aspects of chemistry, including biomolecular chemistry and environmental chemistry.