Department of Chemistry News
Kaminsky
September 23, 2014
Multi-disciplinary approach to understanding Botulinum toxin
Research Associate Professor Werner Kaminsky contributed to a research project recently highlighted in Nature.
January 15, 2013
The absolute configurations of the bitter acids of hops determined
Werner Kaminsky, Research Associate Professor and Department Crystallographer, working with researchers at KinDex Therapeutics and the University of Washington, has recently determined the absolute configurations of the acids from hops that give beer its characteristic bitter flavor.
June 12, 2009
Kahr, Kaminsky, et al. determine structural origin of light polarizing properties of herapathite
In a recent paper in Science, a UW group led by Professor Bart Kahr and Research Associate Professor Werner Kaminsky report the atomic structure of herapathite, a historically important source of large aperture light polarizers whose optical properties have long eluded explanation.