A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins.

Mucin-type O-glycosylation is a post-translational modification present at the interface between cells where it has important roles in cellular communication. However, deciphering the function of O-glycoproteins and O-glycans can be challenging, especially as few enzymes are available for their assembly or selective degradation. Here, to address this deficiency, we developed a genetically encoded screening methodology for the discovery and engineering of the diverse classes of enzymes that act on O-glycoproteins.

Multiblock Bottlebrush Nanofibers from Organic Electronic Materials.

Methods are described for the preparation of fiber-like nanomaterials that mimic the multilayer structure of organic electronic devices on individual polymer chains. By combining Cu(0) reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) and ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), multiblock bottlebrush copolymers are synthesized from ordered sequences of organic semiconductors. Narrowly dispersed fibers are prepared from materials commonly used as the hole transport, electron transport, and host materials in organic electronics, with molecular weights exceeding 2 × 10 Da and dispersities as low as 1.

Lessons learned when innovations go awry: a baseline description of a behavioral trial-the Enhancing Fitness in Older Overweight Veterans with Impaired Fasting Glucose study.

Individuals diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance (i.e., prediabetes) are at increased risk for developing diabetes.

Individual progress toward self-selected goals among older adults enrolled in a physical activity counseling intervention.

The purpose of this study was to examine what happens to goals over the course of a physical activity counseling trial in older veterans. At baseline, participants (N = 313) identified 1 health-related goal and 1 walking goal for their participation in the study and rated where they perceived themselves to be relative to that goal at the current time. They rated their current status on these same goals again at 6 and 12 mo.