Interdisciplinary Interactions

In later years studies on the chemical nature of FeMoco would involve detailed collaboration between our biochemists and our chemists. Again, on the physiological side, the nifH-lac fusion mentioned in Section 4.2 was exploited to study the quantitative kinetics of oxygen repression, and another nif-lac fusion was used to show that Mo had a regulatory effect on nitrogenase synthesis. 

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Molecular Neuropharmacology Strategies and Methods is intended to bridge the gap between molecular biology and advanced chemistry. In addition, it attempts to include information about x-ray crystallographic analyses whenever available. This book discusses interdisciplinary interactions for monoamine transporters, amino acid transporters, ionotropic receptors, metabotropic glutamate receptors, GABA receptors, and other G protein-coupled receptors. 

Development of interdisciplinary interactions by finding simple access points in other disciplines where green chemistry and engineering are applicable ... 

In the above, I have tried to illustrate the importance of education in creating the interdisciplinary interactions needed to progress chemistry and increase appreciation of its importance in the modern world. More national publicity of all sciences is essential to increase realization of the vitally important role that science will play in the future. More early exposure to the magic of experimentation would help to inspire people to follow a science career. People need to be galvanized to want to learn more. Chemical Process Development is one of the more practical areas of chemistry and, as the thrust of the earlier chapters illustrates, one which particularly requires that practitioners embrace many other disciplines in order to create success in any mission. 

We hope this book series of PUILS will convey the excitement of Ultrafast Intense Laser Science to the readers, and stimulate interdisciplinary interactions among researchers, thus paving the way to explorations of new frontiers. 

Summary. This chapter summarizes a series of new single-molecule spectroscopy investigations in the life sciences at Cornell University that began with our invention of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) about 1970. Our invention of FCS became my first focus on the Molecular Dynamics of Life. It motivated my transition from research on quantum fluctuations and transport in condensed matter physics including superconductivity and in the molecular dynamics of coherent fluctuations and nano-transport in inanimate physical and chemical systems subject to the nonlinear dynamics of continuous phase transitions. These interdisciplinary transitions exemplify the productivity of such interdisciplinary interactions in science. 

I will conclude this introduction by stating the obvious. It seems clear to me that biochemical, physiological, and neurochemical research has much to contribute to the product discovery process, but the success of this approach is crucially dependent on the close interdisciplinary interactions that I have indicated in the figure. 

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