However; I want to spread the news about a stamp competition held by the Portuguese mail company, CTT, where a stamp with the active centre of an enzyme is on the top of the list.
Check it through the link above and vote for it if you'd please.
The stamp was designed by Nuno Micaelo (former ITQB PhD student) and the image used is a representation of the molecular structure of the CotA-laccase from Bacillus subtilis. The structure of this enzyme, important for many biotechnological applications (for example: in the pulp and paper industry), was determined at ITQB in 2003. The CotA-laccase is the object of study of many research projects at ITQB.
For those of you who read Portuguese, see more information about this stamp in:
http://blog.irrequietos.com/blogs/ciencia_em_portugal/.
Vote for science, vote for progress; though other themes like animal rights have several proposals on the top 20, unfortunately, I find most of them quite dull.
3 comments:
muito interessante a ideia e muito engraçado o resultado, dá um selo vistoso e giro!
bjs, oh Muneópatra, Joia do Nilo
Olá Muna. Parabéns pelo Blog. Muito bom.
Vou incluir a informação dos selos no site que estou a construir. É um portal da quimica. Beijos.
Olá.
Sou o Nuno, o autor do selo. Obrigado pelo teu voto e pelo post.
Estou curioso em saber como soubeste isto :)
Obrigado.
Nuno
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