BECCIA , Maria

Solution chemistry of Co(II) is receiving a renewal attention due to the high interest for knowing the speciation in seawater of its 60 Co radioactive isotope which appeared in the Japan sea as a consequence of the Fukushima-Daichii nuclear power plant accident. Experimental EX-AFS and XANES spectra of a dilute Co(II) aqueous solutions have...

Uranyl-protein interactions participate in uranyl trafficking or toxicity to cells. In addition to their qualitative identification, thermodynamic data are needed to predict predominant mechanisms that they mediate in vivo. We previously showed that uranyl can substitute calcium at the canonical EF-hand binding motif of calmodulin (CaM) site I....

As part of their third-year general chemistry program, students at the University of the Côte d'Azur are taught the basics of radioactivity. The view that third-year university students have of the periodic Table of the Elements is often reduced because it ignores the vast majority of isotopes. As part of this program, a practicum devoted to...