Themed collection Metallomics Emerging Investigators

Metallomics editorial board member Rachel Austin introduces our first group of Emerging Investigators in this themed issue dedicated to highlighting young scientists and their exciting research.

We discuss the current state of knowledge regarding the proposed mechanisms of arsenic biotransformation, and also look at cellular uptake, toxicity and clinical utilization of arsenicals.

This minireview summarizes siderophore-based methods for the fluorescence detection of Fe(III) and capture of bacterial pathogens.

X-ray reduction of diiron sites in a metalloprotein crystal correlates with their soaking accessibility, indicating that a diffusion component is involved in the reduction process.

Metals are critical and dynamic cellular components.

Genes for iron metabolism have been implicated in the function of the biological clock in fly neurons.

A series of four triazole–pyridine ligands were found to limit the metal-induced aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide relevant to Alzheimer's disease pathology.

A prochelator named BHAPI converts to the chelator HAPI upon reaction with H₂O₂ and protects cells under oxidative stress induced directly by H₂O₂ or indirectly by the cytotoxic herbicide paraquat.