Gerasimchuk presented at the 35th International Conference on Solution Chemistry Aug. 26-30 in Szeged, Hungary.

An old friend and collaborator asked him to share his work. Gerasimchuk agreed to show his recent newly patented research on a series of compounds that have potential to fight cancer. The platinum compounds Gerasimchuk found emit light that penetrates tissue and can kill cancer cells.

Gerasimchuk enjoyed the conference, participants and the trip to Hungary.

“It is important gathering for people who are working in every aspect of chemistry and physics of solutions,” Gerasimchuk said. “There is an exchange of ideas and new contacts between people. I personally made two acquaintances with experts in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of a rare metal nuclei and sent them samples for collaborative studies.”

Nobel Prize laureate Yitzhak Marcus, who developed the theory of electron transfer, was also in attendance.

Gerasimchuk also got to tour the Hungarian ethnography museum near Szeged.

About Portugal

Gerasimchuk was also invited to talk at the 7th EuCheMS Conference on Nitrogen Ligands Sept. 4-7 in Lisbon, Portugal.

He presented his research on a new class of small nitrogen-based molecules that can bind to a variety of metal ions in solutions.

“We call these small molecules building blocks or molecular Legos that allow formation of numerous compounds with interesting properties,” Gerasimchuk said.

These compounds have already proved to be interesting drug candidates for chemotherapy and non-antibiotic antimicrobial applications.

Gerasimchuk liked that there were people from all over the world presenting their latest advances in the area of nitrogen-based molecules and their metal derivatives. He also praised the conference as being well-organized and thoughtful.