Hi, February's MOTM is Galactosylceramide, which is a chemical found in the brain which is a constituent of nerve cells and intestinal membranes - and which may be implicated in promoting diseases such as HIV. It has been written by prof Jacques Fantini of the Université Paul Cézanne Marseille, France. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/motm.htm#feb2005 (I only have a few MOTMs waiting at the moment, and they are all by the same couple of authors, so if any of you would like to contribute a MOTM about an interesting molecule, please let me know). regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, BRISTOL BS8 1TS, UK tel: +44 (0)117 9289927 fax: +44 (0)117 9251295 mobile: +44(0)7811371539 Email: Paul.May@bristol.ac.uk Web: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/staff/pwm.htm MOTM: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/motm.htm "If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough of it" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------