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-[[User:Karl Oberholser|Karl Oberholser]] (1942-2013) was a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at [http://www.messiah.edu/departments/chemistry/ Messiah College] in Mechanicsburg PA USA from 1976-2010, and Professor Emeritus until his death from multiple myeloma in 2013. At Messiah, he created the [http://www.messiah.edu/molscilab/ Molecular Science Laboratory], a series of online molecular visualization tutorials designed for students. He [[User:Karl Oberholser|authored many articles]] in Proteopedia ([[Special:Contributions/Karl_Oberholser|complete list]]), and in 2010 became a member of [[Proteopedia:Team|Proteopedia's Editorial Board]].
+[[User:Karl Oberholser|Karl M. Oberholser]] (1942-2013) was a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at [http://www.messiah.edu/departments/chemistry/ Messiah College] in Mechanicsburg PA USA from 1976-2010, and Professor Emeritus until his death from multiple myeloma in 2013. At Messiah, he created the [http://www.messiah.edu/molscilab/ Molecular Science Laboratory], a series of online molecular visualization tutorials designed for students. He [[User:Karl Oberholser|authored many articles]] in Proteopedia ([[Special:Contributions/Karl_Oberholser|complete list]]), and in 2010 became a member of [[Proteopedia:Team|Proteopedia's Editorial Board]].
 ==Educational Articles and Tutorials==
-Some particularly noteworthy articles and tutorials initially authored by Karl Oberholser include:
+Some particularly noteworthy articles in Proteopedia that were initially authored by Karl Oberholser include:
-*[[Collagen]]
+<br>
+'''Protein Structure'''
+*[[Intro. to Protein Structure]] (a list of other articles, not all authored by Oberholser)
 *[[Ramachandran Plot]]
-* (please add others here)
+*[[Secondary structure]]
+*[[Sheets in Proteins]]
+*[[Phi and Psi Angles]]
+*[[Turns in Proteins]]
+*[[Coiled coil]]
+*[[Calculate structure]]
+'''Protein Families'''
+*[[Fibrous Proteins]]
+*[[Fibroins]]
+*[[Globular Proteins]]
+*[[Archaeal Histones]]
+'''Specific Proteins'''
+*[[Collagen]]<ref>The original [http://www.messiah.edu/departments/chemistry/molscilab/Jmol/collagen/collagen_index.htm Collagen tutorial at Messiah College] has been viewed over 20,000 times since 2007.</ref>
+*[[Oxymyoglobin]]
+*[[Complex III of Electron Transport Chain]]
+*[[Green Fluorescent Protein: Research Tool]]
+'''Nucleic Acid Structure'''
+*[[Syn and anti nucleosides]]
+'''Saccharides'''
+*[[Polysaccharides]]
+*[[Disaccharides]]
+*[[Hexoses]]
+'''Cofactors'''
+*[[Porphyrin]]
+Oberholser mentored his student [[User:Emily Forschler|Emily Forschler]] who, while an undergraduate, authored the article [[Photosystem_II]]. Oberholser is quoted about the [[Teaching_Strategies_Using_Proteopedia#Student_Authoring_of_Projects_as_Permanent_Proteopedia_Pages|impact of Forschler's article in his class]].
+Oberholser's article [[Ramachandran Plot]] was used to illustrate the power of Proteopedia in Figure 3 in a 2008 publication about Proteopedia<ref>PMID: 18673581</ref>.
+Oberholser also made significant contributions to many Proteopedia articles, initially written by other authors, and not listed above.
 ==Publications==
-In addition to various scientific research publications from 1976-1998, Karl authored or coauthored the following publications:
+In addition to various scientific research publications from 1976-1998, Oberholser authored or coauthored the following publications:
 <ref group="xtra">PMID:21567876</ref>
 <ref group="xtra">PMID:21536137</ref>
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+* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bmb.20566/abstract Adithya S, Oberholser K. Proteopedia Entry: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA). Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2012 40(1):74.]
+==Notes & References==
+<references />