Title: TBA – Sharonda LeBlanc, PhD

8/12/2022

Archive Fall 2022 Speaker: Sharonda LeBlanc, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Physics NC State University Host: Peter Kasson, Ph.D.  

Congratulations to Anne Kenworthy for receiving the Mildred Cohen Award in Biological Chemistry.

7/6/2022

The award recognizes and honors scientists at all stages of their careers who have made substantial advances in understanding biological chemistry using innovative physical approaches. Anne’s work beautifully embodies the…

Congratulations to Graduate Students Bena Chan, Luis Real Hernandez, and Jeremi Kuklewicz, to be named 2022 Wagner Fellows

7/5/2022

Please congratulate the 2022 Wagner Fellows in our department! Wagner Fellowships are awarded each year to some of the most promising graduate students in the BIMS programs. Sze Ham "Bena"…

Congratulations to Jochen Zimmer and his lab on their publication in Nature

6/27/2022

Congratulations to Jochen Zimmer and his lab on the publication of the structure and mechanism of substrate recognition of hyaluronan synthase in Nature (). Hyaluronan is a ubiquitous acidic glycosaminoglycan…

Title: Structural studies of prokaryotic cell surfaces

3/29/2022

Archive Spring 2022 Speaker: Tanmay Bharat, Ph.D. Tenured Group Leader, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology,  Cambridge University Tenured Group Leader, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of…

Title: Studying structures of influenza viruses and vaccine platforms via electron microscopy

3/24/2022

Archive Spring 2022 Speaker: Audray K. Harris, Ph.D. Stadtman Investigator Structural Informatics Unit, NIAID/DIR Host: Dr. Peter Kasson

Title: Decision Making at early moments of protein biogenesis

3/24/2022

Archive Spring 2022 Speaker: Shu-ou Shan, Ph.D. Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Tech Host: Dr. Ahmad Jomaa

Title: Functional interplay between lipids and conformational transitions in human ACBA7

3/24/2022

Archive Spring 2022 Speaker: Amer Alam, Ph.D. Assistant Professor The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin Host: Dr. Ahmad Jomaa

Title: Ensemble-based computational design of enzyme catalysis and conformational equilibrium

3/24/2022

Archive Spring 2022 Speaker: Roberto Chica, Ph.D. Professor Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences University of Ottawa Host: Dr. Peter Kasson

Design and Synthesis of Small Molecules which stabilize Auto-inhibition of the transcription factors ERG/FLI1 to inhibit binding of EWS-ERG/EWS-FLI1 to DNA

3/9/2022

Archive Spring 2022 Speaker: Kiran Srimath Tirumala, Ph.D., Bushweller Lab Host: Dr. John Bushweller