This afternoon, our lab member Nick Mead presented his thesis research in a seminar to the department, marking his completion of his MS Biochemistry degree. We threw a small party afterward to celebrate – congratulations, Nick!

Karin and Hiep have published a research article! The article, titled “Solution NMR chemical shift assignment of apo and molybdate-bound ModA at two pHs” has been published on the Biomolecular NMR Assignments site (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12104-024-10173-7). It will soon be assigned to an issue of the journal.

Former student Akemi Hinzer is in the news (https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2024/04/13/jpl-eager-for-clipper-launch-to-a-jupiter-moon-but-theres-the-six-hours-of-terror-it-faces/)! She currently works at JPL and will soon be leaving for Cape Canaveral as a Planetary Protection Specialist to get the Europa Clipper ready for launch. Exciting work, Akemi!

Today graduate student Beth Allen joined our research group! She will be a joint student with the lab of Dr Abrol, and will do a combination wetlab / computational project. We are excited to welcome Beth to our group!

Today Angelique Bayardo, an undergraduate Microbiology major in the NIH URISE program, joined the research group. Welcome, Angelique! We are happy to have you!

This afternoon lab member Tania Balian attended her commencement ceremony and graduated! Congratulations, Tania!

Today we received notification that our department has been awarded a NSF grant to purchase a helium recovery system for the NMRs! Karin was co-PI on the grant – we are very excited! Congratulations to us!

We finally managed to return to an in-person conference! Nick and Hiep presented their posters at the CSUPERB Symposium, held in a bizarre tent in the parking lot of the Santa Clara Marriott during a monsoon. Aside from the soaking wet dash to and from the tent, things were warm and dry, and the interest… Continue reading January 14, 2023

Congratulations to former lab member McKinzie Garrison, who defended her PhD today at John’s Hopkins University. Well done, Dr. Garrison!

Toryan Georgian, a BS Biochemistry student, is the newest addition to our lab. She started today, and hopefully enjoy all of the lab experience she will gain. Welcome, Tori!