March 26, 2020
The Ragunathan lab publishes a research article in eLife
An H3K9 methylation dependent protein interaction regulates the non-enzymatic function of a putative histone demethylase
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March 5, 2020
Adam Thelen Awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
One of Rackham's most prestigious fellowships, awarded to candidates with an outstanding research record and who have achieved academic excellence throughout their graduate career.
January 9, 2020
Adam Thelen of the O'Brien lab publishes a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry
Recognition of 1, N 2 -ethenoguanine by alkyladenine DNA glycosylase is restricted by a conserved active site residue.
December 19, 2019
The Smith lab publishes an article in Structure
Repurposing the GNAT Fold in the Initiation of Polyketide Biosynthesis
December 16, 2019
CLICKS: Complementary Lessons in Community K-12 Schools
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians, and undergraduates bring biochemistry-focused lab activities to classrooms
December 9, 2019
Fabienne Birkle receives American Heart Association Fellowship
December 5, 2019
Uhn-Soo Cho and Yali Dou are the corresponding authors of an article in Nature Communications
Cryo-EM structure of the human MLL1 core complex bound to the nucleosome
December 2, 2019
Tom Jurkiw, Ph.D., a recent graduate of the O'Brien lab, is co-first author of a study in Nature Communications
Two-tiered enforcement of high-fidelity DNA ligation
November 12, 2019
Baldridge lab publishes article in eLife
Cycles of autoubiquitination and deubiquitination regulate the ERAD ubiquitin ligase Hrd1
November 11, 2019
Janet Smith lab and Center for Structural Biology publish in PNAS
A new study reveals the structural mechanisms that enable the protein ZAP to find and capture viral RNA, and offers insights into why some viruses (including HIV) can avoid this antiviral protein.
November 1, 2019
The Banerjee lab publishes a research article in Science
Itaconyl-CoA Forms a Stable Biradical in Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase and Derails Its Activity and Repair
October 17, 2019
The Cianfrocco lab publishes a study in Science Advances
The study reveals the molecular details of a key protein-protein interaction that drives cell movement and metastasis.
October 11, 2019
The Cho lab publishes a research article in Science Advances
MMOD-Induced Structural Changes of Hydroxylase in Soluble Methane Monooxygenase
October 10, 2019
Service Beyond Science essay by Ruma Banerjee, Ph.D., in ASBMB Today
A Professor Among Prisoners
October 7, 2019
Researchers in the labs of Ruma Banerjee and Uhn-Soo Cho publish in Cell Chemical Biology
A Catalytic Trisulfide in Human Sulfide Quinone Oxidoreductase Catalyzes Coenzyme A Persulfide Synthesis and Inhibits Butyrate Oxidation
September 23, 2019
Janet Smith and David Sherman labs publish a paper in Nature Chemistry
Fungal indole alkaloid biogenesis through evolution of a bifunctional reductase/Diels-Alderase
September 19, 2019