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Smith Lab Publishes Article in ACS Chemical Biology
Janet Smith, Ph.D. , and her colleagues characterized the specific chemical pathway the bacteria use to begin building this molecule.

Dr. Sojin An of the Uhn-Soo Cho lab publishes research article in Structure Journal
Dr. Sojin An of the Uhn-Soo Cho Lab publishes a research article in

Congratulations to Grace Kroner for successfully defending her thesis!
Grace Kroner, of the Peter Freddolino lab, successfully defended her thesis, “Regulation

Beth Rousseau receives NSF fellowship
Congratulations to Beth Rousseau on fellowship awarded by the National Science Foundation!

Yan Zhang Lab publishes paper in Molecular Cell
A Cas9 protein discovered in meningitis bacteria can act as precise “scissors” for both types of genetic material, cutting at a desired spot guided by CRISPR RNAs.

Ryan Baldridge Receives 2018 Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientists Award
Ryan Baldridge Receives 2018 Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientists Award for Damon Runyon Cancer Research

Jerry Menon Retirement Symposium set for April 20, 2018
Dr. Jerry Menon will be retiring soon and the Biological Chemistry Department along with the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department would like to celebrate his stellar 48-year academic career at the University of Michigan on April 20 th , 2018 with a symposium.

Michigan Medicine enters drug discovery collaboration with AstraZeneca in Chronic Kidney Disease
Drs. Jeanne Stuckey (Dept. of Biological Chemistry and LSI) and Ray Trievel (Depts. of Biological Chemistry

Congratulations to Neil Marsh on recently being named an AAAS Fellow
Seven University of Michigan faculty members are among 396 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
These scientists and engineers were chosen as AAAS fellows by their peers for their "efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished,"

Current and Former Biochem Students Publish Article in Nucleic Acids Research
Current Department of Biochemistry Ph.D. candidate Jen Bohn and former students Jamie Van Etten, Ph.D

Cathy L. Drennan, Ph.D., Awarded Bicentennial Alumni Award
Professor of Biology and Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and Investigator

Congratulations Ursula Jakob
Please join me in congratulating Ursula Jakob who has joined the

Justin McNally Awarded Best Poster at 37th Annual Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference
Justin McNally , a PhD student in Biological Chemistry, was awarded the ACS Chemical Biology Sponsored “Best Poster” Award at the

Sojin An publishes an article in eLife
Sojin An, Ph.D. of the Dr. Uhn-Soo Cho Laboratory publishes an article in eLife. "


Golden touch to detect ultra-small quantities of DNA
Chemistry World quotes biochemist Dr. Nils Walter on new technique to measure small amounts of nucleic acid

Justin McNally publishes an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry
Justin McNally, Ph.D. of the Dr. Pat O'Brien Lab publishes an article in the Journal of Biological
Congratulations to Nicole Motl, Ph.D.
Congratulations to Nicole Motl of the Ruma Banerjee Lab for successfully defending her thesis, "Structural Enzymology of Sulfide Oxidation by Persulfide Dioxygenase and Rhodanese", on May 15, 2017. Nicole will finish up her current projects while pursuing a postdoctoral position in structural biology.