The Joshua Coon Lab has united the power of two major tools in biotechnology. In research published April 27 in Nature Communications, the lab describes a game-changing advance that marries mass spectrometry and electron microscopy (EM).
Year: 2022
Coronavirus Education in Classrooms and Communities
Formally and informally, in lecture halls and online portals, by email and phone, and even on city buses, biochemistry faculty advance greater understanding of COVID-19 and ways to prevent the disease from spreading. Read more …
Biochemistry SARS-CoV-2 Research Featured in Grow Magazine
As part of the global effort to understand SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19), CALS scientists have pivoted their existing research projects, launched entirely new studies, and banded together to share knowledge and resources. Experts …
Jason Cantor Receives Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award
Biochemistry assistant professor Jason Cantor has received a 2021 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. His was among the ten award-winning proposals that represent early-stage, innovative and cutting-edge technology in medicine and biomedical engineering. “In our …
IPiB Thesis Defense April 27: Elizabeth Larson
Immediately following fertilization, the genome undergoes a monumental feat — it’s reprogrammed to allow specialized germ cells to transition to an early embryo. This process requires DNA genome remodeling to enable the expression of a …
IPiB Thesis Defense June 23: Jennifer Peotter
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of inherited neurologic disorders that cause weakness and stiffness in the leg muscles. Defects in membrane trafficking can contribute to HSP and other neurodegenerative diseases. For her Ph.D. …
How a Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotic Takes Aim at C. difficile
Most antibiotics are double-edged swords. Besides killing the pathogen they are prescribed for, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. As a result, patients become more prone to reinfection, …
Vatsan Raman Receives Pound Research Excellence Award
Biochemistry assistant professor Vatsan Raman received the 2022 Pound Research Excellence Award. The award, which is supported by an educational development fund created to honor former CALS Dean Glenn S. Pound upon his retirement in …
2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recipients and Honorable Mentions Announced
Several Integrated Program in Biochemistry graduate students received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program honorable mentions this year. Lauren Mazurkiewicz is a second-year IPiB student in the Weeks Lab, Rohith Rajasekaran is a second-year …
Jason Cantor Receives Prestigious American Cancer Society Award
Biochemistry assistant professor and Morgridge Institute for Research investigator Jason Cantor was recently granted a prestigious award from the American Cancer Society to continue his investigation into conditionally essential genes in human cancer cells. Utilizing CRISPR, a …