On December 9th, Amrita Nallathambi served as a Shadow A Scientist graduate student science ambassador. Amrita is currently a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and also a trainee in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program. … Continued
Uriel Jean-Baptiste, a MCBP trainee and member of the Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD curriculum was featured as the student spotlight this month. Visit BCBP’s news post to learn more about Uriel’s research in the Neher lab.
Morgan Walker defended her dissertation under the guidance of Dr. Matthew Redinbo on January 13, 2023 and received her PhD. Her dissertation is titled “Structure and Function of Diverse Gut Microbial Enzymes.” Morgan received her B.S.Chem in Chemistry from the … Continued
Two Molecular and Cellular Biophysics trainees, Darex in the Lee lab, and Odessa in the Kuhlman lab, attended the 2022 STEM SACNAS conference in Puerto Rico. View the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics news post for details.
Congratulations to Reem Hakeem who successfully defender her dissertation titled “A photopolymer-based hydrogel system reveals distinct actomyosin-based mechano-responses in fibroblast durotaxis. Reem is a member of the Bear lab. View the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics new post for details.
Congratulations to Rodney Park for his successful dissertation defense titled “Design and Application of Substrate Recruitment Domains in Enzymes.” Rodney is a member of the Kuhlman lab.
Nathaniel Wesley successfully defended his thesis on August 17th, 2022, titled, “Characterization of Chromatin Interactions using TR-FRET.” The work was completed under the direction of Robert K. McGinty, MD, PhD. View the Biochemistry and Biophysics department news post for details.
The incoming cohort of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program students joined 2nd year students and program directors, Brian Kuhlman and Kevin Slep, for a bowling social. This year, the incoming cohort of students are from three departments, including BBSP, chemistry, … Continued
This spring, Sarah Harris, a member of the Dominguez lab, received the Barry Lentz Travel Award. Sarah traveled to the Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation Gordon Research Conference this summer and gave a poster presentation titled “Evolution of the RNA binding and regulations.” … Continued
Odessa Goudy, a graduate student in the Kuhlman lab, is the recipient of The Carol and Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship within the Royster Society of Fellows. View the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics news post for details.
