Congratulations to our labs with new publications! Michael Schnieders lab with first-author BME graduate Rae Corrigan: "A generalized Kirkwood implicent solvent for the polarizable AMOEBA protein model." Corrigan RA, Thiel AC, Lynn JR, Casavant TL, Ren P, Ponder JW, Schnieders MJ. J Chem Phys. 2023 August. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0158914 . Maria Spies lab with first-author postdoc Dr. Paras Gaur: "Single-Molecule Analysis of the Improved Variants of the G-Quadruplex Recognition Protein G4P." Gaur P, Bain FE, Honda M, Granger SL, Spies M. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 June. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241210274 . Sheila Baker lab with first-author staff member Dr. Shivangi Inamdar: "Photoreceptor Ion Channels in Signaling and Disease." Inamdar SM, Lankford CK, Baker SA. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27681-1_39 . Adrian Elcock lab with first-author staff member Dr...
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The Pufall lab has announced a new publication in Haematologica. The publication "IL6Myc mouse is an immunocompetent model for the development of aggressive multiple myeloma" can be viewed online at https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2022.282538 . Congratulations!
The Ashley Spies laboratory and first-author BMB alumni, Dr. Kathryn Hobbs, announced a new publication in Chemistry . The publication "Allosteric Tuning of Caspase-7: Establishing the Nexus of Structure and Catalytic Power" can be viewed online at https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301621 . Congratulations!
Dr. Bryce Plapp, Professor Emeritus, announces a new publication in J. Chem-Biol Interact titled "Specific base catalysis by yeast alcohol dehydrogenase I with substitutions of histidine-48 by glutamate or serine residues in the proton relay system". The publication can be viewed at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110558 .
Congratulations to M. Ashley Spies' lab, whose work on Caspase-7 was selected for the cover of Chemistry - A European Journal , Vol 29, Issue 40. The image depicts how mapping allosteric structure–activity relationships reveals the nexus between the active site and the remote allostericpocket. To read the associated article, see https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300872 .
Congratulations to Dr. Gillian DeWane and the DeMali laboratory for their publication in the Journal of Cell Science! The publiation "Vinculin Y822 is an important determinant in ligand binding" can be viewed at https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260104 .
Congratulations to BMB Alumni, Dr. Bryan Allen, for being selected as the next Chair and Department Executive Officer of the Department of Radiation Oncology! Dr. Allen studied with Dr. Daniel Weeks and graduated with his MD, PhD in 2008.
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Geyer's lab on a new publication in Cell Mol Life! The publication "Analysis of a rare progeria variant of Barrier-to-autointegration factor in Drosophila connects centromere function to tissue homeostasis" can be viewed at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-023-04721-y .
Congratulations to Dr. Maria Spies' lab on their publication in NAR Cancer in May! The publication "Therapeutic disruption of RAD52-ssDNA complexation via novel drug-like inhibitors" can be viewed at https://doi.org/10.1093/narcan/zcad018 .
Congratulations to the Geyer lab for their publication "A De Novo Sequence Variant in Barrier-to-Autointegration Factor Is Associated with Dominant Motor Neuropathy" in the March 3, 2023 issue of Cells! The article can be read at https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12060847 .