Dr. Shuo Han Named Whitehead Scholar
Shuo Han, PhD, was recently named a Whitehead Scholar for the next five years.
Cold Comfort: How an Ion Channel Activates Our Response to Temperature
Dr. Soek-Yong Lee, Professor in Biochemistry and Duke Science and Technology Scholar, studies how we sense hot and cold.
Bach Nguyen Receives TriCEM Award
Bach Nguyen was awarded a TriCEM Graduate Student Award for his strong research proposal that will provide insights into antibiotic evolution using two recently discovered p
Shuo Han, PhD, Named 2023 LEADER Participant
The LEADER Course will bridges the gap between scientific expertise and the management skills needed to succeed in a small business unit. Congratulations!
Meyer Lab Develops TRIBE-STAMP: Identifies Multiple RNA-binding Protein Targets in a Single Cell
They Meyer Lab's innovative and versatile approach provides new insights into the function of TYHDF proteins in cells.
Alumna, Amanda Horstman Smith Wins Civilian Award
Dr. Amanda Horstman Smith was the first PhD student to join Dr. Meta Kuehn’s lab. But with Dr.
The Structure of Cool: How a Cell Channel Transforms to Make us Feel Cold
Humans and animals sense cold through temperature drops and menthol. The ion channel TRPM8 detects the cold and sends signals to sensory neurons to tell us we are feeling something cooler.
New Findings From the Yokoyama Lab
The first oxygen-dependent radical SAM enzyme was revealed in peptide antibiotic biosynthesis. Radical SAM enzymes catalyze a variety of chemically challenging radical reactions and are known to be inactivated in the presence of oxygen and thought to function under anaerobic conditions. However, in this work, Hai Nguyen and co-workers in the Yokoyama lab discovered that the DarE radical SAM enzyme in the biosynthesis of peptide antibiotic darobactin A uses molecular oxygen to insert an oxygen atom to its substrate. This finding significantly extends the scope of reactions catalyzed by these unique enzymes.
Maria Schumacher, PhD, is New Executive Editor of Nucleic Acids Research
Dr. Maria Schumacher was recently appointed as an Executive Editor of the journal, Nucleic Acids Research (NAR), ranked 8th out of 296 in the category of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and an impact factor of 19.16.