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The Yang lab discovered a new ion conductance that is important for cerebellar motor learning

Allison Stelling, a postdoctoral fellow in the Al-Hashimi Lab, was awarded an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Congratulations to Kate, who will use this scholarship to study how modification of RNA influences the development and activity of the brain. Read more about Kate's project and her award.

Congratulations to Professor Maria A. Schumacher, who was named the Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Biochemistry. Learn more about Dr. Schumacher and her award.

The Schumacher lab describes work revealing the first structures of the ParA Walker-box protein bound to nsDNA and its effector protein, ParB and complementary biochemical and cellular studies that together reveal the molecular principles governing this process.

Our study is the first to provide a visualization of almost every possible conformation of this transporter in motion,” said senior study author Seok-Yong Lee, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry at Duke University School of Medicine. Read more

Jane Richardson is recognized for "her tremendous contributions to advancing our knowledge of the beauty and complexity of protein structure".

The Lee Lab provided the first close-up glimpse of a protein, called MurJ, which is crucial for building the bacterial cell wall and protecting it from outside attacks. Read more

Laura Ganser wins an NIH Predoctoral Fellowship.

Congratulations to Kate Meyer, who was named the 2016 Blavatnik Regional Award Finalist. This award reflects the pioneering research that Kate has done in RNA biology and N6-methyladenosine in mRNA. Read about the honorees