The cover highlights the dynamic structure of the stem-loop II (s2m) RNA hairpin terminal loop (color gradient) in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, as revealed by molecular dynamics simulations and conformational analysis. The flexible nonaloop containing a palindromic sequence and possibly being involved in the formation of s2m kissing complexes was calculated to have higher absolute entropy than the rigidly pre-organized SARS-CoV s2m (creator: Adam Kensinger).

One of the COVID studies that Dr. Lackey worked on as a co-author with the Duquesne chemistry department is on the cover of ACS Physical Chemistry Au this month!

Stephani Page on Forbes twitter 1-16-2023

In a three-part series, Stephani Page (alum 2015) was featured on Forbes' Twitter. Jared Council interviewed her about...

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Congratulations to Rodney Park Ph.D. (2022 alum) who has a first-author publication "Designer installation of a substrate recruitment domain to tailor enzyme specificity" which was published in Nature Chemical Biology on December 12, 2022.

Read about our seven graduates who earned degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics between August and December 2022.

Congratulations to Reem Hakeem PhD on her paper in ACS Nano entitled "A Photopolymerized Hydrogel System with Dual Stiffness Gradients Reveals Distinct Actomyosin-Based Mechano-Responses in Fibroblast Durotaxis"

Dr. Candice Crilly, formerly a Ph.D. student in Dr. Gary Pielak’s lab, has been awarded The Gordon Hammes Scholar Award for her work on her 2021 article, “Dried Protein Structure Revealed at the Residue Level by Liquid-Observed Vapor Exchange NMR.” Dr. Crilly is a Biophysics trainee. We are so pleased that Dr. Crilly’s hard work is being recognized, and we wish her the very best in her new home as a postdoctoral researcher in the Han Lab at UC Santa Barbara!

Dr. Stockbridge received her PhD from UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics in 2010. She did her dissertation research in Richard Wolfenden’s lab studying thermodynamics of phosphoryl transfer reactions catalyzed by kinases.

Alex Guseman, PhD. Postdoc, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

We would like to congratulate Dr. Alex Guseman (Chemistry ’18 Molecular & Cellular Biophysics Program cohort ’14) on earning a K99 from the MOSAIC program. Dr. Guseman is a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania.

Nate Wesley phd standing by his defense presentation

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.

Dr. Gabby Budziszewski accepts Operations Manager position at Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute's High-Throughput Crystallography Center in Buffalo, NY!

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COVID studies cover art on ACS Physical Chemistry Au (Pat Lackey, 2016 alum)

Stephani Page (2015) featured in 3-part video series on Forbes Twitter

Rodney Park’s first author pub is out in Nature!

Congratulations 2022 winter commencement graduates!

Reem Hakeem PhD (2022 alum) publishes research in ACS Nano

The Gordon Hammes Scholar Award goes to Dr. Candice Crilly

Congratulations to Randy Stockbridge PhD (alum 2010) on achieving tenure

Alex Guseman PhD (2018) named NIGMS/NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 Scholar

Nathaniel Wesley earns his PhD!

Dr. Gabby Budziszewski accepts Operations Manager position at Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute’s High-Throughput Crystallography Center