{"id":25832,"date":"2023-03-21T10:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=25832"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:03:11","slug":"congratulations-to-our-new-phd-dr-odessa-goudy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/congratulations-to-our-new-phd-dr-odessa-goudy\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to our new PhD, Dr. Odessa Goudy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Odessa Goudy successfully defended her thesis, titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cComputational design of autoinhibitory domains for a protease-activated PD-L1 inhibitor\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Friday, February 17th. As a graduate student, Odessa was an active member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/directory\/kuhlman\/\">Brian Kuhlman\u2019s lab<\/a> and a student leader within the Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> department.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25833 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Odessa Goudy standing by presentation stage at PhD Defense in February 2023\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-at-defense-560x560.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Odessa Goudy successfully defended her thesis, titled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cComputational design of autoinhibitory domains for a protease-activated PD-L1 inhibitor\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Friday, February 17th. As a graduate student, Odessa was an active member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/directory\/kuhlman\/\">Brian Kuhlman\u2019s lab<\/a> and a student leader within the Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research &amp; Outreach\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For her thesis project Odessa optimized natural proteins and engineered novel domains to serve as autoinhibitory domains using Rosetta and other methods. Outside of research, Odessa helped to revamp the department student-led student seminar, received numerous poster and presentation and science illustration awards, actively recruited students during the BBSP interview weekends, and represented the biophysics student in the department Graduate Education Committee. In addition, Odessa devoted her efforts toward science outreach by serving as a WinSPIRE <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research Mentor<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hands on Experience Leader<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, representing the department at SACNAS, and co-founding Shadow A Scientist. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally. Odessa was recognized as a peer-nominated Graduate Student Mentor by the Office of Graduate Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Fellowships<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, Odessa was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the recipient of The Carol and Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship within the Royster Society of Fellows. Membership within the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.unc.edu\/funding\/gradschool\/royster\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Royster Society of Fellows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the highest honor awarded by The Graduate School to graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to receiving the Dissertation Completion Fellowship, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/odessa-goudy-has-been-selected-to-receive-a-2019-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odessa was awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Additionally, Odessa was also supported by the NIH <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/biophysics.unc.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Molecular and Cellular Biophysics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> T32 Training Grant in 2018 during her second-year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odessa accepted a position as a Scientist on the Discovery Team at AI Proteins in Boston. AI Proteins <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a newly founded biotechnology company focused on the design and engineering of synthetic miniprotein therapeutics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. We wish her all the best!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25834\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 651px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25834 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-Goudy-with-lab-2-17-2023-after-defense.png\" alt=\"Odessa Goudy with Kuhlman lab 2-17-2023 after defense\" width=\"641\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-Goudy-with-lab-2-17-2023-after-defense.png 641w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-Goudy-with-lab-2-17-2023-after-defense-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-Goudy-with-lab-2-17-2023-after-defense-600x318.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/03\/Odessa-Goudy-with-lab-2-17-2023-after-defense-560x297.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Odessa Goudy with Brian Kuhlman and lab after defending her thesis on February 17, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Publications<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Goudy OJ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Peng A, Tripathy A, Kuhlman B. Design of a protease-activated PD-L1 inhibitor. Protein Sci. 2023 Mar;32(3):e4578. doi: 10.1002\/pro.4578. PMID: 36705186; PMCID: PMC9926466.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lerner AM, Yumerefendi H, <\/span><b>Goudy OJ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Strahl BD, Kuhlman B. Engineering Improved Photoswitches for the Control of Nucleocytoplasmic Distribution. ACS Synth Biol. 2018 Dec 21;7(12):2898-2907. doi: 10.1021\/acssynbio.8b00368. Epub 2018 Nov 29. PMID: 30441907; PMCID: PMC6497050.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Awards<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/2021-2022-science-mentoring-awards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2021-2022 Science Mentoring Awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/odessa-goudy-has-been-selected-to-receive-a-2019-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odessa Goudy has been selected to receive a 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/congratulations-2021-retreat-presentation-winners\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations 2021 Retreat Presentation Winners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extracurricular Activities\/Positions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/diversity\/reaching-out-for-the-win-encouraging-stem-in-the-local-community\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reaching Out for the Win: Encouraging STEM in the local community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/shadow-a-scientist-reaches-400-students\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shadow A Scientist reaches 400 students!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/diversity\/bcbp-at-the-diversity-in-stem-sacnas-conference-in-puerto-rico\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BCBP at the Diversity in STEM SACNAS conference in Puerto Rico!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highlights<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/bcbp-department-student-seminar-is-a-student-created-initiative\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BCBP department student seminar is a student-created initiative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/kuhlman-lab-members-present-at-winter-rosettacon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kuhlman lab members present at Winter RosettaCON<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/odessa-goudy-presented-at-3mt-finals\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odessa Goudy presented at 3MT finals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Odessa Goudy successfully defended her thesis, titled \u201cComputational design of autoinhibitory domains for a protease-activated PD-L1 inhibitor\u201d on Friday, February 17th. 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