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Dr. Hewitt successfully defended her PhD, “Modulation of Active State Dynamics by Catalytic Glutamine Mutations in Large G proteins,” on March 31.

Natalie Hewitt, PhD with flowers after successfully defending her PhD

Title: “Modulation of Active State Dynamics by Catalytic Glutamine Mutations in Large G proteins”

PI: Dr. Henrik Dohlman

Highlights & Awards

Thomas Collum Butler Graduate Fellowship Award (December 2020)

Pharmacology Community Service and Outreach Award (December 2019)

Co-founder Scientific Training and Research (STAR) Program, for K-8 students (2018-present)

Carl Storm Fellowship

Publications

Knight KM, Ghosh S, Campbell SL, Lefevre TJ, Olsen RHJ, Smrcka AV, Valentin NH, Yin G, Vaidehi N, Dohlman HG. A universal allosteric mechanism for G protein activation. Mol Cell. 2021 Apr 1;81(7):1384-1396.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.02.002. Epub 2021 Feb 25. PMID: 33636126; PMCID: PMC8026646.

Rangarajan N, Gordy CL, Askew L, Bevill SM, Elston TC, Errede B, Hurst JH, Kelley JB, Sheetz JB, Suzuki SK, Valentin NH, Young E, Dohlman HG. Systematic analysis of F-box proteins reveals a new branch of the yeast mating pathway. J Biol Chem. 2019 Oct 4;294(40):14717-14731. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.010063. Epub 2019 Aug 9. PMID: 31399514; PMCID: PMC6779436.


Pics from Natalie’s PhD defense and Pharmacology coat ceremony. Click for larger images.

Congratulations, Natalie, we are so proud of you! We wish you all the best!