Dr. J. Matthew Watson received his PhD in 2007 from the lab of Dr. Dorothy Shippen. His work focused on studying how the conserved DNA repair protein Ku70 protected telomeres and how elongated telomeres in ku70 mutants were affected by recombination. He initially started in the lab as a technician, working with Dr. Karel Riha, who was… Read More →
Adriana C. Hernandez-Morales
Adriana C. Hernandez-Morales is finishing her PhD in the Center for Phage Technology under the mentorship of Drs. Ry Young and Jason Gill. She studies the mechanisms by which phages (bacterial viruses) infect antibiotic-resistant bacteria that form biofilm. She also characterizes phages for therapeutic use, and evaluates their efficacy. Her work, involving the use of… Read More →
Adey Awah from Young Lab Featured in The Eagle
The True Value of a Texas A&M EducationOne scholarship made the difference for Adey Awah ’20. Howdy Ags, What is the true value of a Texas A&M University education? There are a few different ways to approach this question. You could take it literally and answer “the cost of tuition.” Or maybe you could think… Read More →
Dr. Jean-Philippe Pellois Receives CPRIT Grant
This year, five Texas A&M University research teams received CPRIT grants with a total of over $6 million. Our very own Dr. Jean-Philippe Pellois, Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs received a grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, for his studies of how cells communicate with each other. When cells… Read More →
Bio/Bio Welcomes Our New Department Head!
Dr. Josh Wand took over as head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station beginning August 1. Dr. Wand joins Texas A&M from the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as the Benjamin Rush professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the Perelman School… Read More →
Simon Rousseau
Simon is starting his 6th year as graduate student working in the laboratory of Dr. James Sacchettini. His research seeks to improve diagnosis and treatment of Tuberculosis. Simon is currently working on a diagnostics technology using naturally occurring viral proteins. Furthermore, Simon is also investigating synergistic interactions between known drugs targeting central carbon metabolism pathways in Mycobacterium… Read More →
Dr. Andrew Nelson
Dr. Andrew Nelson received his Ph.D. in 2012 in the lab of Dr. Dorothy Shippen. His research focused on describing mechanisms by which an essential ribonucleoprotein complex, telomerase, is regulated in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. His work resulted in seven first or co-author research publications, three reviews, and a book chapter. After graduation, Andrew… Read More →
Dr. Junjie Zhang’s Lab Publishes in Nature Communications
MS2, an ssRNA virus, has a long (> 50 years) history as a model system in molecular biology. MS2 infects the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli via a single maturation protein, which attaches to retractile F-pili of the host and has potential biotechnological applications for RNA delivery into cells. While MS2 was the first organism sequenced,… Read More →
Laura Huning
Laura Huning is finishing up her 5th year as a doctoral student working under Dr. Gary Kunkel. She is studying the transcriptional activation of eukaryotic genes by a transcriptional activator protein, Zinc Finger Protein 143. When not in lab or in the fish rooms, Laura is teaching biochemistry laboratory techniques as a lab teaching assistant. In 2018, Laura… Read More →
Eric C. Greene
Eric Greene is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University. Dr. Greene’s laboratory pioneered development of novel technologies for studying protein–nucleic acid interactions at the single–molecule level using real–time optical microscopy with an overarching goal of seeking to understand the molecular mechanisms that cells use to repair, maintain, and… Read More →