Dr. Robert Chapkin has been named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. He is the William W. Allen Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention at Texas A&M. He is a University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor and University Faculty Fellow in the Program in Integrative Nutrition and Complex Diseases. He is also… Read More →
University Outstanding Juniors Award Winner
Karissa Yamaguchi is a Senior working under Dr. Xiuren Zhang and just received the University Outstanding Juniors Award! Both Karissa and Dr. Zhang attended a breakfast for the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society at the University Club, where Karissa and other students were honored for their achievements. Congratulations Karissa! We’re all so proud of you!
Flower Fund Success
Every year in October, we host our Departmental Flower Fundraiser. This enables us to host events in order to raise money to buy flowers for those who incur a hospital stay, give birth, adopt, or lose a family member. This year, we hosted a Hula Hoop Competition, Costume Contest and Door Decorating Contest. Throughout the… Read More →
Work of Graduate Student, Sachin Katti, Featured on Cover of Metallomics
The work of Sachin Katti, a graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Igumenova lab), was recently featured on the cover of Metallomics (Metallomics. 2018 Sep 19;10(9):1211-1222. doi: 10.1039/c8mt00135a). In this manuscript, the authors report structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic characterization of Pb(II) interactions with the calcium-sensing domain of Synaptotagmin 1. Synaptotagmin 1 is… Read More →
2018 NACADA Outstanding Advising Global Award Winner
The National Conference on Academic Advising (NACADA) is an association of professional advisors, counselors, faculty, administrators, and students working to enhance the educational development of students. The Outstanding Advising Awards annually recognize individuals who have demonstrated qualities associated with outstanding academic advising of students or outstanding academic advising administration. The conference was held in Phoenix,… Read More →
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Awards Ceremony
On September 13, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences held their College Awards Ceremony. The ceremony consisted of the recognition of new, promoted, and tenured faculty, presentation of awards, 2018 special recognition, and recipients of National and University-level awards. In the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, we had one new faculty member and six… Read More →
NMR Facility Officially Relocated
The relocation of the 600 superconducting magnet from the old to the new Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility has been completed. The magnet successfully reached the field of 14.1 Tesla and is currently in the stabilization phase. The Biomolecular NMR facility has been in the works for several years – and it is finally… Read More →
Best Poster Award in ICORS 2018
Congratulations to Charlie Farber, 2nd year PhD student in Dr. Dmitry Kurouski’s Lab, for winning the best poster award at ICORS 2018 Conference in Korea. ICORS is the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy that is held every other year in Asia, Europe and America. This year, around 900 scientists came from all different parts of… Read More →
NIH Fellowship Winner
Congratulations to Natalie Garza, who has recently been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship from the NIH. These prestigious and highly competitive fellowships are given to very few students every year. The purpose of this fellowship is to support the health-related research of predoctoral students from population groups that have been shown to be… Read More →
Gohil Lab discovers a potential therapy for disorders of copper metabolism
Exciting new research from the Gohil Lab shows that elesclomol, an investigational anti-cancer drug, can be repurposed for the treatment of copper metabolism disorders. This finding published in a recent issue of PNAS is of high biomedical significance as inherited mutations that prevent copper delivery to a critical mitochondrial enzyme result in fatal infantile disorders… Read More →