2024 Lab News Archive

August 2024

Misti's collaborative paper with the Deredge Lab (UMB) and the Zhang Lab (UMiami) identifying and characterizing an IDR in ATE1 was just deposited in bioRxiv. Read the paper here!

The lab is so proud if its newest Ph.D. recipient Dr. Mark Lee! CONGRATULATIONS AND WAY TO GO, DR. LEE!!

Mark's paper on the nucleotide promiscuity of Vibrio cholerae FeoB in collaboration with the Payne lab at UT-Austin was just accepted in J. Biol. Chem. Read the paper here!

July 2024

The lab is super pleased to have our R35 grant renewed for 5 more years! Thank you to NIH-NIGMS for continuous support of our research program!

Congratulations to Kate Magante who received an NSF USM Post-Baccalaureate Research Experience for LSAMP Students (PRELS) award, 1 of only 10 awards given to trainees from University of Maryland, College Park, UMBC, Townson, and Eastern Shore! WAY TO GO!!

June 2024

Aaron presented the lab's work at the XI International Fe-S Conference in Winston-Salem, NC.

The lab welcomes new undergraduate researchers Rya Holzman, John McKenna Soto, and Caleb Zelecke!

May 2024

Mark's paper on the nucleotide promiscuity of Vibrio cholerae FeoB was just deposited in bioRxiv. Read the paper here!

The lab welcomes new post-doctoral scholar Harvinder Singh!

Congratulations to all of the lab members who participated and helpd organize and execute the 2024 FCBIS at UMBC! What a great meeting!

Congratulations to Misti who was awarded a prestigious CBI internship for 10 weeks at St. Jude's Children's Research hospital in Memphis, TN! WAY TO GO!!

Congratulations to Mark for receiving the Robert F. Steiner award in Biochemistry research! WAY TO GO!!

Congratulations to our graduating senior undergraduates Chioma, Jeanne, and Kate: Chioma will be pursuing her Ph.D. in the IBiS program at Northwestern Univeristy, Jeanne will be pursuing their Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biochemistry at UMBC, and Kate will be pursuing a post-bac program! We are so proud of you three!! 

April 2024

Undergraduates Chioma, Darryn, and Kate did a fantastic job presenting at URCAD 28! Way to go, you three! 

March 2024

Alexander won the award for outstanding graduate research at the UMBC Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry's Graduate Research Day! Way to continue the lab's tradition!

The lab hosted Prof. Simone Brixius of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy as our 2nd HHMI Gilliam-sponsored seminar speaker.

The whole lab attended the national ASBMB meeting in San Antonio, TX! Mark and Aaron gave oral presentations, while Alexander, Candice, Kate, Misti, and Rajat delivered poster presentations. 

January 2024

Aaron chaired a session at the Bioinorganic GRS in Ventura, CA.