Lab News
Biorxiv Publication!
Ramasamy P. Kumar, Jason O. Matos, Brandon Y. Black, William H. Ellenburg, Jiahua Chen, MacKenzie Patterson, Jacob A. Gehtman, Douglas L. Theobald, Isaac J. Krauss, Daniel D. Oprian (2024) Crystal Structure of Caryolan-1-ol Synthase, a Sesquiterpene Synthase Catalyzing an Initial Anti-Markovnikov Cyclization Reaction. bioRxiv 2024.05.04.592530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.04.592530
Congratulations to Jacob:
Jacob has been awarded the Nathan O. Kaplan prize in Biochemistry for outstanding undergraduate research!
New Publication!
Ellenburg, W. H., & Oprian, D. D. (2024). Understanding mechanisms of terpene synthases using substrate analogs. Methods in Enzymology. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2024.04.003
Congratualtions to Jacob:
Jacob Gehtman BS/MS class of 2024 successfully defended his master's thesis "Utilizing Structural Biology to Study Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis."
Congratualtions to Brandon:
Brandon has successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis "An Evolutionary and Structural Analysis of Type 1 Terpene Synthases."
New Publication!
Congratualtions to Will Schiff!
Schiff, W. H., & Oprian, D. D. (2023). Mutational analysis of (+)-limonene synthase. Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00217
Congratulations Alice:
Alice Pham BS/MS class of 2023 successfully defended her master's thesis "Determinants of Enantioselectivity in (+)-Limonene Synthase"