Lab News
June 2024
Gray Little Hall, Erber Lab
The LTQ-Altis triple quadrupole mass spectrometer from ThermoFisher Scientific is installed! We're excited to use this instrument to push research boundaries and provide top-of-the-line mass spectrometry training!
May 2024
Reinner Omondi, Ph.D. joins the lab
We are excited to have Dr. Reinner Omondi join the Erber lab. He completed his Ph.D. education in Chemistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa, under the mentorship of Professor Ojwach. He also completed a short postdoctoral training with Professor Smith at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. We are excited for what the future holds for him here!
End of semester Erber lab dinner
The Erber lab visits Fields and Ivy for dinner to celebrate end of Spring 2024 semester and exams. We look forward to focusing on research this summer!
(Pictured: Eli Barnes, Dr. Reinner Omondi, Dr. Luke Erber, Gabrielle Fisette, Farai Musonza)
First research paper published with ACS Chemical Biology
With our collaborators at the schools of Pharmacies at the University of Minnesota and the University of Arizona, we examine the role of methylglyoxal in the formation of DNA-protein crosslinks.
April 2024
MIKIW Medicinal Chemistry Conference
The conference brings together graduate students and professionals from departments of Medicinal Chemistry from the Universities of Minnesota, Illinois at Chicago, Kansas, Iowa, and Wisconsin to share their research projects, knowledge, and advancements in the field of medicinal chemistry. This conference provides a platform for attendees to network, exchange ideas, and collaborate on future projects. The conferences covers a range of topics, including drug design, total and semi-synthesis, analytical chemistry, pharmacology, drug delivery, synthetic biology, natural product drug leads, molecular/cell biology, and more.
(Pictured are the attendees from Kansas, Pomerantz group members and alumni, and the School of Pharmacy at UIC)
March 2024
American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Toxicology
Dr. Erber chaired the spring virtual symposium of the ACS, Chemical Toxicology Division. The topic was "Integrative Analysis of ‘Omics Data for Identification of Pathways Related to Toxicity". We heard from five wonderful speakers on how 'Omics technologies are used to study how xenobiotics are biotransformed, to identify the cellular response to xenobiotic exposure, and provide information for personalized patient treatment.
February 2024
Gray Little Hall, Erber Lab
We received the LTQ-Altis triple quadrupole mass spectrometer from ThermoFisher Scientific. We're excited to use this instrument to push research boundaries and provide top-of-the-line mass spectrometry training!
December 2023
Gray Little Hall, Erber Lab
Installed cell culture room facility. Facility includes biological safety cabinets, cell culture incubators, cell counter, centrifuge, and a microscope.
November 2023
University of Kansas
Dr. Erber presented research at the University of Kansas Cancer Research Symposium
October 2023
First paper published in the journal Trends in Biosciences, where we reviewed the current state of research for post-translational and post-transcriptional modifications.
September 2023
Grey Little Hall, Erber Lab
Receipt and installation of lab instrumentation, including high performance liquid chromatography instrumentation! We are excited to start purifying and quantifying biomolecules!
August 2023
University of Kansas
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy
Celebrating the start to fall 2023 at University of Kansas!
August 15, 2023
American Chemical Society, Fall Conference
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Erber presented "Profiling Cellular Proteins Participating in Methylglyoxal DNA-Protein Crosslinks" at the ACS TOXI Division Symposium. Pictured is Dr. Erber with Dr. Tretyakova and members of the Tretyakova lab.