Check out our recently published JBC article outlining the prevention of aggregation activity by Grp94! Great work Ayodeji & Erin in pioneering this project!
The Kravats lab (Alyssa, Hannah and Andrea) participated in Grandparent's College, where we designed a few biochemistry experiments for Miami Alum and their grandchildren. We had a fantastic time learning about the secret science of everyday things!
Spring 2026 - Hannah Popoola received an award for her oral presentation at the The Next Gen Conversations at Louisiana Tech meeting! Congratulations Hannah!
Spring 2026 - Graduate student IK Obaseki was awarded Dissertation Scholar! Congratulations IK! Job well done!
Spring 2026 - Graduate student Hannah Popoola was recognized for her outstanding teaching contributions in the department! Way to go Hannah!
Fall 2025 - Graduate student Shibo Kou has joined the lab!
Check out our recent review on the structural and functional dynamics of BiP and Grp94 : opportunities for therapeutic discovery that was published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Fall 2024 - Graduate student Alyssa Derr has joined the lab!
Check out our recently published PNAS article combining structural biology, biochemistry, and computational chemistry to understand the conformational dynamics of Grp94!
Fall 2023 - Graduate student Chioma Ndolo has joined the lab!
Fall 2022 - Graduate student Ayodeji Adedeji has joined the lab!
July 2024 - Erin Unruh, successfully defended her dissertation.
Summer 2023 - John Paul Alao, my first computational PhD student, defended his dissertation. He has done a wonderful job learning many different computational skills and working on an array of projects in the lab over the past 5 years! Very impressive - I can't wait to see what the future holds!
May 2023 - Yaa Sarfowah Amankwah, my first PhD student, successfully defended her dissertation. I couldn't be more proud of her hard work and determination over the past 5 years! She will be greatly missed, but she is off to do more great science at Ohio State University!
May 2023 - Congratulations to rising senior Kylie Paul. Kylie was awarded a Hughes Internship for summer 2023!
April 2023 - BS/MS student Yasmeen Fleifil successfully defended her thesis! I'm so proud of her! She is off to a research position at Cincinnati Children's!
June 2022 - Graduate Student Yaa Sarfowah Amankwah was named the 2022-2023 Dissertation Scholar! Congratulations on your well-deserved success!
May 2022 - Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors! Preston, Katherine, AJ, Quynh, Molly, Ben, and Alex - We will miss you but wish you the best in your new endeavors!
Feb 2022 - Congratulations to BS/MS student Yasmeen Fleifil on receiving the Alfred H. Free Scholarship for 2022-2023. Great job!
Dec 2021 - Congratulations to graduate student Yaa Sarfowah Amankwah and undergraduate student Preston Collins on the Miami University DUOS award for Spring 2022!
March 2021 - Congratulations to AJ Morton and Quynh Nguyen for receiving Undergraduate Summer Scholar positions for Summer 2021!
October 2021 - The Kravats Lab participated in the sharing science workshop at the Cincinnati Museum Center. We had a great time learning how to communicate our research interests to the general public, and getting museum participants involved in hands on demonstrations!
Dec 2021 - Welcome to our new graduate student Hannah Popoola!
March 2021 - Welcome to our new graduate student Ikponwmosa Obaseki!
Jan 2021 - Our paper on DnaK-HtpG symmetry has been published. Check it out here:
May 2019 - Congratulations to undergraduate Kate Connors for receiving the Alfred H. Free Scholarship for 2019-2020. Great job!
March 2019 - Congratulations to undergraduate student David Reittenbach for receiving a Undergraduate Summer Scholar position at Miami University for summer 2019! Great job!
September 2019 - Welcome to new lab member Erin Unruh
February 2019 - Welcome to new lab member John Paul Alao
December 2018 - Thanks to the Miami University Senate Committee on Faculty Research Grant and the College of Arts and Science Summer Research Grant for supporting ongoing projects in the Kravats Lab!
October 2018 - Welcome to new lab members Yaa Sarfowah Amankwah
August 2018 - Dr. Andrea Kravats has joined the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at Miami University