Virus Glycoprotein Trafficking Lab
Established. 2019@Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rockville MD
Established. 2019@Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rockville MD
News
May 2024: Suruchi has received a Travel Grant to present her research on spike protein trafficking at the Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association in Denver CO.
December 2023: Debajit's article on SARS-CoV-2 spike trafficking was published today in Nature Communications.
September 2023: We received our first R01 grant from NIGMS for a period of 5 years!
August 2023: Debajit's article on coatomer WD40 domain production has been accepted for publication in Protein Expression and Purification.
March 2023: We received funding from the American Thoracic Society!
February 2023: Our manuscript on the structural and functional implications of SARS-CoV-2 spike trafficking is now available at biorxiv.
November 2022: First cryoEM structure of the lab: the full-length spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in detergent by Suruchi! Data collected at PNCC on a Titan Krios TEM.
May 2022: Debajit has received a Travel Award from the American Society for Virology to present his structural work on the evolution of trafficking signals in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
February 2022: Our research on the biophysical and structural basis of molecular mimicry displayed by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein was published today in Communications Biology!
December 2021: Finally, we have determined the co-crystal structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike tail complexed with the coatomer WD40 domain. This took over a year of trial-and-error by Debajit.
July 2021: Read our review article on the structural biology of eastern equine encephalitis virus, which caused a major outbreak in North America in 2019.
April 2021: Take a look at our review article on the structural biology of flaviviruses that infect nearly 400 million people every year.
January 2021: Suruchi and Matt join the lab.
September 2020: We received our first extra-mural grant from the American Thoracic Society and Glaxo Smith Kline!
August 2020: We received support from MPower to investigate the structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
March 2020: Debajit joins the lab.
February 2019: Asma joins the lab.
February 2019: The Hasan lab opens its doors.
HASAN LAB@UMB