June 2022
Welcome to our summer high school visiting students, Jasmine Chou
and Welch Summer Scholar Bryce Chun!
April 2022
Melissa won the John C. Butler Excellence in Teaching Award!
April 2022
Welcome to our new graduate student, Qingqing Dong
March 2022
Haowen's work was accepted to Biochemistry! He showed how the
biliverdin-binding near-infrared fluorescent proteins miRFP670 and
miRFP709 are quenched by transition metals, especially copper, and
serve as platforms for new long-wavelength metal ion sensors.
Congrats!
December 2021
Uyen, Muxin, John, Brittany, Juventino, and Marium's work was
accepted to Microbiology Spectrum! They quantified cellular metal
contents and showed how zinc, manganese, and iron differentially
affect growth kinetics of two distinct Lactobacillus species in
complex and minimal media. Congratulations!
October 2021
Welcome to our new undergraduate student, Molly Rhodes
October 2021
Welcome to our new graduate student, Ogonna David
February 2021
Melissa contributed a lecture on metals in the gut microbiota to
the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bioinorganic
educational resources initiative. Check it out here