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January 15, 2020

Abbey Landini, a freshman Biochemistry major from Columbus, Indiana, joins the group as an undergraduate researcher.  Welcome aboard Abbey!


January 1, 2020

Minyong Kim, a Biochemistry Ph.D. student from Ewha Womens University in South Korea, joins the group as a first-year Biochemistry Ph.D. student.  Welcome Minyong!!


September 10, 2019

Matthew passes his Ph.D. candidacy examinations in Biochemistry.  Onward!!


July 1, 2019

Matthew Jordan is winner of a second year of fellowship support by the Graduate Training Program in Quantative and Chemical Biology (QCB) for AY2020.


June 25, 2019

Our review chapter on (bacterial) Metal Ion Homeostasis to be published in Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III has been accepted for publication.  Congratulations to Jiefei and Daiana on a job well done!!!!


June 17, 2019

Matthew’s paper on identifying fundamental mechanistic properties of COG0523 metal-stimulated GTPases from Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus aureus appears online in Inorganic Chemistry as an invited Forum article today.  Congratulations to Matthew, Jiefei, Andy from the Skaar group, and Daiana!!


June 5, 2019

Our paper describing the structural and functional characterization of a Mn-sensing MgtA riboswitch in Streptococcus pneumoniae in collaboration with the Martin and Winkler labs has appeared in Nucleic Acids Research.  Congratulations to Julia Martin and My Le for their efforts on this paper!!


May 31, 2019

Brenna Walsh is the recipient of the departmental Kratz Fellowship as outstanding Chemical Biology student.  This award provides stipend support for the Spring 2020 semester.  Congratulations Brenna!


April 4, 2019

Abhinaba Ray earns a provisional pass on his Ph.D. candidacy examinations in Chemistry. Congratulations Ray!


March 21, 2019

Our paper describing multi-metal restriction by calprotectin in Acinetobacter baumannii has been published by Cell Chemical Biology.  Congratulations to Jiefei, Zach Lonergan in the Skaar group and Jon Trinidad for their efforts!!