Welcome, Grace Kenny!
20240904
Welcome New MBSB Faculty member, Prof Grace Kenney!
Prof. Grace Kenney is a new assistant professor in Department of Chemistry at University of Pittsburgh. Research in the Kenney Lab is driven by a central pair of questions: what types of chemistry are microbes carrying out that we have not uncovered, and how can we best explore this “dark matter” of unknown microbial biochemistry? One major research area is the identification and mechanistic characterization of new classes of enzymes, with a particular focus on metalloenzymes, which carry out complex redox chemistry in diverse cellular pathways. A second area of interest is the isolation and characterization of previously unknown classes of secondary metabolites, particularly bioactive natural products produced in complex microbial communities. Along with structural and biophysical approaches, research in the lab also draws on bioinorganic chemistry, microbiology, and bioinformatics.
Please welcome Grace to MBSB.
https://www.mbsb.pitt.edu/index.php/site-map/articles/81-faculty/396-grace-kenny
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Thank you, SURP students!
20240727
Thank you for your hard work!
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine concluded on July 26, 2024. There were three SURP students who worked in the Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology (MBSB) graduate program laboratories. Together with the students in the Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology (MGDB) graduate program, they presented their research in the closing-day presentation. We were all impressed by their productivities this summer.
Please check our undergraduate Research opportunity website;
http://www.mbsb.pitt.edu/index.php/training/undergraduate-research
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Congrats to Darian Yang!
20240120
Poster award in the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Protein Folding Dynamics in Galveston!
Mr. Darian Yang, a 5th year PhD candidate in the MBSB graduate program, co-mentored by Dr. Lillian Chong and Dr. Angela Gronenborn, attended the 2024 GRC: Protein Folding Dynamics in Galveston, Texas, where he received a poster award for his research project titled “Characterization of an Alternate Conformation of the HIV-1 Capsid Protein CTD Dimer using 19F NMR and Weighted Ensemble MD”.
Congratulations, Darian!
http://www.mbsb.pitt.edu/index.php/site-map/articles/81-faculty/146-lillian-chong
http://www.mbsb.pitt.edu/index.php/site-map/articles/81-faculty/156-angela-gronenborn
http://www.mbsb.pitt.edu/index.php/site-map/articles/85-students/290-darian-yang
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2024 MBSB Symposium!
MBSB Symposium 2024
The eleventh annual MBSB research symposium was held on Wednesday, May 8th from 8:30am to 5:00pm in the Assembly, a biomedical research hub, leased in-part by the University of Pittsburgh. MBSB students organized the symposium. They invited Dr. Nancy Carrasco, Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, to be the keynote speaker. MBSB faculty, current MBSB graduate students and an MBSB alumnus gave talks. We all enjoyed the symposium. Thank you for planning this nice event!
https://mbsb.pitt.edu/index.php/mbsb-symposium-2024
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Welcome new faculty!
20231206
Welcome New MBSB Faculty members, Profs Matthew Wohlever and Jay Tan!
Prof. Wohlever moved from University of Toledo to the Department of Cell Biology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Two of his graduate students, Sachini and Shawn, joined the MBSB graduate program. Yay!
Prof. Jay Tan is a new assistant professor in Department of Cell Biology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. A second-year MBSB student, Awishi, is already doing research in his lab.
Please welcome them both to MBSB.
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