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Author: mlayne

I am an Associate Professor in the Biochemistry Department & Assistant Dean of Research

Daniel Cifuentes Awarded Peter Paul Professorship

in Departmental News, Grant Funding News, Research News

Dr. Brown and the Provost’s cabinet recently announced that Daniel Cifuentes was awarded the Peter Paul Developmental Professorship. The awards […]

New Study Reveals a Novel Protein Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

in Departmental News, Research News

The scientific community has long wondered why some people who are obese develop type 2 diabetes while others do not. […]

Biochemistry Retreat 2016

in Departmental News

What happens when 90 scientists are trapped on an island?

Mikel Garcia-Marcos receives Grunenbaum Faculty Award

in Departmental News, MGM lab, Research News

The Grunebaum Faculty Research Fellowship funded by the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation (http://www.grunebaumfoundation.org/) is an annual BUSM faculty award, […]

Extending the thread of life

in Departmental News

$1.49 Million from NIH for Prof’s Alzheimer’s Start-Up Research taps Klotho protein’s potential to protect against neurodegenerative disease Carmela and […]

New Research Discoveries—Prion Synaptotoxicity

in Departmental News, Harris Lab News, Research News

Got Mad Cow? New system developed to understand prion neurotoxicity

New Research Discoveries—Mutant G Proteins and Disease

in Departmental News, MGM lab, Research News

Understanding mutations in G protein signaling that cause Auriculo-condylar syndrome

New Research Discoveries—Chaperone that disaggregates proteins

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Congratulations to the Sherman Lab for their recent publication in EMBO J. Nava Zaarur, a postdoctoral associate, and collaborators found […]

New Research Discoveries—P2X7 and Corneal Epithelial Injury

in Departmental News, Research News

Congratulations to the Trinkaus-Randall Lab for their recent publication in Am J Pathol. Martin Minns, a recent PhD graduate in […]

New Research Discoveries—Crb3 and Airway Cell Differentiation

in Departmental News, Research News, Varelas Lab News

Congratulations to the Varelas Lab for their recent publication in Developmental Cell. Aleks Szymaniak, a PhD candidate in the Varelas lab, […]

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News

Congratulations to Stefan Isaac; one of the selected 2025 Toffler Scholars!

October 7, 2025

Congratulations to Stefan Isaac who was one of the selected 2025 Toffler...

New Research from the Layne Lab: mechanisms of adipose tissue fibrosis

August 6, 2025

A new study from the Layne laboratory identified a function for the...

New news out of the Saeed Lab: Researchers Discover Protein Necessary for SARS-CoV-2 to Evade the Body’s Defenses

June 17, 2025

Researchers Discover Protein Necessary for SARS-CoV-2 to Evade the Body’s Defenses |...

Calendar

  • 4DecIn-House Research Seminar : Giulia Burrone, Ph.D. student ( Perissi Lab) & Chaoshuang Xia, Postdoctoral Associate (Costello Lab)
  • 8DecBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: Lynne Chantranupong, Ph.D. - “Brain health and dysfunction through the lens of the lysosome”

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