New research discoveries: Yap suppresses tumor T-cells
New research from the Varelas laboratory describes novel roles for the Hippo pathway effector YAP in T cells has been […]
Infertility in Fruit Flies
Researchers in the Lau laboratory have discovered a novel parasitic gene in fruit flies that is responsible for destroying the […]
Building a better flu vaccine
New research from the Zaia laboratory has been published in Molecular Proteomics: “Why glycosylation matters in building a better flu vaccine”. […]
Emili lab—”EPIC” discovery
A recent publication in Nature Methods by Hu et al. from the Emili lab describes a software toolkit that enables users to […]
Research Discoveries: VEGFR2 glycosylation
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) is a heavily N-glycosylated pro-angiogenic receptor tyrosine kinase. Stimulation of the receptor by […]
Welcome New Faculty
The Department wanted to share the good news that Shawn Lyons, Ph.D., has accepted our offer to join the department […]
Metabolic Regulation Symposium Honoring Paul Pilch— June 24th
Congratulations graduates
Congratulations to the graduates from the Department of Biochemistry. Jessica Calloway Jones from the Farmer lab received her PhD. Neya […]
Research Discoveries: New ways of activating G-proteins during embryonic development
Heterotrimeric G proteins are signaling switches that control cellular communication across metazoans. From a traditional standpoint, these G-proteins are activated […]
Karen Symes named Educator of the Year
Dr. Karen Symes, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs was named “Educator of the Year” in […]