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Author: mlayne

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

New publication from the Harris lab: Triggers for Prion toxicity

in Departmental News, Graduate Student News, Harris Lab News, Research News

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals. These diseases are caused by PrPSc, a misfolded […]

Congratulations Cheyanne Frosti

in Departmental News, Graduate Student News

Congratulations to Cheyanne Frosti in the Layne lab for successfully defending her PhD dissertion; “MECHANOREGULATION OF FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION BY AORTIC […]

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

in Departmental News, Research News

A new study from the Layne laboratory identified a function for the transcription factor FOXS1 in regulating TGFb-dependent changes in […]

Congratulations to Barbara Schreiber being named educator of the year

in Departmental News

Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Schreiber who has been named the 2025 Educator of the Year: PhD.

Congratulations to Jean Spencer on her recent promotion to Assistant Professor

in Departmental News

Congratulations to Jean Spencer on her recent promotion to Assistant Professor

Our new name……

in Departmental News

We are pleased to announce that we have changed our name to better reflect the breadth of research in our […]

David Harris—Chair’s message 2023

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New message from David Harris, MD PhD—Chair of Biochemistry & Cell Biology Chair’s message 2023

Nabil Rabhi awarded dKNET grant

in Departmental News, Research News

Congratulations to Nabil Rabhi who was recently awarded a competitive dKNET New Investigator Pilot Program in Bioinformatics Grant.  This project […]

Junior Faculty Advancement Program in Biochemistry

in Departmental News

We announce the introduction of a new career pathway (JFA Program) for postdoctoral scientists interested in an academic career. The […]

Congratulations UROP students

in Departmental News, Research News

Congratulations to the UROP students that performed research in the department in the summer of 2022. Students presented their research […]

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New publication from the Harris lab: Triggers for Prion toxicity

March 12, 2026

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals.

Congratulations Cheyanne Frosti

March 6, 2026

Congratulations to Cheyanne Frosti in the Layne lab for successfully defending her...

New publication from the Garcia-Marcos Lab: Inhibitory probes for spatiotemporal analysis of Gαs protein signaling

February 13, 2026

NEW PUBLICATION BY THE GARCIA-MARCOS LAB A recent publication in Nature Chemical Biology...

Calendar

  • 23MarBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: Nelson Lau, Ph.D. - “A diversified portfolio of animal small RNA defenses against transposons and viruses”
  • 30MarBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: Sergej Djuranovic, Ph.D.
  • 6AprBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: Angeline M. Lyon, Ph.D. - “Structural Insight into Phospholipase C Regulation”
  • 13AprBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: Arthur Marivin, Ph.D.

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