2014 Biochemistry Retreat
The annual Biochemistry Retreat was held Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis,…
Biochemistry Faculty receive PRF grants
The results of the ninth round of the President's Research Fund were announced recently. Three Biochemistry faculty were among the…
Yuna Ayala, Ph.D.
Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
Awarded: January 2024
Amount: $100,000
“Developing a molecular degrader specific for misfolded TDP-43”
Fran Sverdrup, Ph.D.
Institute for Clinical & Translational Science (ICTS)
Awarded: February 2024
Amount: $5,000
Sergey Korolev, Ph.D.
Institute for Clinical & Translational Science (ICTS)
Awarded: April 2024
Amount: $5,000
Ángel Baldán, Ph.D. and Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D.
President’s Research Fund (PRF)
Awarded: April 2024
Amount: $86,224
“Cathepsin L-mediated remodeling of the nuclear proteome”
Kyle McCommis, Ph.D.
President’s Research Fund (PRF)
Awarded: April 2024
Amount: $50,000
“Structure and transport/inhibition mechanisms of the human mitochondria”
Oleg Kisselev, Ph.D.
President’s Research Fund (PRF)
Awarded: April 2024
Amount: $50,000
“Mechanisms of inherited retinal degeneration”
Sergey Korolev, Ph.D.
NIGMS
Awarded: May 2024
Amount: $303,000
“Mechanism of homologous recombination driven by the intrinsically disordered domain of tumor suppressor PALB2”
Edwin Antony, Ph.D.
NIGMS
Awarded: May 2024
Amount: $199,984
Supplement to “Coordination of DNA Metabolism by Replication Protein A”
Edwin Antony, Ph.D.
DOE BES Physical Biosciences Program
Awarded: June 2024
Amount: $410,000
“Allosteric control of electron transfer in nitrogenase-like enzymes”
Reza Dastvan, Ph.D.
NIGMS
Awarded: June 2024
Amount: $65,243
Supplement to “Structural dynamics of sphingosine-1-phosphate transporters as key therapeutic targets for immune system modulation and cancer”
Yuna Ayala, Ph.D.
Target ALS
Awarded: June 2024
Amount: $250,000
“Mechanisms of glial-associated TDP-43 pathology and contributions to neurodegeneration”
Gucan Dai, Ph.D.
NIGMS, MIRA ESI-R35
Awarded: July 2024
Amount: $1.9 Million
“Voltage-sensing mechanisms of ion channels in dynamic lipid membranes”
Sergey Korolev, Ph.D.
NSF
Awarded: August 2024
Amount: $743,852
“Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Xta LAB Synergy-R single crystal diffractometer”
Reza Dastvan, Ph.D.
NIH
Awarded: August 2024
Amount: $1,791,637
“Acquisition of a High-Sensitivity Bruker Q-Band Elexsys E580 Pulse EPR Sepctrometer”
Enrico Di Cera , M.D.
NIH
Awarded: August 2024
Amount: $2,050,432
Renewal of: “Structural basis of prothrombin activation”
Maureen Donlin, Ph.D.
NSF
Awarded: November 2024
Amount: $649,681
“Modernizing Campus Cyberinfrastructure for AI-Enhanced Research and Education (ModernCARE)”
Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D., and Ángel Baldán, Ph.D.
NIH
Awarded: November 2024
Amount: $227,250
“Cathepsin-L mediated remodeling of the nuclear proteome”
