Telomeres play a role in cancer and aging
Telomeres play a role in cancer and aging
February 6, 2013
Inhibition of “Fork Reversal” Improves Cancer Treatment
Inhibition of “Fork Reversal” Improves Cancer Treatment
January 27, 2013
Single Molecules Workshop
Single Molecules Workshop
January 23, 2013
Grantwinner Awardees
Grantwinner Awardees
December 14, 2012
Biochemistry Department welcomes a new faculty member
Biochemistry Department welcomes a new faculty member
November 6, 2012

Jack Lally Awarded AHA Summer Undergraduate Fellowship

Jack is currently a junior undergraduate student at Notre Dame. He has received an award from the AHA for his…

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Article in Grand Rounds features new faculty
Article in Grand Rounds features new faculty
October 27, 2012

Enrico Di Cera receives NIH Grant

Enrico Di Cera, M.D., Alice A. Doisy Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry, has been awarded a four-year grant entitled "Studies…

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Alireza Rezaie receives NIH Grant

Alireza Reazie, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, has been awarded a four-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute…

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Contract awarded to faculty business

Mediomics recently received a $995,251 contract from the National Institutes of Health to participate in the second phase of development…

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Enrico Di Cera receives U54 subcontract

Enrico Di Cera, M.D., Alice A. Doisy Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry, has been awarded a five-year subcontract as part…

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Article highlights Rezaie lab research

Alireza Rezaie, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, was featured in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on August 23 for his continuing research…

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2024 Faculty Funding (click to expand)

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”

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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