William Sly to receive AAMC Award
William Sly, M.D., Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Association of American Medical…
Biochemistry Graduate Student receives award
Congratulations to Ryan Allen, M.S., graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry, who received a Junior Scientist Travel Award from…
Audrey Watson receives award
Audrey Watson, Senior Research Assistant in the Department of Biochemistry, received the "Hildred L.C. London Memorial Award" at the 51st…
Maureen Donlin, Ph.D., elected editor
Maureen Donlin, Ph.D., an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, has been nominated as an Academic Editor for…
Eric Appelbaum honored at AOA Forum
Eric Appelbaum, a second year medical student at SLU, won second prize in the 46th annual Alpha Omega Alpha Honor…
William Sly to receive Distinguished Teaching Award
William Sly, M.D., Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, has been chosen to receive the 2011 School of Medicine Distinguished…
Biochemistry M.D./Ph.D. student receives award
Wei-Hsien "Tommy" Hou, Ph.D., has been awarded the National Cancer Institute R12 Trainee/Donald L. Morton Cancer Research Trainee Award. He…
Angel Baldan featured in Grand Rounds
Angel Baldan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, was featured in the Spring 2011 edition of Grand Rounds…
Pictures from the 2011 Biochemistry Retreat
The annual Biochemistry Retreat was held October 14-15, 2011 in New Haven, MO at the Cedar Creek Conference Center. On…
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”
