Pictures from the Biochemistry Retreat
The annual Biochemistry Retreat was held October 15-16, 2010 in New Haven, MO at the Cedar Creek Conference Center. On…
Dale Dorsett on CdLS
Dale Dorsett, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, was featured in Reaching Out, the quarterly publication of the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome…
Baldan lab discovery could improve treatment for heart disease
Angel Baldan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, was featured in Newslink in October for his recent research on cholesterol and…
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”
