May 14th, 2021 – Peter M. Burgers, PhD, Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biological Chemistry, department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics was awarded a five-year MIRA grant renewal from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his research entitled “Mechanisms of DNA replication and maintenance in eukaryotes”.
On April 28th, 2021, the Department hosted a special session entitled “Evidence-based Practices that Support Mental and Emotional Well-being”. Mrs. Krista Jarvis, Clinical Case Manager and Program Manager in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University, walks the group through five different evidence-based practices for our mental and emotional well-being. These practices are designed to help each individual feel empowered to utilize a variety of simple techniques for stress-reduction in these challenging times.
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2021-05-11 – Ben Major, Ph.D. – Washington University in Saint Louis – “Mechanisms and Drug Discovery for the KEAP1 Tumor Suppressor Protein” (more…)
2021-05-04 – Michael Schlierf, Ph.D. – Technische Universität Dresden – “Protein chaperone interactions in the periplasm a tale of thermodynamics” (more…)
Sarah R. Clippinger, Paige E. Cloonan, Wei Wang, Lina Greenberg, W. Tom Stump, Paweorn Angsutararux, Jeanne M. Nerbonne, & Michael J. Greenberg (2021). “Mechanical dysfunction of the sarcomere induced by a pathogenic mutation in troponin T drives cellular adaptation” J Gen Physiol. 2021 May 3;153(5):e202012787. doi: 10.1085/jgp.202012787. (Abstract)
Gregory Harrison is a 5th year PhD student in the Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis program. His current research in the lab of Dr. Christina Stallings focuses on drug resistance and drug tolerance in the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He grew up just outside of Chicago and moved to St. Louis to attend Washington University in St. Louis for his undergraduate degree in molecular biology. During his undergraduate studies, he joined the lab of Dr. Barbara Kunkel, where he studied mechanisms by which the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae senses and responds to the molecular signals within the plant. (more…)
2021-04-30 – Jonathan Mount (Yuan Lab) – Structural Insights into an
Uncharacterized Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channel
Elliot L. Elson, PhD, an emeritus professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Elson is among 120 new members and 30 international associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be awarded to a U.S. scientist or engineer. The newest members, announced April 26, bring the total number of active members to 2,461 and the number of international members to 511. International members hold citizenship outside the U.S. and are nonvoting members of the academy. (more…)
2021-04-28 – Special Seminar – Krista Jarvis, MA, LPC – Clinical Case Manager/Program Manager Department of Psychiatry, Washington University – “Evidence-based Practices that Support Mental and Emotional Well-being” (more…)
2021-04-27 – Kathy Ruppel, Ph.D. – Stanford University – “Human Cardiomyopathies: Mutations to Mechanisms to Therapies” (more…)