Knoverek C.R., Amarasinghe G.K., & Bowman G.R. (2018). “Advanced Methods for Accessing Protein Shape-Shifting Present New Therapeutic Opportunities.” Trends Biochem Sci. 2019 Apr;44(4):351-364. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2018.11.007. Epub 2018 Dec 14. (Abstract)
Dahan D., Tsirkas I., Dovrat D., Sparks M.A., Singh S.P., Galletto R., & Aharoni A. (2018). “Pif1 is essential for efficient replisome progression through lagging strand G-quadruplex DNA secondary structures.” Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Dec 14;46(22):11847-11857. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky1065. (Abstract)
Galburt E.A. (2018). “The calculation of transcript flux ratios reveals single regulatory mechanisms capable of activation and repression.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Dec 11;115(50):E11604-E11613. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809454115. Epub 2018 Nov 21. (Abstract)
Dr. Linda Pike and Dr. Kathleen Hall have been selected as new fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
The AAAS selects fellows in recognition of their distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications, and has selected eleven faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis – the most in a decade-and-a-half. (more…)
On October 26th, 2018, the BMB Department held our 4th Annual Chili Cook-off. Because of how close to Halloween it was being held, this year’s event also included a costume contest!
The winner with the best Chili was the Robertson lab! The Lohman lab won best costume – they all “dressed up” as Dr. Lohman!
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On November 15th, the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards ceremony was to honor faculty that exhibited exemplary teaching skills from the 2017-2018 school year. The Class of 2021 awarded Dr. Linda Pike with Professor of the Year. Congratulations Dr. Pike!
Ms. Sarah Clippinger received her B.S. in Biochemistry from the Ohio State University in 2016. After graduation, Ms. Clippinger joined the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis as part of the Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology program. (more…)
Zimmerman M.I., Porter J.R., Sun X., Silva R.R., & Bowman G.R. (2018). “Choice of Adaptive Sampling Strategy Impacts State Discovery, Transition Probabilities, and the Apparent Mechanism of Conformational Changes.” J Chem Theory Comput. 2018 Nov 13;14(11):5459-5475. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00500. Epub 2018 Oct 23. (Abstract)
On Friday, October 19th, 2018, a symposium in remembrance of Dr. John Majors was held in Moore Auditorium on the medical campus of Washington University. Many colleagues, friends and family members from the university community, as well as from across the country, were in attendance. Drs. Peter Burgers, Mark Johnston, Charlie Rice, and Harold Varmus all gave heartfelt talks about John’s influence in biophysics as well as speaking about the different hobbies (i.e., backpacking and golf) and interests John had outside of the lab. It was great to hear about the many sides of John that were not widely known. By the end of the day, everyone had learned something new about John. (more…)