2018-01-18 – Julia Kardon, Ph.D. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – “Activation by unfolding: how mitochondrial ClpX activates an essential enzyme for heme biosynthesis and erythropoiesis” (more…)
Raymond H. “Ray” Wittcoff, an emeritus trustee of Washington University in St. Louis and a member of the School of Medicine’s National Council since 2005, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at his home in Phoenix. He was 96. (more…)
2018-01-16 – Catherine Eichhorn, Ph.D. – University of California, Los Angeles – “Structural insights into the 7SK RNA and core RNP: an abundant lncRNA that regulates transcription elongation” (more…)
2018-01-09 – Tatiana Mishanina, Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin, Madison – “RNA polymerase: Stop-and-go traffic on the DNA highway” (more…)
Yang B., Vasbinder M., Hird A.W., Su Q., Wang H., Yu Y., Toader D., Lyne P.D., Read J.A., Breed J., Ioannidis S., Deng C., Grondine M., DeGrace N., Whitston D., Brassil P., & Janetka J.W. (2018). “Adventures in Scaffold Morphing: Discovery of Fused Ring Heterocyclic Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) Inhibitors.” J Med Chem. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01490. (Abstract)
Stodola J.L. & Burgers P.M. (2017). “Mechanism of Lagging-Strand DNA Replication in Eukaryotes.” Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;1042:117-133. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6955-0_6. (Abstract)
Michael Kinch (2018). “Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity” ISBN-13: 978-1681777511, ISBN-10: 1681777517
During the summer of 2017, Divya Natarajan, a second-year medical student, was the recipient of the David F. Silbert Summer Fellowship Award.
Supported by this award, Ms. Natarajan performed research in the laboratories of Drs. Rohit Pappu and Ammon Posey in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her projected was entitled “Toward Rational Design of Huntington’s Disease Therapeutics Using Profilin as a Model of Huntingtin Aggregation Suppression Via Multivalent Interactions”. (more…)
On December 16th, 2017, the BMB Department celebrated its annual Holiday Party at the Saint Louis Zoo. Everyone enjoyed the Zoo Wild Lights display, great food and a game of Rudolf the red-nose reindeer.
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Congratulations to Drs. Jim Janetka and Amarendar Maddirala, whose publication was selected as the journal cover of the most recent issue of J. Med. Chem, and was the topic of a recent viewpoint entitled “Novel Molecules To Treat Chronic Central Nervous System Toxoplasmosis” by Sandhya Kortagere. (more…)