September 27th, 2016 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, received a new two year grant award from the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Research Fund for his research entitled “Inhibitors of growth factor activation as new adjunct chemotherapy for cancer”.
More information here: “Siteman fund grants $300,000 for unique approaches to fighting cancer”
Thomas J.J., Abed M., Heuberger J., Novak R., Zohar Y., Beltran Lopez A.P., Trausch-Azar J.S., Ilagan M.X., Benhamou D., Dittmar G., Kopan R., Birchmeier W., Schwartz A.L., and Orian A. (2016) “RNF4-Dependent Oncogene Activation by Protein Stabilization.” Cell Rep. 2016 Sep 20;16(12):3388-3400. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.024. (Abstract)
Mr. Welty received his B.S., double majoring in chemistry and biochemistry, from the University of Minnesota Duluth. During that time, he began doing research studying the effects of molecular crowding on diffusion using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). (more…)
Xu X., Wang X., Todd E.M., Jaeger E.R., Vella J.L., Mooren O.L., Feng Y., Hu J., Cooper J.A., Morley S.C., & Huang Y.H. (2016). “Mst1 Kinase Regulates the Actin-Bundling Protein L-Plastin To Promote T Cell Migration.” J Immunol. 2016 Sep 1;197(5):1683-91. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600874. Epub 2016 Jul 27. (Abstract)
Mi Y., Coonce M., Fiete D., Steirer L., Dveksler G., Townsend R.R., & Baenziger J.U. (2016). “Functional Consequences of Mannose and Asialoglycoprotein Receptor Ablation.” J Biol Chem. 2016 Sep 2;291(36):18700-17. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.738948. Epub 2016 Jul 12. (Abstract)
Borgia A., Zheng W., Buholzer K., Borgia M.B., Schüler A., Hofmann H., Soranno A., Nettels D., Gast K., Grishaev A., Best R.B., & Schuler B. (2016). “Consistent View of Polypeptide Chain Expansion in Chemical Denaturants from Multiple Experimental Methods.” J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Sep 14;138(36):11714-26. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b05917. Epub 2016 Sep 1. (Abstract)
Ms. Hailemariam received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. She joined the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis in 2012 as part of the Molecular Cell Biology program. (more…)
On August 25, 2016, the Biochemistry Department and the Graduate Programs in Biochemistry and Computational & Molecular Biophysics hosted a welcome BBQ for the new incoming students.
The BBQ was held in Forest Park with food catered from Vernon’s BBQ. (Photos)
Pascolutti R., Sun X., Kao J., Maute R., Ring A.M., Bowman G.R., & Kruse A.C. (2016). “Structure and Dynamics of PD-L1 and an Ultra High-Affinity PD-1 Receptor Mutant.” Structure. 2016 Oct 4;24(10):1719-1728. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2016.06.026. Epub 2016 Sep 8. (Abstract)
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