The Yokoyama Lab Resolves a Multidecade-Long Mystery
Found in most organisms and all 3 life domains, the Yokoyama lab discusses the medical significance and the mechanisms of molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic enzymes in the brand new ACS Publications Bio & Med Chem. Read more
Read About Paul Modrich's Journey from Rural New Mexico to the Nobel Prize
Before shutting down his lab, Paul Modrich looks back on his road to the Nobel.
Alumni, Alex Broussard, PhD, Explains His Path to Teaching
One of our PhD students, Akanksha Manghrani, sat down with Alex to discuss why he chose teaching, his preparation and the sage advice he got from his mentor. Read more
Congratulations to Hsuan-Fu Liu!
Hsuan-Fu was recently selected as a Poster Award winner at the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2021 annual meeting.
Yokoyama Lab Publishes New Research in JACS
The Yokoyama lab published their research on the catalytic function of the 4Fe-4S clusters of MoaA radical SAM cyclase in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. Read more in JACS.
Duke Researchers Win the RNA Society's 2021 Inaugural Art and Music Competition
Three researchers, of the Al-Hashimi Lab, took long-exposure photographs to show the similarity of movement between RNA and ballet.
Discovering the Choreography of the TRPV1 Gate Opening
The Lee Lab’s Do Hoon Kwon has visualized heat-dependent gate openings of TRPV1 using Cryo-EM. Read more in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
The Bartesaghi Lab Receives $700,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
With their new funding, the Bartesaghi Lab will develop Artificial Intelligence software that, at an unprecedented level of detail, can visualize the shapes of individual proteins living in the crowded interior of a cell. Read more
Nichole Orench-Rivera's Thesis Published
"Frontiers in Microbiology" published recent PhD graduate, Nichole Orench-Rivera’s thesis work that determined outer membrane cargo selectivity based on call wall tethering. Read more
Haoran Pang Wins Best Poster Award
Haoran Pang, in the Yokoyama Lab, received the best poster award at the 11th Annual Southeast Enzymes Conference (SEC) held virtually. A part of his work was published in JACS in 2020.