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Did you know that laboratory spaces traditionally consume about five times more energy per square foot than standard office spaces? In an effort to help reduce the environmental impact of lab activities, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ has launched the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Sustainable Labs program. VSL is an… Read More

The lab of Tina Iverson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of pharmacology, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco; Stanford University; and The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have published new work in Nature Microbiology, providing new… Read More

Walter Chazin, Biochemistry and Chemistry Congratulations to Walter Chazin, founder and former director of the Center of Structural Biology, on being named senior associate dean of BRET! Walter takes over from Kathleen Gould, who steps down after 14 years of leading the BRET Office… Read More

Brandt Eichman, Biological Sciences Walter Chazin, Biochemistry and Chemistry Brandt Eichman (Biological Sciences) and Walter Chazin (Biochemistry and Chemistry) recently visualized a multi-functional protein in action using the state-of-the-art CSB Cryo-EM Facility. The findings, recently published in Nature Structural & Molecular… Read More

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Travel is hosting a Global Entry enrollment event with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol April 15-17, 2024, and will be holding on-site interviews at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Finance, located in the Baker Building, Suite 900, for ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ travelers and immediate family members who travel internationally… Read More

The CryoEM team has set up office hours on Wednesdays from 2pm to 3pm in 003 ESB. The team—Melissa Chambers, Scott Collier, Mariam Haider—is available to assist users with CryoSPARC data processing, general EM data processing, sample prep, microscope operation, etc. If you can’t make it… Read More

The Biophysical Instrumentation Core and the Megalab Core have been combined to form the new ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Center for Structural Biology Labs and Instrumentation Facility. The facility supports mass photometry, biolayer interferometry, stopped-flow spectrometry, microscale thermophoresis, dynamic light scattering, circular dichroism and microcalorimetry instruments for measuring macromolecular conformation, stability and binding… Read More

Bioengineered enzymes are used in a wide variety of applications including chemical synthesis, waste degradation, fuel production, disease diagnosis and treatment. The development of efficient enzymes can be accelerated by understanding the catalytic origin of enzymes, a fundamental question in the field of chemistry. Catalysis is believed to rely largely… Read More

Ben Brown, PhD Ben Brown, assistant research professor in chemistry, was recently awarded $2.375M to develop nonaddictive painkillers with AI. The grant, an Avenir Award in Chemistry and Pharmacology of Substance Use Disorders, is awarded by NIDA to early-stage investigators who propose highly… Read More

John Yang, PhD, Chemistry John Yang, assistant professor of chemistry, was recently appointed to the inaugural Early Career Board (ECB) for the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC). The ECB initiative provides young investigators with guidance and insight into the editorial process as they pursue… Read More