Dr. Eric Sundberg, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, and Dr. Diego Sastre, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, published a paper, "Potent efficacy of an IgG-specific endoglycosidase against IgG-mediated pathologies, " in Cell, October 2024.
Shashank Shekhar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physics, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry at Emory University, was named “Cell Scientist to Watch” by the Journal of Cell Science. The journal conducted an in-depth interview with Dr. Shekhar, highlighting his academic journey and his lab’s latest research.
The Department of Biochemistry welcomed Blerta Xhemalçe, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, September 1, 2024.
Dr. Xu Liu, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, received an NIH grant, "Multifaceted Regulation of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Transcriptional Activities."
Congratulations to the Khoshnevis lab for their publication, "Sinefungin, a natural nucleoside analog of S-adenosyl methionine, impairs the pathogenicity of Candida albicans," in npj Antimicrobials and Resistance, September 2024.
Congratulations to Xu Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, and Anamika Patel, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, for being recognized for 2024 Emory School of Medicine Researcher Appreciation Day.
Congratulations to Eric Ortlund, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Biochemistry at Emory School of Medicine, and John Calvert, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Biochemistry at Emory School of Medicine, for their recent Biolocity Award, “Targeting HpEF with Urearetics”.
Roberts Lab featured in Bruker short documentary profile about the neofleX MALDI-TOF Benchtop in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS research.
Biochemistry welcomes 2024 Emory Biochemistry Summer Undergrad Research program (BSURE) students!
Congratulations to Molly Little and Eric Ortlund on their recent publication in Biochemical Society Transactions, "Structure, function, and lipid sensing activity in the thioesterase superfamily".
Congratulations to Eric Ortlund, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Biochemistry, on earning the Therapeutic Advancement Award from the Emory Center for New Medicines.
Congratulations to Yunrong Gao, PhD, Sara Espinosa, and Bo Liang, PhD, for their paper, "In Vitro higher-order oligomeric assembly of the respiratory syncytial virus M2-1 protein with longer RNAs," published in the Journal of Virology.
Biochemistry welcomed Charles Bou-Nader, PhD, as Assistant Professor effective November 1, 2023.
Dr. Bo Liang received a sub-award under UNAPP in collaboration with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and Novartis, "Functions and structures of the Nipah virus polymerase".
Liang Lab published a paper in the Journal of Medical Virology titled “Structural basis of the American mink ACE2 binding by Y453F trimeric spike glycoproteins of SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Sohail Khoshnevis received a CF-Air Center Pilot Award to study “The role of RNA methylation in Candida albicans for pathogenicity in cystic fibrosis model".Dr. Lizzy Draganova Received NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for the project, "Under Pressure: Biophysical Mapping of Herpesvirus Capsid Assembly and Genome Packaging". Dr. Homa Ghalei was promoted to Associate Professor of Biochemistry, September 2023.Dr. Sohail Khoshnevis received a 5-year NIH grant, "Post-transcriptional regulation of cell plasticity."The Ghalei lab received the 2023 Emory School of Medicine Dean’s IMAGINE, INNOVATE, AND IMPACT (I3) awardElizabeth (Lizzy) Draganova received an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The project title is, "Under Pressure: Biophysical Mapping of Herpesvirus Capsid Assembly and Genome Packaging". Congratulations, Lizzy!