Our latest paper in BBRC
Here is a link to our recent paper in BBRC
Article on Vassar's Amazing Posse Veterans
A Vassar Alumna wrote this article about Vassar's Posse program. I am so proud of Vassar's Veterans!!
Review published in BBA-Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids
Here is a link to review I wrote on new bacterial lipids characterized using mass spectrometry
Fun photos of the President Search Committee with Betsy Bradley!
This issue of the Vassar Quarterly has a great article about Betsy Bradley and fun pictures from our photo shoot in the new Bridge for Laboratory Sciences Building.
The Bridge for Laboratory Sciences
This article highlights so many great aspects of our new building. Come visit!
Vassar has a new President!
Meet Elizabeth Howe Bradley, Vassar's eleventh president. So excited for her to take the helm!
The Miscellany News interviews my URSI student!
An article about Kate Sworden, '15 and her time in the lab this summer.
Former student talks about her life one year out!
An article about Anu Sopeyin, '15, now in her first year at Yale Medical School.
My Alter Ego!
An article about my life as a faculty-athlete. I hope I can live up to the hype!
Vassar is searching for new President!
Cappy Hill will be finishing her time as Vassar's 11th president. The search is on for new leader of this amazing institution! If you or someone you know is interested in the job check out here.
NSF-MRI funded for a new NMR!
Joe Tanski and I were awarded a grant to purchase a 400 MHz NMR. This was installed in the new Bridge for Laboratory Sciences and written up in this article. Thank you NSF!
NSF-RUI Renewed!
The NSF has renewed funding of our Research at Undergraduate Institutions grant! This grant will support undergraduate researchers, a full-time research associate and the Diving into Research Program for three years.
Vassar Track and XC Quarterly Write-up
Have a peak at this article that I wrote as the Track FAST representative. You can also check out the fall Q and A. It is great to be part of the team!
Work with collaborators published!
Two papers were recently published with our collaborators at Rutgers University and McMaster University. Click here and here for a link to the abstracts.
Doing that thing that scientists do!
A paper on our new discovery-driven lab module for biochemistry teaching was recently published in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.
BBRC paper published!
A paper demonstrating the broad substrate specificity of the Arabidopsis thaliana At1g78690 acyltransferase was recently published with an undergraduate co-author.
Chemical Science collaboration paper published!
A paper on reconstituting teichoic acid biosynthesis in vitro was recently published in Chemical Science. This paper was a collaboration with the Brown Lab at McMaster University.
Molecular Microbiology collaboration paper published!
A paper on the role of lipid A palmitolation in Pseudomonas aruginosa was recently published in Molecular Microbiology. This paper was a collaboration among researchers in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Canada, Thailand, and Switzerland!
Remembrance of Chris Raetz in Annual Review of Biochemistry
A lovely review of the life and work of my mentor and friend Christian R. H. Raetz was published in Annual Review of Biochemistry. This was a collaborative work by his colleagues. He is missed!
Anu speaks at URSI Symposium!
Anu was chosen to speak on her summer research project at the URSI symposium. See a write up about it here.
PLoSOne paper published!
A paper on the lipid composition of A. pallida and its symbiont Symbiodinium was recently published in PLoSOne.
BAMBED paper published!
A paper on a Biochemistry laboratory module on two-dimensional NMR was recently published in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.
RCM paper published!
A paper on the cardiolipin composition of E. coli was recently published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.
NSF RUI Grant funded!
A grant to fund our research on headgroup acylated lipids in E. coli has been funded by the National Science Foundation. This three year grant will support student summer stipends, travel and supplies for our research group.
BBA paper published!
Check out our recent paper published in Biophysica Biochimica Acta!
JBC paper published!
Check out our recent paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry!