Biochemistry News
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Biochemistry Graduate Student Selected as Featured Researcher at CSHL Meeting
Chandler McElrath, Biochemistry Graduate Student, was selected as Featured Researcher at CSHL's Ubiquitin, Autophagy, and Disease April meeting.
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Acacia Dishman, Biochemistry and MSTP Student, Wins Paper of the Season Award
Acacia Dishman, fourth-year PhD candidate and Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) student in the Department of Biochemistry, won the spring Paper of the Season Award from the MCW Graduate School.
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Nancy Dahms, PhD, Appointed to Scientific Advisory Board of Biotech Company M6P Therapeutics
Nancy Dahms, PhD, professor of Biochemistry at MCW, has been appointed to the scientific advisory board for Missouri-based biotechnology company M6P Therapeutics.
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Fabry disease clinical trial led by Dr. Medin shows promising results
The results of a first-in-the-world clinical trial of a gene therapy for Fabry disease were published today in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
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MCW Researcher Develops Breakthrough Protein Analysis to Enable Drug Discovery, Clinical Analyses
Published in Nature Methods, Dr. Jesse G. Meyer, a new professor in the Biochemistry Department, has developed a groundbreaking protein analysis technique that enables quantification of proteins in seconds instead of the usual tens of minutes or hours.
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MCW Researchers Publish Mortalin/HSPA9 Targeting Study in Oncogene
Dr. Jong-In Park's lab in the Department of Biochemistry has published a study in Oncogene concerning Mortalin/HSPA9 targeting selectively induces KRAS tumor cell death by perturbing mitochondrial membrane permeability.
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MCW Researcher Contributes to Paper Published on Combination Therapy of Dabrafenib/Trametinib for Tumors w/ BRAFV600E Mutations
Early data suggested that responses to therapy may be histology dependent, because BRAF-mutated colorectal cancer demonstrated a relative resistance to therapy.
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Renowned Scientist Joins MCW Cancer Center as New Director
Gustavo Leone, PhD, also named as holder of Dr. Glenn R. and Nancy A. Linnerson Endowed Chair for Cancer Research.
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Cracking the Code of a Shapeshifting Protein
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin discovered the molecular basis for how an immune system protein called XCL1 evolved.
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Department of Biochemistry Research Lab Publishes Study on how Mortalin Blocks Oncogenic Cell Death
Dr. Jong-In Park's lab in the Department of Biochemistry has published a paper in the March 2020 Science Signaling issue, discussing how Mortalin facilitates BRAF-mutant tumor cell survival by suppressing ANT3-mediated mitochondrial membrane permeability.
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Department of Biochemistry Research Lab Launches The O-GlcNAc Database
Dr. Olivier-Van Stichelen's research lab at MCW has created The O-GlcNAc Database, a searchable database of modified proteins.
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Two Biochemistry Researchers Receive 2020 Women in Science Awards
Please join us in congratulating the Biochemistry Recipients of 2020 MCW Women in Science Awards: Eugenia Wulff from the Olivier-Van Stichelen Lab, and Dr. Jennifer Stancill from the Corbett Lab.
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Discovery of New Protein Analysis Method to Enable Faster Drug Discoveries, Clinical Analyses
In an article published in Nature Methods, Jesse G. Meyer, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry developed a groundbreaking protein analysis technique that enables quantification of proteins in seconds instead of the usual tens of minutes or hours.
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Intentional about Diversity: MCW Biochemistry Lab Makes Strides in Inclusion and Representation
The Smith Lab's diverse and inclusive lab team includes students from populations traditionally underrepresented in science and medicine.
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