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John Karanicolas (assistant professor) has been awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Karanicolas proposal is entitled "Identifying inhibitors of protein interactions using pocket optimization". The goal of this project is to employ insights from computational methodology we have recently developed to address the distinct challenges associated with finding inhibitors of different classes of protein surface. Our central hypothesis is that exploring protein fluctuations leading to formation of surface pockets is critical for understanding the regions of chemical space in which suitable inhibitory compounds may be found.

Sarina Farb, a high school student in the Neufeld lab won the Grand Award at the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair for her project, "A Comparison of the Endocrine Disrupting Potential Exhibited by Environmentally Relevant Doses of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol S In Vitro in T-47D Breast Cancer Cells." Earlier this year, Farb also took first place at the regional Junior Science Humanities Symposium (JSHS). In May, Farb will advance to compete in the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Pittsburgh, PA) and the National JSHS (Bethesda, MD).
Read more here: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/apr/02/high-school-senior-turns-science-savvy-prize-winni/

Several faculty in Molecular Biosciences participated in the inaugural meeting of the Program in Microbiology held at the Commons on February 11th. This program includes laboratories from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Pharmacy School and School of Engineering in Lawrence, and the Medical School in Kansas City, and hopes to foster collaboration and future proposal development. More information can be found soon at www.ku.edu/~micro/ (website under construction).

 

Cohen and CorbinRecent Molecular Biosciences doctoral graduate Dr. Natasha DeVore (Spring, 2011) had a portion of her dissertation research published as an article in the journal Nature. Natasha did her dissertation work with Molecular Biosciences affiliate faculty member Dr. Emily Scott (associate professor, Medicinal Chemistry). Read about their article here: http://www.news.ku.edu/2012/
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Cohen and CorbinDrs. Robert Cohen (professor) and Vicki Corbin (associate professor) are recipients of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant from the National Science Foundation that will support the summer research projects "From Molecules, To Cells, To Organisms" of 10 students, for each of the next three summers (2012-2014). The program is especially interested in recruiting and training students who do not have the opportunity to conduct summer research at their home institutions and/or are from underrepresented and minority groups. For more information and/or to apply online visit our website at molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/reumb/


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