Congrats to Joey Closson for his outstanding PhD defense talk and Q&A on June 18, capping his dissertation work in the GC Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry. Joey's dissertation work substantially advanced aspects of the lab's investigations into the Hypoxia Inducible Factors (HIFs), principally by cryo-EM and biochemical investigations of larger [...]

Congrats to Jimmy Siclari for his outstanding PhD defense talk and Q&A on Dec 5, wrapping up the work required for his Ph.D. in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology subprogram within the GC Ph.D. Program in Biology. Starting his dissertation research in the midst of lab lockdowns in [...]

Congrats to Danielle Swingle for her outstanding PhD defense talk and Q&A on Sept 27, wrapping up the work required for her Ph.D. in the GC Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry. Danielle's done a great job blending biochemistry, biophysics, and a slate of structural biology methods to advance our studies [...]

Congrats to Matt Cleere for an outstanding PhD defense talk and Q&A on Nov 17, wrapping up the work required for his Ph.D. in the GC Ph.D. Program in Biology. Matt brought yeast to the lab, merging his experience and passion for the Awesome Power of Yeast Biology (TM) [...]

Final things to highlight in the summer of 2023 are ones I'm particularly proud of, including anniversaries of the lab's founding 25 years ago in the Department of Biochemistry at UT Southwestern and joining the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center 10 years ago, plus receiving the Stein and Moore [...]

Congrats to Roksana Azad for an outstanding PhD defense talk and Q&A on Aug 24, wrapping up the work required for her Ph.D. in the GC Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry. With what is turning into the lab's magic mix of biophysical & biochemical approaches – HDX-MS / cryo-EM / [...]