New Article in Biophysical Journal
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Congratulations on Yue's article on elastin-like polypeptides, which appears in today's issue of Biophysical Journal!
Lab News
Nic Ezzell Wins Goldwater Scholarship
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Congratulations to Nic Ezzell, a former undergrad in the Fitzkee lab, who has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship! Check out Nic's listing at the Goldwater Site, and look for a forthcoming news blurb at the Honors College feed, Congrats, Nic!
NIH Funding
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As of today, our nanoparticle-oriented project, "Functionalized Gold Nanoconjugates: Understanding the Mechanism of Protein Binding," is being funded by the NIH (R15). Congratulations everyone on your hard work!
Thoughts on New Year's Resolutions
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One of the websites I read when I get the chance is cracked.com, an online humor magazine. While cracked bills itself as a humor site, there are often useful tidbits of information there. One of the traditions on the site is re-posting a popular article written by Jason Pargin (aka "David Wong") entitled "6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person." It was originally published in 2012 and has been reprinted every year since.
Biochemistry Boot Camp
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Once again, we are offering "Biochemistry Boot Camp" this year to teach undergraduates the common tools they will need to perform their summer research. A limited number of slots are available to students outside of the MSU community. Please take a look at this announcement, and get in touch with Dr. Fitzkee if you are interested.
Chemistry Awards Banquet
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Congratulations to Ailin and Tam, who both won awards at the Chemistry Banquet last night. Ailin won the award for outstanding biochemistry researcher, and Tam won for outstanding 4th year undergraduate. We're proud of their hard work, and this recognition is well-deserved.
Ailin's Paper Accepted
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Ailin has had her first paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, entitled "A Three-Step Model for Protein-Gold Nanoparticle Adsorption" (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp411543y). Congratulations, Ailin!
Congratulations to Yue!
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Yue successfully defended his Masters' thesis today, entitled "Assessing NMR-based Studies of Denatured Proteins using Non-Random Structural Ensembles." Yue did a stellar job, and he will be staying on in the lab to earn his Ph.D. Congratulations, Yue!
Cross-College Research Grant
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Dr. Fitzkee, Dr. Justin Thornton, and Dr. Keun Seok Seo were awarded an MSU Cross-College Research Grant to investigate the structural biology of pneumonia infection. The project will be used to fund preliminary investigations of surface protein structure using spectroscopic methods like circular dichroism.
SEC Travel Award
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Dr. Fitzkee was awarded an SEC Travel Award for 2014. He and Ramya will be using the funds to visit Dr. Trevor Creamer's lab at the University of Kentucky next spring.
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