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Nature paper by Xiao highlighted in Berkeley Press.
Nature paper by Xiao featured in the ACS Meeting News section of the Chemical & Engineering News as Alkaloid biosynthesis inspires tryptophan tag was highligthed in Berkeley News on March 28, 2024 titled as Targeting tryptophan: New technique opens door to novel drug synthesis.
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Nature paper by Xiao featured in C&E News.
The recent Nature paper by Xiao was highlighted in the ACS Meeting News section of the Chemical & Engineering News : Alkaloid biosynthesis inspires tryptophan tag.
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Paper by Steven and Logan published in JACS.
Our recent study on activity-based sensing of formate in living cells was published in the JACS article: A Transfer Hydrogenation Approach to Activity-Based Sensing of Formate in Living Cells. Congrats to Steven Crossley and Logan Tenney.
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Xiao’s paper published in Nature.
Our recent study on the oxidative cyclization reagents revealing tryptophan cation-π interactions in collaboration with Toste group was published in the Nature article: Oxidative cyclization reagents reveal tryptophan cation-π interactions. Congrats to Xiao Xie.
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Science paper by Vanha, Kevin, and Logan featured in Berkeley News.
The recent Science paper by Vanha Pham, Kevin Bruemmer, and Logan Tenney was highlighted in the Research, Science & Environment section of the Berkeley News article: Formaldehyde, a carcinogen, is also used by the body to regulate our genes.
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Chang Lab study published in Science.
Our recent study on the regulation of S-adenosylmethionine biosynthesis and one-carbon metabolism by formaldehyde was published in the Science article: Formaldehyde regulates S-adenosylmethionine biosynthesis and one-carbon metabolism. Congrats to Vanha Pham, Kevin Bruemmer, and Logan Tenney.
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Chang Lab paper published in Angewandte Chemie.
We are excited to share our newly published paper, Supramolecular Enhancement of Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction Catalyzed by Cobalt Porphyrin Organic Cages for Ammonia Electrosynthesis in Water in Angewandte Chemie (Volume 62, Issue 35, 08/28/2023, e202305719). Congrats to Lun An, Mina Narouz, Peter Smith, and Paty De La Torre!
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Eva Ge completes her postdoc at Chang Lab.
We bid farewell to our colleague, Eva Ge! She completed her postdoc with us and will be starting her career as an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors, Eva!
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Postdoc, Mina Narouz, starts his career at Dow Chemical.
Congratulations to Mina Narouz, a Chang Lab postdoc in the inorganic subgroup, who will be starting his industry career at Dow Chemical in Michigan next month. Good luck, Mina!
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Marco Messina completes his postdoc at Chang Lab.
This month, we bid farewell to our postdoc, Marco Messina. He is starting his independent career as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Delaware’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Congratulations, Marco. Check out Marco’s lab site.
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Paty De La Torre to join California Energy Commission.
Congratulations to Paty for completing her PhD and starting her new job at the California Energy Commission in Sacramento. We wish her all the best!
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Luke Elissiry receives NSF GRFP Fellowship.
Congratulations to Luke Elissiry for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship!
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Aila, Luke, and Jayde accepted as Ph.D. candidates.
We are excited to share the great news that our second-year students Aila Rothweiler, Luke Elissiry, and Jayde Bertoch have all passed their qualifying exams this year, officially making them Ph.D. candidates.
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Vanha’s paper published in Angewandte Chemie.
Congratulations to Vanha Pham on the publication of her paper, Metalloallostery and Transition Metal Signaling: Bioinorganic Copper Chemistry Beyond Active Sites in Angewandte Chemie (Volume 62, Issue 11, 03/06/2023 e202213644).
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Study by Lun, Paty, and Mina published in Angewandte Chemie.
Congratulations to Lun An, Paty De La Torre, and Mina Narouz on their study Synergistic Porosity and Charge Effects in a Supramolecular Porphyrin Cage Promote Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction appearing in Angewandte Chemie (Volume 62, Issue 5, 01/26/2023 e202209396)!
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Paper by Angel, Audrey, et. al. published in JACS.
Congratulations to Angel Gonzalez-Valero, Audrey Reeves, and collaborators in the Toste group and Novartis on their paper An Activity-Based Oxaziridine Platform for Identifying and Developing Covalent Ligands for Functional Allosteric Methionine Sites: Redox-Dependent Inhibition of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 appearing in JACS (2022, 144, 50, 22890–22901)!
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Paper by Aidan and Carson published in PNAS.
Congratulations to Aidan Pezacki and former Chang Lab post-doc Carson Matier, as well as our collaborators Donita Brady, Gina DeNicola, and Timothy Su, on the publication of their paper Oxidation state-specific fluorescent copper sensors reveal oncogene-driven redox changes that regulate labile copper(II) pools in PNAS (10/17/2022, Vol. 119 No. 43 e2202736119).
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Chang Labs welcomes Satoshi and Gen.
Welcome to our lab Satoshi Shibata (visiting scientist) and Gen Li (postdoc)!
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Jeff and Audrey graduate.
Happy Ph.D. graduation to Jeff Derrick and Audrey Reeves! Jeff will join Merck as a Process Scientist and Audrey is joining Tegmine as a Scientist.
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Audrey and Logan win for best poster at Chemical Biology in the Bay Area Day.
Congratulations to Audrey Reeves and Logan Tenney for winning best poster prizes at Chemical Biology in the Bay Area Day! And also a great talk delivered by Vanha Pham.
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Chang Lab welcomes graduate student, Jayde.
Our lab welcomes Jayde Bertoch after first-year rotations. Best wishes with your Ph.D. work, Jayde!
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Eva presents at OHSU conference.
Eva Ge presented at the Chemical Biology and Physiology conference at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Great work, Eva!
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Audrey and Vanha at the MCB Dept. BBS retreat.
Congratulations to Audrey Reeves for an awesome talk and to Vanha Pham for the best poster prize at the Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) departmental Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BBS) retreat.
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Logan and Abby pass their qualifying exams.
Congratulations to Logan Tenney and Abby for passing their qualifying exams!
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