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Five faculty members who have been promoted
Department News
Five Biological Chemistry faculty members receive promotions
Yan Zhang, PhD, Jeanne Stuckey, PhD, Markus Ruetz, PhD, Michael Cianfrocco, PhD, and Wei Cheng, PhD, have been promoted.
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Health Lab
A universal heparin reversal drug is shown effective in mice
The newest version of the heparin reversal drug, described in a recent issue of Advanced Healthcare Materials, adjusted the number of protons bound to it, making the molecule less positive so it would preferentially bind to the highly negative heparin, resulting in a much safer drug.
Structure of the filamentous protein cyclodipeptide oxidase AlbAB
Department News
The Giessen lab publishes two new papers and receives research awards from the National Science Foundation
Recent research achievements from the Giessen lab.
Meredith Skiba, PhD
Department News
Meredith Skiba, PhD, will join the faculty of the Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology Departments
Dr. Meredith Skiba will join the faculty of the Departments of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology at U-M Medical School in 2025.
Close up image of red blood cells moving through veins
Health Lab
Discovery reveals how this common stinky gas is processed to promote blood vessel growth
A new collaborative study, examined the interaction between three naturally occurring gases — nitric oxide (NO), oxygen, and H2S — during generation of new blood vessels, called angiogenesis.
Cutaway view of an self-assembling protein nanocompartment
Department News
The Giessen lab publishes a research article in Nature Communications
The Giessen lab publishes a research article in Nature Communications.
Department News
The Banerjee lab publishes three new papers
An article about a program to promote faculty diversity co-authored by Ruma Banerjee and two research articles by Banerjee lab members and their U-M collaborators have come into view this week.
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Department News
Yan Zhang, PhD, receives a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation
Assistant Professor Yan Zhang of the Department of Biological Chemistry at U-M Medical School is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award.
Drawing of parent trying to get child's attention who is listening to music on headphones
Health Lab
Are headphones and earbuds exposing your children to noise health risks?
2 in 3 parents in national poll say their child ages 5-12 use personal audio devices; pediatrician offers 4 tips to reduce noise exposure risks
Schematic of Hrd1 proteoliposome immobilization
Department News
PhD student Basila Moochickal Assainar publishes a research article in Nature Communications
PhD student Basila Moochickal Assainar is the first author of a research article in Nature Communications.
Three year old patient poses by Wonder Woman statue, wears costume
Health Lab
Three-year-old Wonder Woman making strides after customized spinal procedure
Three year old Wonder Woman fan thrives after customized minimally invasive selective dorsal rhizotomy to help symptoms of cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia
Illustration of neuron cell
Health Lab
Two genes linked to autism implicated in brain cell connectivity
A new study links two autism-associated genes together for the first time, potentially revealing a mechanism behind brain changes seen in people with autism.
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Health Lab
CRISPR off-switches: A path towards safer genome engineering?
A study from the University of Michigan Medical School developed off-switches useful for improving the safety of the Type I-C/Cas3 gene editor.
Department News
PhD student Mason Myers is a lead author of a research article in Molecular Cell
PhD student Mason Myers of the Zhang lab at U-M Medical School is a lead author of "Exploiting activation and inactivation mechanisms in type I-C CRISPR-Cas3 for genome-editing applications."