Biological Chemistry PhD student Jenna Veenstra of the O'Brien lab at U-M Medical School defends her doctoral dissertation.

Biological Chemistry PhD student Cassandra Dutcher of the Giessen lab at U-M Medical School defends her doctoral dissertation.

Biological Chemistry PhD student Renke Tan of the Zhang lab at U-M Medical School defends her doctoral thesis.

Congratulations and best wishes to Michael Uhler, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry and Research Professor Emeritus, Michigan Neuroscience Institute.

Three Biological Chemistry PhD students receive positions in training programs for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Biological Chemistry PhD student Harsha Gouda of the Banerjee lab at U-M Medical School defends his doctoral thesis.

PhD student David Beier of the O'Brien lab at U-M Medical School wins award at DNA repair meeting

Ash de Borchgrave has received a UMMS Master's Program Graduate Student Award.

Assistant Professor Ryan Baldridge and Research Lab Specialist Andrew Shurer are the 2024 recipients of Endowment for Basic Science (EBS) Awards for the Department of Biological Chemistry at U-M Medical School.

Assistant Professor Rachel Niederer of the Department of Biological Chemistry at U-M Medical School is one of the recipients of a collaborative award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Assistant Professor Chase Weidmann of the Department of Biological Chemistry at U-M Medical School is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the CMB Program.

Yan Zhang, PhD, Jeanne Stuckey, PhD, Markus Ruetz, PhD, Michael Cianfrocco, PhD, and Wei Cheng, PhD, have been promoted.

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.

Recent research achievements from the Giessen lab.

Dr. Meredith Skiba will join the faculty of the Departments of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology at U-M Medical School in 2025.