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Logo of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Department News
Rachel Niederer, PhD, and collaborators receive research funding to discover and develop RNA therapeutics for cystic fibrosis
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.
Chase Weidmann onstage, receiving a faculty mentor award
Department News
Chase Weidmann, PhD, receives the 2024 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program
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.
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.
Illustration of hand holding list, with pill bottle in opposite and and small pic of doctor talking to patient
Health Lab
New urine-based test detects high grade prostate cancer, helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies
A new urine-based test addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive cancer that needs immediate treatment.
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.
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Health Lab
Medicare pays for message-based e-visits. Are older adults using them?
Telehealth study of patient portal e-visits by Medicare participants shows few had an interaction for which their provider billed them.
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.
Ability For Life Website Landing Page
Department News
New Website for Adolescents with Disabilities to Learn about Reproductive Health
New website to help adolescents with disabilities learn about reproductive health.
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.