A paper detailing our collaborative work with the Drennan lab at MIT to characterize the structure and mechanism of the disease-associated gut microbial enzyme choline trimethylamine-lyase (CutC) has appeared in Cell Chemical Biology. Congratulations to Sam B. and Michael!
Welcome New Lab Members
Welcome to Vayu Maini Rekdal, a graduate student from the MCO program who joined the Balskus Lab this summer, and Dr. Monica McCallum, a new postdoctoral researcher!
Congratulations Dr. Hitomi Nakamura!
Congratulations to Dr. Hitomi Nakamura for successfully defending her thesis! We know that you're going to keep doing amazing things! That makes two newly minted PhDs in the past two weeks!
Congratulations Dr. Smaranda Bodea!
Congratulations to Dr. Smaranda Bodea for successfully defending her thesis! We're so proud of all that you have accomplished!
Shut the Sash Competition Winners!
The Balskus lab is the winner of the "Shut the Sash" Competition run by the Office of Sustainability! Congratulations to all of the Balskus lab members for doing their part to help limit fume hood exhaust levels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For more information on this great interdepartmental initiative, click here!
Pacifichem Poster Prize
Congratulations to Hitomi for winning a poster award at the 2015 Pacifichem conference! She presented her studies of the enzymes involved in cylindrocyclophane biosynthesis.