Identifying molecules and pathways critical for drug-resistance in cancer

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Structure of the lytic transglycosylase of C. jejuni

From cancer biology to RNA biosynthesis, we explore paradigm-shifting, biomedically relevant questions. Find out more about our research.

J. Alan Diehl, Chair, Department of Biochemistry
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Biochemistry News

Congratulations to the van den Akker lab for their recent paper, "Structural Characterization of Diazabicyclooctane β-Lactam “Enhancers” in Complex with Penicillin-Binding Proteins PBP2 and PBP3 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" in mBio.

Congratulations to Xiao Li for her new grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, which will support the collection of COVID surveillance data and the construction of computational algorithms to identify infections.

Congratulations to the Diehl lab for their recent paper, "Fbxl8 suppresses lymphoma growth and hematopoietic transformation through degradation of cyclin D3", in Oncogene.