Congrats to Brigitte!
Huge congratulations to Brigette for successfully defending her master’s thesis! She did an awesome job explaining all of her bioinformatic work to discover new RiPP natural products in plants! 6 June 2023
UNC Greensboro
UNCG Sees Record-Breaking Year for External Research Funding – Led by CAS
Chemistry & Biochemistry brought in $2.9 million dollars during the 2022-23 fiscal year, helping UNC Greensboro set a new record for external research funding.
Welcome to Anshul!
We are excited to welcome Anshul to the lab! He was born in U.P., India and earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.) from the University of Delhi in 2013. He completed his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2016. After that, he gained his Ph.D…. Continue reading…
Graduation and Awards
Congrats to Maisha and Mit for graduating! Maisha was one of the first students to join the lab and will be preparing to apply to medical school! Mit is staying around and will join our lab as a PhD student this fall! In addition to just graduating, members also won… Continue reading…
Science Everywhere
Recipe for Color Changing Slime 140 g (4 oz) Elmer’s glue. Use the regular Elmer’s school glue. Anything else does not seem to work as well. 125 mL (1/2 cup) of water 2.75 g (1 teaspoon) borax dissolved in 125 mL (1/2 cup) of water. You may need to microwave… Continue reading…
Ayoola proposal defense
Congratulations to Ayoola for passing his dissertation proposal defense! 18 April 2023
Sanath proposal Defense
Congratulations to Sanath for passing his dissertation proposal defense! 15 March 2023
SIMB Conference
We had an awesome time at the SIMB: Natural products conference in San Diego. Not only did we get to hear about the latest research in natural product biosynthesis, but we were able to the Moore lab at SIO. 10 Jan 2023
Holiday Party
We had a fun time at the annual Chekan lab holiday party. We did a potluck with foods from all over the world! 16 Dec 2022
Spotlight and Highlights Published
Congrats to Sanath for writing up a spotlight for Angewedte Chemie on the recently published study on the biosynthesis of strychnine by the O’Connor group. Kandy, S. K., and Chekan, J. R. (2022) Biosynthesis of the Plant-Produced Toxin Strychnine Elucidated (Highlight). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed Engl. 61, e202212301 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202212301) As part of… Continue reading…