News

Welcome to Sara and Victoria!

We are excited to welcome Sara and Victoria to the lab! Sara is starting as a PhD student after completing her M.S….

Safety is #1 and so are We!

Our lab won the inaugural departmental safety award (and pizza party)! Congrats to everyone for promoting a culture of safety. 8 Nov…

Michael Passes Proposal Defense

Congrats to Michael for passing his proposal defense! We had a lab pizza party to celebrate!   05 Nov 2024

PTC Paper Published in Chem

Out now in Chem , we collaborate with the Piel to discover a prenyltransferase+terpene cyclase fusion enzyme that modifies tryptophans residues in…

N-glycosyltransferase Engineering Paper Published

Out now in ACS Catalysis, we develop a chimeric fusion N-glycosyltransferase for targeted and selective peptide modification, especially in vivo. We use…

Summer Lab Party

We celebrated the end of the semester with a group lunch followed by bowling!   25 July 2024

Transciptome Mining Paper Published

We are excited to see our transcriptome mining paper plushied in BJOC as part of the “young investigators in natural products chemistry,…

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Josh did a phenomenal job presenting his work on burpitide biosynthesis at the departmental Undergraduate Research Symposium.   24 April 2024

Lab Brunch

We had a delicious lab brunch to celebrate the end of the semester, Draco’s Thesis defense, and Josh’s graduation!   16 April…

Draco’s Defense

Congratulations to Draco from our lab for defending his master’s thesis! He did a fantastic job and we are impressed with all…