Chekan Research Group
Chekan Lab News
End of Semester Hike and Lunch
April 24, 2026
To celebrate the end of the semester and enjoy the nice weather outside, we hiked around Pilot Mountain and got lunch afterwards!

Congratulations to Victoria
April 22, 2026
Victoria had her public presentation today describing all the amazing work on burpitide methyltransferases she accomplished during her Master’s. She is graduating with her M.S. this semester and starting at LabCorp next month. Congrats!

Science Everywhere Event
April 11, 2026
The lab hosted an event at Science Everywhere were families made thermochromic slime.

Ayoola Defends PhD
March 17, 2026
Congrats to Ayoola for a successful and impressive PhD defense! It was impressive to see all of the successful enzyme engineering and biocatalysis results he generated over his time in the lab.
