Congratulations to Vanessa for giving a data-blast talk at the Gordon Graduate Research Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry.

Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Martin for defending her thesis. Thanks for advancing our understanding of FIH structural dynamics.

Congratulations to Vanessa Chaplin for winning the William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster at Research Fest.  “Manipulating Catalytic Activity of HIF Hydroxylases”

Congratulations to Alex Barbato (right) for winning the ACS-CVS research grant, and the Jack Ragle Research Felllowship, to allow her a summer of research on FIH.  Alex also won the ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award.

Congratulations to Dr. Cornelius Taabazuing (right) for defending his dissertation.  Cornelius will start a career in Biomedical research in the New York area.  Thanks for initiating the lab efforts in protein crystallography.

Cornelius recently won an award for his oral presentation at 2014 SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/ Hispanics & Native Americas in Science) National Conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Congratulations to Cornelius (right) for winning the Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Graduate Scholarship Award for Outstanding Presentation at Research Fest. “Gas Binding and Substrate Triggering in an αKG-Dependent Oxygenase”

Congratulations to Dr. John Hangasky for passing his final defense.  John will move to UC Berkeley to start his postdoctoral position with Mike Marletta.  Thanks for advancing our work on isotope effects in the chemistry of FIH.

Congratulations to Meaghan Valliere for completing her B.S. Honors dissertation.  Meaghan will move to UCLA for graduate school. Thanks for developing our O2-reaction tent, and for nucleating our review on aKG oxygenase structural classifications.

Congratulations to Meaghan Valliere for garnering the Richard W. Fessenden Memorial Award 2014, the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award, and the Ouche Anyanwu Memorial Award for Outstanding Researcher.