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How does an enzyme distinguish between nearly identical molecules?
A new JBC paper, spearheaded by graduate student Jannelle Andrews of the Lange Laboratory, tackles this question by uncovering the molecular determinants of substrate specificity in mint pulegone reductase.
High school students complete research internships in IBC, Plant Pathology, and USDA laboratories.
Seven high school students joined labs at IBC, Plant Pathology and USDA for a month as part of the “Bridge” research internship program offered in collaboration with Upward Bound.
REEU Students complete research internships in IBC, CSS, and USDA
IBC, CSS, and USDA laboratories hosted a USDA-NIFA-funded Research and Extension Experience for Undergraduates program.
How does nature create “left-handed” or “right-handed” molecules from a starting material that has no handedness at all?
That question motivated a newly published study, developed by the teams of IBC faculty Lange and Raugei, in ACS Catalysis on the determinants of stereoselectivity in monoterpene synthases.
Yingqi Cai, IBC faculty, is awarded Paul Stumpf Award.
Yingqi has been selected as the recipient of the Paul Stumpf Award, which recognizes excellence among early-career researchers, to be awarded at the International Symposium on Plant Lipids. Congratulations, Yingqi!
Phil Bates, IBC faculty, is promoted to Full Professor
Phil joined the IBC in 2018 and has built a world-class program researching plant lipids. Congratulations, Phil!
Work by IBC faculty Lange and Croteau featured in editorial article in Chemical and Engineering News
Chemical and Engineering News, the flagship news magazine of the American Chemical Society, publishes an article on efforts to unravel the biosynthesis of paclitaxel, a leading anticancer drug.
Mark Lange presents at PAG33, the world’s largest ag-genomics conference
Mark Lange gave an invited talk on the biosynthesis of cannabis aroma constituents.