News and updates
August 2024
Sam presents her PhD work at ACS! She had two talks!
Sam presents her PhD work at ACS! She had two talks!
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July 2024
- New Preprint from our lab. The BrunerLab and us developed yeast strains to perform functional genomics studies of the signal recognition particle. We were surprised strains with titratable expressions of the SRP complex did not exist, so we built some. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.20.602779v1
- After four years of excellent research, authorship on three manuscripts, Ethan Slaton has bidden us farewell. He is now off to Ohio State to pursue his PhD. We will miss him very much.
June 2024
- Luis is awarded the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Fellowship. Congrats Luis!
- Dr. Denard and Sam attend GRC Proteolytic Enzymes and their Inhibitors in Italy
- Lawton will attend the CSHL Yeast genetics and genomics. Amazing opportunity.
May 2024
- Shivani has received co-op offers. She has done a terrific job in the lab and will soon leave us.
- Nima begins his PhD journey in the Denard Lab
April 2024
- Ethan defended his Honor's Thesis with flair and excellence. Congrats Ethan!
- Sage, Luis, and Lawton all passed their PhD qualification exams! Congrats to all three.
- Olivia joins our lab as a research technician.
- 3 of our amazing undergrads, Pedro, Marian, and Ethan, presented posters at the Undergraduate Research Symposium today in the O'Connell Center!
Our paper on a suite of integrative vectors for protease activity reporting has been accepted in PEDS! https://academic.oup.com/peds/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/protein/gzae008/7663439
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March 2024
Luis wins best poster at Biomaterials Day!
Luis wins best poster at Biomaterials Day!
Sam presents at the Translational Science Research Symposium at UF
February 2024
Nima defends his MS thesis. Congrats Nima!
Nima defends his MS thesis. Congrats Nima!
December 2023
Our review paper, titled "Leveraging yeast sequestration to study and engineer posttranslational modification enzymes" is now out in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Read here. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38079116/
Our review paper, titled "Leveraging yeast sequestration to study and engineer posttranslational modification enzymes" is now out in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Read here. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38079116/
January 2024
Raymond Pho joins the lab as a PhD student
Raymond Pho joins the lab as a PhD student
November 2023
The Denard Lab is well-represented at AIChE
The Denard Lab is well-represented at AIChE
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October 2023
Lawton and Ethan both win best poster at the UF CBI Mini symposium
Lawton and Ethan both win best poster at the UF CBI Mini symposium
September 2023
Four Denard Lab members win awards at the ChE banquet ceremony awards!
Four Denard Lab members win awards at the ChE banquet ceremony awards!
August 2023
Athena is awarded her MS degree in Chemical Engineering
Athena is awarded her MS degree in Chemical Engineering
May 2023
The Denard lab dyes their lab coats! Sweet time!
The Denard lab dyes their lab coats! Sweet time!
March 2023
Marian and Ethan are selected as University Scholars
Marian and Ethan are selected as University Scholars
February 2023
Our collaboration paper on computational prediction and experimental validation of coronaviral proteases is out in pre-print!! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.30.526101v1
The Denard Lab is awarded the NSF CAREER award
Our collaboration paper on computational prediction and experimental validation of coronaviral proteases is out in pre-print!! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.30.526101v1
The Denard Lab is awarded the NSF CAREER award
December 2022
The Denard Lab is awarded a Live Like Bella Foundation grant for studying congenital neutropenia with Dr. Bruner.
The Denard Lab is awarded a Live Like Bella Foundation grant for studying congenital neutropenia with Dr. Bruner.
November 2022
The Denard Lab is rocking it at AIChE
The Denard Lab is rocking it at AIChE
September 2022
- Sam wins best talk at GRACE symposium
- Ethan and Lawton both win ChE department awards. Ethan wins Excellence in Research Award!
- Athena presents her work at the NOBCChE conference in Orlando
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August 2022
Gabby is selected to speak at the REU closing ceremony
Gabby is selected to speak at the REU closing ceremony
- Sam presents at FAME 2022
- Ethan wins best poster at ACS FAME 2022
July 2022
Ethan is award the BMS Scholarship
The Denard lab receives the NIH MIRA AWARD!
Ethan is award the BMS Scholarship
The Denard lab receives the NIH MIRA AWARD!
May 2022
Gabrielle Wood joins our lab for an REU. She will work with Cassidy to produce proteases from Pichia pastoris.
Gabrielle Wood joins our lab for an REU. She will work with Cassidy to produce proteases from Pichia pastoris.
January 2022
- The Denard lab receives funding from NIH NIGMS (R21) to discover and engineer protease modulatory nanobodies. We are excited to receive our first funding as PI!
- The Denard Lab welcomes several new additions:
- Undergraduates Paola Oliva, Julia Besu, Emily Miller and MS student Afifa Khan
November 2021
Sam and Ethan present posters at Fall 2021 Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposia. These guys are awesome!
Sam and Ethan present posters at Fall 2021 Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposia. These guys are awesome!
October 2021
Dr Denard is an invited speaker at Afrobiotech 2021! Feeling at home is the best feeling!
Dr Denard is an invited speaker at Afrobiotech 2021! Feeling at home is the best feeling!
September 2021
- Dr. Denard presents the lab's latest research at Rutgers Chemistry! Warm reception, future collaborations! It was a wonderful time. Thank you for the invitation, Prof. Sagar Khare!
- Sam presents a poster at ACS FL FAME 2021. Great Job!
July 2021
Welcoming Lulu, the guinea pig, newest member of the Denard Lab.
Welcoming Lulu, the guinea pig, newest member of the Denard Lab.
