Month: March 2017

Dr. Smith is quoted in a recent feature article in C&EN News. The article describes a new wave of research to better characterize how lipids influence membrane protein structure and function.

Credit: Cedric Govaerts

Link to website (paywall): http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i9/Lipids-affect-function-membrane-proteins.html

Link to PDF: Lipids affect the function of membrane proteins February 27, 2017

Our group was well represented at the BPS meeting this year. Roger was selected for a platform talk, and Li and Will gave excellent poster presentations.

Our recently accepted paper was featured on the cover of Biochemistry.

http://pubs.acs.org/toc/bichaw/56/1

In anticipation of applying for tenure next year, Dr. Smith has increased his travel schedule. Below are a list of locations and dates of 2016-2017 academic year presentations:

• July 26, 2016 – SBCB Seminar, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, UK
• Sept 22, 2016 – Physics Department Seminar, Wayne State University
• Oct 11, 2016 – Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago
• Oct 24, 2016 – Chemistry Department Seminar, Emory University
• Oct 27, 2016 – Chemistry Department Seminar, Case Western Reserve University
• Nov 11, 2016 – Chemistry Department Seminar, Penn State University
• Nov 30, 2016 – Chemistry Department Seminar, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Feb 8, 2017 – Biophysics Colloquium, Cornell University
• Mar 10, 2017 – Biophysics Seminar, University of Michigan
• Mar 30, 2017 – Chemistry Department Seminar, University of Pennsylvania
• Apr 4, 2017 – ACS National Meeting, San Francisco
• Jun 5, 2017 – Gordon Research Conference on Membrane Protein Folding