Demystifying weird proteins

Victor has received the UT Southwestern's most distinguished honor for postdocs, the Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research. He will present his work at a University Lecture on September 23rd. Congratulations, Victor!

We had three summer students succesfully complete projects in the lab. Thank you to Austyn, Adi and Emmett, as well as their mentors James, Albert and Nikhil, for a great summer!

Leon Yim joins the lab as an MSTP student. Welcome, Leon!

Franceine Welcome, Ph.D. joins the lab as a Gilliam Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome, Franceine!

James Pfister, a former tech for the lab, has joined as a graduate student. Welcome back, James!

Albert Son has joined the lab as an MSTP student. Welcome, Albert!

Yingjie Hu has defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled "Biomedical and structural insights into a 5' to 3' RNA ligase reveal a potential role in tRNA ligation." Congratulations, Dr. Hu!

James Ye has defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled "Bacterial ubiquitin ligase engineered for small molecule and protein target identification." Congratulations, Dr. Ye!

Gina Park has defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled "The mechanism of RNA capping by SARS-CoV-2." Congratulations, Dr. Park!

Vinnie has been recognized with the TAMEST 2024 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award for Biological Sciences! Congratulations, Vinnie! Read the announcement here.

Kim Nguyen has joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome Kim!

Gina has received the Ida M. Green award. Congratulations, Gina!

Antonia Bogoian-Mullen has joined the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Antonia!

Maddi Roberts has joined the lab as a graduate student! Welcome Maddi!

Ben Mayro has joined the lab as an F99/K00 postdoctoral fellow! Welcome Ben!

Gina Park has won the William F. and Grace H. Kirkpatrick Award. This award is given annually to the graduate student who submitted the most scientifically meritorious NIH F or equivalent fellowship grant application. Congrats Gina!

Adam Osinski has defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled "Biochemical and structural characterization of divergent members of the protein kinase family." Congratulations, Dr. Osinski!

Ting-Sung Hsieh receives a K99/R00 award from the National Institutes of Health! Congrats Ting-Sung!

Psychiatry resident Alex Antonioli, M.D., Ph.D. joins the lab as a research fellow. Welcome, Alex!

Victor has been announced as an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow! See the announcement here.

The lab's latest work on SARS-CoV-2 is published. Congratulations, Gina and Adam! Link to paper.

Lab manager Jennifer Blancas joins the lab. Welcome, Jennifer!

Victor has defended his Ph.D. thesis. He will stay on as a postdoc in the Tagliabracci lab. Congratulations, Dr. Lopez!

Vinnie has been announced as an HHMI Investigator! See the announcement here.