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Established in 2009, the Keystone Symposia Fellows Program aims to provide early-stage independent researchers from underrepresented backgrounds with the skills, professional connections and visibility to support their success at this pivotal career stage.Continue readingGraduate alum Brea Manuel named 2025 Keystone Symposia Fellow
Christine Dunham, Ph.D., of Emory University, and Maria Barna, Ph.D., of Stanford University, hope to unravel the mechanisms behind the specific compounds that enhance protein production and evaluate their role in diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Diamond Blackfan anemia. Continue readingChristine Dunham combating disease through global protein synthesis with Pew suppport
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Playing tug-of-war with platelets
Chemist Khalid Salaita and mechanical engineer Nathan Sniecinski collaborate to use force-measuring molecules to assess platelet function.Continue readingPlaying tug-of-war with platelets
We all have our tried-and-true cleaning tricks, and one on many of our lists is the magic fizzing action of baking soda and vinegar. You can probably find people scrubbing away at everything from skillets to sinks with the natural cleaner combo… But is it more fizz or fizzle? Is anything actually happening to help the cleaning process?Continue readingBill Wuest discusses chemistry of cleaning with Real Simple
Melioidosis — a bacterial infection that causes fever, pneumonia, and sepsis — presents two enormous challenges for infectious disease experts: it kills roughly half the people who contract it and it is extremely tough to treat even in countries with advanced health care systems.Continue readingDavis Lab collaboration advances combo-drug treatment to combat Melioidosis
As fellows, Drs. Diane Karloff and Evelyn “Evy” Kimbrough will enhance their professional growth while also contributing an expert scientific perspective to the formulation of public policies.Continue readingTwo graduate alumni receive prestigious AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
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Lanny Liebeskind named interim provost
Chemists synthesized a highly complex natural molecule through a revolutionary strategy of functionalizing normally inert carbon-hydrogen (C-H). Science published the breakthrough led by chemists at Emory University and Caltech. Continue readingChemists showcase power of pathbreaking method to make complex molecules
Emory University chemist Fang Liu has been awarded $875,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her research on enhancing light-driven electron transfer, also known as photoredox catalysis. This chemical process, which uses light to initiate electron transfer, is a growing area in organic synthesis, with applications in sectors like healthcare and renewable energy.Continue readingDOE awards Emory chemist $875K to optimize light-driven electron transfer