Saxena Research Group

News Archive: 2020

11/19/2020

Austin successfully defends his thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Gamble Jarvi! Austin has accepted a position as a Field Service Engineer with Agilent Technologies.

11/02/2020

Josh passes his Comprehensive Examination. Congratulations!

10/14/2020

Shreya, Josh, Xiaowei, and Charu’s paper in collaboration with the Wang group is directly accepted in PCCP. The paper is titled “Orientation and dynamics of Cu(II) based DNA label from force field parameterized MD elucidates the relationship between EPR distance constraints and DNA backbone distances”.

10/07/2020

Austin and Josh’s paper “Buffer effects on site directed Cu(II)-labeling using the double histidine motif” is accepted in JMR. Congratulations on your first paper, Josh!

09/09/2020

Kevin and Xiaowei’s paper in collaboration with the Rule group “Double Histidine based EPR measurements at physiological temperatures permit site-specific elucidation of hidden dynamics in enzymes” is accepted in Angew. Chem.

08/19/2020

Shreya successfully defends her thesis! Shreya will begin a post-doctoral fellowship at NIH this fall under Dr. G. Marius Clore. Congratulations, Dr. Ghosh!

08/11/2020

Austin and Xiaowei’s paper in collaboration with the Wang and Achim groups “Development of Cu(II)-Based Distance Methods and Force Field Parameters for the Determination of PNA Conformations and Dynamics by EPR and MD Simulations” is published in J. Phys. Chem. B.

03/17/2020

Xiaowei, Shreya, and Austin’s paper with the Wang group “Molecular dynamics simulations based on newly developed force field parameters for Cu(II) spin labels provide insights into double Histidine based Double Electron Electron Resonance” is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. B. Congratulations on your first paper, Xiaowei!

02/14/2020

Shreya, Matt, Hanna, and Kevin’s paper “Cu(II)-based distance measurements by pulsed EPR provide distance constraints for DNA backbone conformations in solution” is accepted in Nucleic Acids Research.

01/06/2020

Alysia joins our lab as a graduate student. Welcome!