News – 2022 Archive

News Archive: 2022

12/21/2022

Zikri and Hannah’s paper, “A new ¹³C trityl-based spin label enables the use of DEER for distance measurements”, was accepted for publication in JMR. This work was done in collaboration with the Driesschaert group. Congrats!

12/16/2022

Julia graduates from the University of Pittsburgh! Thank you for your contributions to the lab, and good luck in your future endeavors!

10/14/2022

Xiaowei presented her work at the IES Virtual EPR meeting. Great work!

09/26/2022

Alysia’s review in collaboration with the Ruthstein Group is accepted in Biophysical Reviews. The title is “The Use of EPR Spectroscopy to Study Transcription Mechanisms”. Congrats!

09/24/2022

The Saxena Lab invites lab alumni to celebrate Sunil’s 20 years at Pitt. We had a wonderful day of research talks, career exploration, networking, and social events!

08/24/2022

Xiaowei’s paper in collaboration with the Hernandez-Sanchez group, “Synthesis of Square Planar Cu₄ Clusters”, is accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie. Congrats!

08/12/2022

Kevin’s review on dHis dynamics is accepted for publication in Analysis and Sensing. The authors also include Hannah, Tim, and Sharon. This paper is titled “Measurement of protein dynamics from site-directed Cu(II)-labeling”. Congrats!

07/26/2022

Kevin, Zikri, Xiaowei, Josh, and Alysia attend the Rocky Mountain Conference in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Kevin, Zikri, Xiaowei, and Josh each give oral presentations, and everyone in the group gives poster presentations. Hard work paid off as Xiaowei won a poster award!

07/21/2022

Josh presented his work at the IES Virtual EPR Meeting. Great job!

07/13/2022

Kevin successfully defends his thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Singewald! Kevin will be joining the Millhauser Lab at UCSC as a postdoctoral fellow in early September.

05/30/2022

Niko joins our lab before his first year of grad school as a summer student. Welcome!

05/21/2022

Kevin, Jimmy, and Zikri’s paper, “Beyond structure: Deciphering site-specific dynamics in proteins from double histidine based EPR measurements”, is accepted for publication in Protein Science. Congrats!

05/10/2022

Xiaowei, Zikri, and Hannah’s paper, “An optimal acquisition scheme for Q-band EPR distance measurements using Cu(II)-based protein labels”, is accepted for publication in PCCP. Congrats!

04/30/2022

Jimmy graduates from the University of Pittsburgh! Thanks for your contributions, and good luck in dental school!

03/29/2022

Alysia and Kevin’s paper, “Allostery-driven changes in dynamics regulate the activation of bacterial CueR copper transcription factor”, is accepted for publication in Protein Science. Congratulations!

02/07/2022

Julia joins our lab as an undergraduate student. Welcome!

01/16/2022

Josh, Alysia, and Shreya’s paper in collaboration with the Ruthstein group, “Cu(II)-based DNA labeling identifies the structural link between activation and termination in a metalloregulator”, is accepted in Chem. Sci. Congrats on another first author publication, Josh!

01/11/2022

Kevin’s paper in collaboration with the Pei Tang lab, “Structures of highly flexible intracellular domain of human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor”, is accepted in Nature Communications! Congratulations, Kevin!

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