The lab moves from our old home in Hall-Atwater next door to the brand-new New Science Building. We are looking forward to many more years of exciting research in our beautiful new workplace!
Oriana’s collaborative paper with the Helmann group is published in mBio! Read it here.
Marissa presents a poster and gives a lightning talk at the Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars. Congratulations!
April 2026
Jai presents a poster at the 2026 New England SACNAS meeting. Great job!
March 2026
Abby, Flora, Furuzon, Marissa, and Jai all present posters at the 2026 ASBMB meeting in Washington, DC. Great job, all!
January 2026
Abby receives a student leadership award from the American Chemical Society. Congratulations, Abby! (Read more here!)
MB&B graduate student Oscar Galdamez joins the group for a Spring semester rotation. Welcome, Oscar!
December 2025
Oriana gives at seminar at University of Connecticut Health.
October 2025
Flora presents a poster at the 26th Annual Biophysics Retreat at Wesleyan. Great job!
Oriana gives a seminar at University of Connecticut Department of Chemistry.
August 2025
Oriana gives the keynote lecture at the Cell Biology of Metals GRS and a talk at the Cell Biology of Metals GRC.
July 2025
Abby, Flora, Furuzon, and Jai present posters at the CIS poster session, and Abby’s receives Honorable Mention. Terrific job, all!
Yuri, Dia, Daniel, and Sam’s collaborative paper with the Helmann group is accepted in J Biol Chem! Read it here.
Oriana is profiled in WesWAVES. Read the article here.
February 2025
Research scientist Daniel Zhitnitsky joins the group. Welcome, Daniel!
January 2025
MB&B graduate student Arianna McDaniels joins the group for a Spring semester rotation. Welcome, Arianna!
Undergraduates Flora Wang and Jai Tavera join the group. Welcome, Flora & Jai!
October 2024
Postdoctoral fellow Marissa Berry joins the group. Welcome, Marissa!
September 2024
Oriana gives a talk at the 13th International Copper Meeting in Sorrento, Italy.
MB&B graduate student Samantha Palermo joins the group for a Fall semester rotation. Welcome, Sam!
Undergraduates Furuzon Atobekova and Abigail Oduro join the group. Welcome, Furuzon & Abby!
August 2024
Oriana gives a talk at the annual American Crystallographic Association Meeting in Denver, CO.
