Erica elected president of BALSA

Congratulations to Erica on being elected as president of the Biotechnology and Life Science Advising (BALSA) Group. 

Carrie and Leo’s paper published

Carrie and Leo‘s paper on ribosome traffic jam and quality control is published in Molecular Cell. Read the paper here

Bose, biology group net grant to work with high schoolers on STEM

Bose, along with two fellow assistant professors of biology, Joshua Blodgett and Hani Zaher, formed a high school partnership with the Gateway Science Academy, allowing local high school students to experience research in a university laboratory over the summer. Read full article here

Zaher Lab receives grant from Siteman Cancer Center

Hani Zaher, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received a $400,000 award from the Siteman Cancer Center for a project titled “RNA as a Target of Alkylation Chemotherapy in Cancer.”