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In a recent Nature paper, TPCB student Christian Baca and colleagues in the labs of Prof. Luciano Marraffini and Prof. Dinshaw Patel have discovered a new mechanism of bacterial immunity to phage infection, in which binding of a cyclic adenylate to a novel CRISPR effector called Cam1 arrests host cell functions. [more]

TPCB welcomes Prof. Steve Bonilla and Prof. Elizabeth Campbell, both at Rockefeller, to the faculty! Their labs bringing exciting new research opportunities to the program. Prof. Bonilla studies the 3D structure and function of viral RNA. Prof. Campbell is investigating the biochemistry and structure of microbial transcription. [more]

TPCB presented the 20th Annual Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium on August 14, 2024. The event was held on the campus of Rockefeller University, with over 225 scientists attending. The day featured four keynote lectures by guest faculty, three student talks, and over 50 poster presentations. [more]

TPCB student Christian Baca has been recognized with an Honourable Mention in the 2024 International Birnstiel Awards! The awards celebrate exceptional young scientists working in molecular life sciences. Christian’s research with Prof. Luciano Marraffini at Rockefeller focuses on the CRISPR-Cas systems of bacterial immunity. [more]

TPCB students Gabriella Chua, Chun-Cheng Hsieh, Hsin-Che Huang, Nicholas Prescott, J. Jeya Vandana, Lucas Repeta, and Gianna Stella served as guest editors of a special issue of ChemBioChem. The issue featured editorials by TPCB students and primary research articles from across the chemical biology community. [more]