Back to back trips to New Brunswick

The lab traveled to New Brunswick this past week for the Rutgers Microbiology Symposium and the Theobald Smith Society spring meeting. Josh’s abstract was chosen for a talk and Tanisha’s poster won 3rd place!!

Ice worm cover article!

Truman’s paper on ice worm ATP synthase was selected as the Editor’s Choice and the Cover Article in the most recent issue of FEBS Letters! Check it out online!

Truman’s paper on ATP synthase activity is published in FEBS Letters

In a collaborative project with Dan Shain (Rutgers-Camden Biology), Truman showed that a histidine-rich extension on the ATP6 subunit of mitochondrial ATP synthase from the glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeous solifugus increase ATP synthase activity. Amazingly, fusing this extension to the bacterial homolog AtpB enhances ATP production by 5-fold in E. coli and C. crescentus. Check … Continue reading Truman’s paper on ATP synthase activity is published in FEBS Letters