Our collaboration with Kathleen Ryan (UC Berkeley) led to the discovery of a novel anionic sphingolipid in Caulobacter which aids in survival in the absence of LPS. Check out the work on bioRxiv!

Posted January 21, 2022, by Eric Klein in What's New?.

Our paper on the independent evolution of bacterial ceramide synthesis went online today at Nature Chemical Biology! This was a tremendous effort by Gabrielle and our amazing collaborators Ziqiang Guan (Duke) and Dominic Campopiano (U. Edinburgh). Check out the paper at https://rdcu.be/cD6p6

Posted December 30, 2021, by Eric Klein in What's New?.

Congratulations to Lauren (best poster) and Josh (finalist) for their poster awards at the 2021 CCIB Retreat!

Posted December 14, 2021, by Eric Klein in What's New?.

Welcome to Chioma, a 1st year CCIB PhD student, who is doing a rotation in our lab!

Posted November 11, 2021, by Eric Klein in What's New?.

Congratulations to Shriya on passing her MS defense! Her Molecular Dynamics simulations are providing a lot of food for thought about how ceramides function in bacterial membranes. We’re happy that she’ll be sticking around for a PhD in our program!

Posted August 24, 2021, by Eric Klein in What's New?.

Welcome to Lauren Hinkel who joined the lab as a post-doc! Lauren is joining us from Matt Wargo’s lab at U. Vermont.

Posted August 9, 2021, by Eric Klein in What's New?.