The folks at LIPID MAPS gave ceramide phosphoglycerate a shout out! I have new candidates for novel lipid structures of the year to date – ceramide phosphoglycerate and diphosphoglycerate from genetically modified, Gram-negative bacteria, deficient in lipid A (Zik, J.J. et al. Caulobacter lipid A is conditionally dispensable in the absence of fur and … Continue reading LipidMAPS Blog- Lipid of the year candidate…
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Congratulations to Truman on passing his qualifying exam!
Congratulations to Truman who passed his PhD qualifying exam today! He will be studying the role of tissue mechanics and bacterial sphingolipids in mediating host-pathogen interactions.
New grant to study bacterial sphingolipids
The Klein and Brannigan labs (RUC-Physics) were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the synthesis and physiological functions of bacterial sphingolipids. This work will entail a combination of experiemental methods and Molecular Dynamics simulation.
Gitai Lab Reunion at Bacterial Surfaces GRC
Just came back from the Gordon Research Conference on Bacterial Cell Surfaces. Learned a ton and had a great time with a bunch of Gitai Lab alumni!
Congratulations to Josh on passing his qualifying exam!
Congratulations to Josh who passed his PhD qualifying exam!! He will be studying the effects of various sphingolipids on the properties of synthetic lipid vesicles.
Exciting new collaboration!
Our lab was awarded seed funding for a collaboration with Marien Solesio (Biology) and Michelle Carlin (Chemistry) to study the effects of bacterial infection on mitochondrial function. Thank you to the Provost’s office for supporting research at Rutgers-Camden!