Zain Bukhari Successfully Defends Comprehensive Exams
This morning, Zain successfully completed his comprehensive exams.
Today, we congratulate our student Zain on completing a major milestone toward his Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology.
This morning, he successfully defended his comprehensive exams titled Characterization of the role of Rab5a in causing cancer cell invasiveness via an in vitro model.
Jim Abraham Graduates with Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology
Jim was a student of our alumnus, Dr. David Spetzler.
I am honored to announce that Jim Abraham has completed his studies and was awarded his Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology today. I served as co-chair of his Ph.D. committee along with Dr. David Spetzler, who is an alumnus of our lab.
We congratulate Jim on this major career milestone.
Wayne Frasch Co-Authors Paper on COVID-19 with Professors Alistair Nunn, Geoffrey Guy, and Other Members of the Guy Foundation
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may modulate mitochondrial function in order to ensure its replication.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with unprecedented challenges. The virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2, may modulate mitochondrial function in order to ensure its replication.
Together with Drs. Brysch, Botchway, Calabrese, Bell, and me, Professors Nunn and Guy published SARS-CoV-2 and mitochondrial health: implications of lifestyle and ageing in Immunity & Ageing.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-020-00204-x
Wayne Frasch Inducted into Arizona Chapter of National Academy of Inventors
The induction ceremony has been postponed due to COVID-19.
I am pleased to share that I have been inducted into the ASU chapter of the National Academy of Inventors.
The NAI was founded to recognize and encourage academic inventors who have a patent issued from the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Wayne Frasch Speaks at Guy Foundation Spring Series
Frasch was named a Scientific Advisor for the Guy Foundation in September 2019.
I am delighted to announce that I was named a Scientific Advisor for the Guy Foundation in September. I was invited by the Foundation to give a talk at their 2020 Spring Series today.
The Guy Foundation embraces explorative theories and research into quantum mechanics and bioenergetics and their role in disease. Over time, the Foundation hopes to support the translation of this deeper understanding into advancing medical practice.
I look forward to working with the Foundation to drive innovation in medicine through quantum biology.
Dr. Fusheng Xiong Publishes DNA Computing Study
Fush’s work on PLP-qPCR has allowed the solution of 8-city traveling salesman problems, using DNA computing, within minutes instead of days.
I am pleased to state that Fusheng Xiong, our Senior Research Scientist, has published a chapter in Novel Trends in the Traveling Salesman Problem. His work on PLP-qPCR has allowed the solution of 8-city traveling salesman problems, using DNA computing, in a matter of minutes.
Congratulations, Fush!
Accelerating DNA Computing via PLP-qPCR Answer Read out to Solve Traveling Salesman Problems
By Fusheng Xiong, Michael Kuby, and Wayne D. Frasch
https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91663
Seiga Yanagisawa Completes Comprehensive Exams
Seiga successfully defended his comprehensive exams this afternoon.
Seiga has completed his comprehensive exams, titled The low pH-induced conformational change of Bovine herpesvirus-1 glycoprotein B during endocytic viral entry, today.
Seiga has worked with us since 2013, as an undergraduate and then as a graduate student. We congratulate him on this major milestone toward the completion of his Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology.
Dr. Hendrik Sielaff Publishes F-ATPase Asymmetry Study
Hendrik’s and Seiga’s work supplements the elastic coupling model of F₁Fₒ ATP synthase rotation.
I am pleased to share that Hendrik Sielaff, a Visiting Scientist in our lab working with Michael Börsch and Wolfgang Junge, has published a paper in Molecules with our graduate student Seiga Yanagisawa. Their work supplements the elastic coupling model of rotation in the F₁Fₒ ATP synthase.
Congratulations, Hendrik and Seiga!
Structural Asymmetry and Kinetic Limping of Single Rotary F-ATP Synthases
By Hendrik Sielaff, Seiga Yanagisawa, Wayne D. Frasch, Wolfgang Junge, and Michael Börsch.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24030504
Dr. James Martin Publishes F₁-ATPase Study
James’ work expands the elastic coupling model powering F₁-ATPase rotation during its power stroke.
I am delighted to announce that James Martin, a Postdoctoral Researcher in our lab, has published a paper in PNAS. His work expands the elastic coupling model of powered rotation in the F₁-ATPase during its 120° rotary power strokes.
Congratulations, James!
Elastic coupling power stroke mechanism of the F₁-ATPase molecular motor
By James L. Martin, Robert Ishmukhametov, David Spetzler, Tassilo Hornung, and Wayne D. Frasch
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803147115
Zain Bukhari Graduates with PSM in Nanoscience
Zain, a student in the Frasch lab for two years, has completed his master’s degree in nanoscience.
The PSM in Nanoscience at ASU’s Department of Physics is a fast track graduate degree that equips scientists, engineers, and biomedical students for flexible careers in fascinating interdisciplinary fields.
Today, we congratulate our student Zain Bukhari on completing the studies for his Master’s degree.
Bukhari has worked with us for over two years and recently defended his applied project on Torsion Spring Contributions to the F₁-ATPase molecular motor.