On May 15th, Jacob Moose defended his thesis and moved onto a new Position at Binghamton University. We will miss him but wish him the best of luck in all that’s to come.
In June, we welcomed two undergraduates who will be working in our laboratory for the next year,Danny Liu and Gabriela Padilla. Both have received SU SOURCE funding and were able to present their work at the research symposia at the beginning of August.
On July 10th, Sadie Novak defended her thesis entitled “Investigating the cellular localization, trafficking, and biological function of ghrelin O-acyltransferase”. She is currently an Eagleton Science Politics Fellow at the New Jersey Senate Democrats Office through Rutgers University. Well done and we will miss you greatly!
In July, Dr. Hougland attended the FASEB conference in Phoenix, Arizona and presented a talk entitled “How a peptide hormone GOAT acylated: The chemistry, biology, and endocrinology of ghrelin O-acyltransferase”.
In August, he and Andrea Sprague-Getsy attended the American Chemical Society conference in Denver, Colorado. Andrea presented a poster of her research entitled “Exploring the Environmental Impacts on Membrane Protein Structure and Activity: Solubilization of Ghrelin O-acyltransferase Reveals Unexpected Protein-detergent Compatibility”.
There was a chance meeting with lab alum Maria Campana in Colorado as well! Hi Maria… we miss you!
