Research – Page 2 – Essential Elements

Chemistry grad student Grace Lindquist featured in ACS Energy Letters series ‘Women Scientists at the Forefront of Energy Research’

Research from the Marcus Lab has been selected for the cover of the American Institute of Physics’ January 28th issue of the The Journal of Chemical Physics, and featured in an article in Scilight, published on January 24th.

The research paper, titled Temperature-dependent local conformations and conformational distributions of cyanine dimer labeled single-stranded – double-stranded DNA junctions by 2D fluorescence spectroscopy, was authored by Dylan Heussman, Pete von Hippel and Andrew H. Marcus.

Read the JCP article here:

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/5.0076261

Read the Scilight article here:

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/10.0009391

Brozek Lab in the News!

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Leah O'Brien

DeRose, Johnson & Pluth Research Training Program featured in CAS Report

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Leah O'Brien

Scott Hansen among Chemists that develop new blueprint for enzyme involved in cancer

Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 by Leah O'Brien

Julia Widom chosen for AHA Career Development Award

Posted on August 30, 2021August 25, 2022 by Leah O'Brien

The American Heart Association has selected UO Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Julia Widom as a recipient of the AHA Career Development Award. The award supports the early careers of highly promising healthcare and academic professionals as they explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and develop their research skills, fostering their future success as a scientist.

The three-year grant will fund Professor Widom’s research using single-molecule fluorescence techniques to study the structure and dynamics of heart-specific long noncoding RNAs linked to disease. Her work will help guide the development of therapies for conditions that induce cardiac stress.

Read more about Professor Widom’s award at https://tinyurl.com/39c244hn

Carl Brozek receives NSF Research Award

Posted on August 26, 2021August 27, 2021 by Leah O'Brien

UO Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Carl Brozek has received an National Science Foundation Division Of Materials Research grant to study the fundamental growth mechanisms of particles based on metal-organic frameworks. His work will help open new frontiers in using metal-organic frameworks for a range of applications including gas separation and catalysis.

Learn more about his award on the NSF website.