UO Chemistry and Biochemistry alum Micah Donor has been awarded the American Society for Mass Spectrometry’s 2024 Research at PUIs Award. The award recognizes research in mass spectrometry conducted by faculty and students at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI).
Donor conducted his doctoral research in the Prell lab and is currently an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at George Fox University in Newburg, Oregon.
Lawren Paris, an undergrad researcher in the Prell lab, has been selected by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) for a travel award based on her research abstract submission for the 2023 ASMS Annual Conference.
The ASMS Undergraduate Student Travel Award recognizes up to ten undergraduate students whose academic achievements and interest in mass spectrometry research display a high level of excellence and distinction. The Awards will be presented during the annual ASMS conference in Houston, Texas, June 4 – 8, 2023, and are intended to support ASMS conference travel. Each award includes $500, free conference registration, and a certificate.
Lawren’s research in the Prell group focuses on the unfolding thermochemistry and kinetics of gas-phase ions inside mass spectrometers. Her main project involves modeling the vibrational heat capacity of gaseous biomolecular ions using quantum computational theory, the results of which she will be presenting as a poster at the ASMS conference in June. The data from Lawren’s research is being used to better quantitatively determine how ions dissociate and unfold in the gas phase, and to create more accurate thermodynamic modeling software within our group.
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
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.
