Gemma Luscombe joined us as a Level 4 Chemistry-Biology MSci student, co-supervised by Prof. Steven Cobb (Durham Chemistry). Gemma will contribute to the AccA project. Welcome!
Welcome, Will!
William Earl arrived in the lab as a Masters of Science (Research) student in the lab. He will study the intracellular activation of a Cu-dependent nitrite reductase in pathogenic Neisseria.
New paper alert
Just accepted in FEBS J: Structural and biochemical characterisation of the N-carbamoyl-β-alanine amidohydrolase from Rhizobium radiobacter MDC 8606. Many thanks to our collaborators in Armenia, Germany, and Newcastle for the opportunity to contribute to this work!
New commentary in JBIC
Our invited commentary about the control of nutrient metal availability during host-microbe interactions is now on-line! Click the image below to access the article.
Academic promotion success.
Karrera has been promoted to Associate Professor. This would not have been possible without the amazing work by all group members, past and present!
Sam’s graduation
Today we celebrated Sam’s PhD graduation at Durham Cathedral. Congratulations again to the newest copper doctor!
John’s flash talk.
Today MSc student John delivered a flash talk at the Durham Biosciences Postgraduate Symposium. John’s project is on the biochemical characterisation of Cu-dependent nitrite reductases from pathogenic Neisseria.
Karrera’s talk at LIPN Symposium.
Karrera delivered the first keynote at the London Infection Postdoc Network symposium. Thank you to the organising committee for the invitation!
Beth’s poster presentation.
Congratulations to our MSci (Chemistry-Biology) student, Beth Kinniment-Williams, for successfully completing her research project this year! Beth studied the interactions between salivary histatin peptides and copper. Here she is, pictured with her poster on her final day of term. Beth has recently accepted a Biochemistry PhD position in The University of York. We will all miss her very much but we wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
Congratulations, Dr Firth!
Congratulations to Sam (now de facto Dr Firth!) for passing her viva voce PhD examination! We are immensely grateful to A/Prof Gary Sharples (pictured below) and Dr Marianne Ilbert for acting as examiners. Sam will stay in the lab for another month before moving on to a postdoctoral position with Prof. Jonathan Heddle at Durham Biosciences.
Djoko Lab 