March 2023: Dr. Jessie Zhang chairs theme "protein machines and disorderness" in Annual Meeting for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Seatle.

March 2023: Undergrad researcher Grace Zhou recieved Research Distinction from UT Austin.  Grace will start her medical school training in Baylor College of Medicine this fall!

December 2022:  Wantae presented his unpublished results in an International conference FASEB and Japanese phosphatase joint conference.

December 2022: Dr. Zhang awarded Research Creative Grants Awards.

Sept. 2022: What is your favorite chemical group? I love isonitrile group (so versitile with a soul for service).  Our recent paper on how nature installs isonitrile groups to many chemicals just got published in Nature Communication. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32870-4

July 2022: Wantae's collaborative paper with Ellington Lab published as cover story in Nature Chemical Biology.

https://cns.utexas.edu/news/scientists-hijack-bacteria-to-ease-drug-manu...

May 2022:  Wantae's collaborative paper with Alper lab about a super-charged enzyme that degrades plastic waste published on Nature.