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Grad student Nicholas Wong and Dr. Saier just published a review in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences about the infection cycle of SARS-coronavirus with emphasis on the role played by viral membrane proteins. The title is: “The SARS-Coronavirus...
MSc degree obtained

MSc degree obtained

Congratulations to our grad student Daniel Tyler for a successful defense of his Master’s thesis on Jan 28, 2021.  The title of his thesis is “Discovery and Characterization of the Phospholemman/SIMP/Viroporin (PSV) Superfamily”. Abstract Determining...
MSc degree obtained

MSc degree obtained

Congratulations to our grad student Nuo Tian for a successful defense of her Master’s thesis on Jan 12, 2021.  The title of her thesis is “Structural and evolutionary relationships within the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily”. Abstract...
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The Saier Lab just published the latest update and improvements to TCDB in the journal Nucleic Acids Research. The title is: “The Transporter Classification Database (TCDB): 2021 update”. For your convenience, these are the links to PubMed and PMC.  ...
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Our collaborator Dr. Zafar and  Dr. Saier just published a paper in the journal Genes reporting a comparative genomics analysis of the transportomes of multiple Lactobacillus strains. The title is: “Comparative Genomics of the Transport Proteins of Ten...
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Our collaborator Dr. Aboulwafa along with Dr. Zhang and Dr. Saier published a paper in the journal Microbial Physiology where .they studied protein-protein interactions of membrane proteins and their influence in sugar uptake systems.  The title is:...