April 2018:

Thomas presents our reseach on viral RNA drug targets at the ACS National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium in Nashville.

Douglas Zhang joins the group as a new PhD student joining in our research efforts on the development of self-assembling RNA-DNA hybrid materials. Welcome!

January 2018:

Mary Belaya is a new undergraduate researcher joining the lab who will work with Alba on method development for chemical modification of RNA-DNA hybrid nanostructures. Welcome!

March 2018:

Lulu Myjak defends her Masters thesis on structural studies of a viral RNA target. Congratulations!

May 2018:

Alba defends ther Masters thesis on the development of self-assembling RNA-DNA hybrid nanostructures. In the fall, she will move to Germany and start PhD graduate research in Henrik Dietz's group at the Technical University in Munich. Way to go!

October 2018:

Thomas gives a lecture on Small Molecule Targeting of Viral Nocoding RNA at the Technology Showcase of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF).

September 2018:

Thomas gives a Gomberg Lecture at the University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry.

July 2018:

Thomas is promoted to Full Professor and appointed as Associate Dean for Education and Students serving in the Division of Physical Sciences at UC San Diego. Congratulations!

June 2018:

Doug Zhang receives a pre-doctoral fellowship through the NIH-funded Molecular Biophysics Training Grant. Congratulations!