Welcome!

The Dyer lab at Emory University studies protein dynamics important in protein folding and enzymatic catalysis with the objective of improving our understanding of human health and disease. We seek to answer fundamental questions such as how atomic motions of the protein structure couple to the catalytic reaction coordinate, and the coupling of backbone and sidechain ordering in a protein folding or misfolding reaction. We are also interested in fundamental problems important to the storage of solar energy as fuel, specifically new photo-catalytic approaches to make hydrogen and to reduce CO2.

Protein dynamics span a wide range of time scales. We have developed time-resolved spectroscopy methods to investigate protein dynamics from femtoseconds to kiloseconds, with high structural specificity. We emphasize infrared spectroscopy coupled with isotope editing to follow specific biomolecular structural dynamics on all relevant time scales.

 

Congratulations Catharine!

Our outstanding undergraduate student Catharine Anderson recently defended her honors thesis, receiving highest honors! Her thesis work on the protein folding project focused on characterizing fusion peptide variants of influenza hemagglutinin using various spectroscopic techniques. 

Catharine graduates May 2022 and is attending UT San Antonio Long School of Medicine after graduation. We are sad to see her leave our lab, but excited for her bright future as a physician! 

Lab lunch to celebrate Greg!

Today we celebrated Dr. Greg Vansuch’s last day in the Dyer lab, he has accepted a post doc position in Dr. Paul King’s lab at NREL. Good luck Greg we will miss you!

Left to right: Brian, David, Sam, Greg, Seth Tapas, Caterina, Catharine, Alexia

Welcome Caterina!

Lab lunch to welcome our new post doc Caterina from Universidade Federal de São Carlos and her delightful son, Santiago!

Left to right: Alexia, Sam, Catharine, David, Seth, Caterina, Santiago

A Tenure Track Job for Morgan!

Recent Dyer lab alum, Morgan Vaughn, is currently working on curriculum development and teaching physical chemistry to undergraduates at Emory University. She has just announced that she has taken a tenure track position in the Department of Chemistry at nearby Oglethorpe University, where she will help initiate their undergraduate research program. 

Congratulations, Morgan!

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