Faculty Accomplishments

Jonathan Ashby received a grant from the Undergraduate Analytical Research Program (UARP) of the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) for the project "Selection of structure-switching aptamers for usage in electrochemical biosensors." The project is for one year.

Jonathan Ashby received a grant from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) for their 2020 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant (PCMNCG) for the purchase of electrochemical instrumentation for integration into science coursework at Mount Holyoke College.

Ashby, Jonathan; Ligans, Erik*; Tamsi, Michael*; Zhong, Wenwan. High-throughput profiling of nanoparticle-protein interactions by fluorescence labeling. Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 2213-2219.

Ashby, Jonathan**; Flack, Kenneth**; Jimenez, Luis; Duan, Yaokai; Kareem-Khatib, Abdel*; Somlo, George; Wang, Shizen Emily; Cui, Xinping; Zhong, Wenwan. Distribution profiling of circulating microRNAs in serum. Anal. Chem., 2014, 86, 9343–9349

Ashby, Jonathan; Pan, Songquin; Zhong, Wenwan. Size and surface functionalization of iron oxide nanoparticles influence the composition and dynamic nature of their protein corona. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6, 15412–15419.

Ashby, Jonathan**; Schachermeyer, Samantha**; Duan, Yaokai; Jimenez, Luis; Zhong, Wenwan. Probing and quantifying DNA-protein interactions with asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation. J. Chrom. A., 2014, 1358, 217-224.

Jonathan Ashby acted as the planning chair for the annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) from November 18-21, 2019 in St. Louis. There were approximately 600 attendees, with approximately 250 students who had supported travel to the conference.

Katie Berry received a National Science Foundation (NSF) subaward from Oregon State University for the project “Discovery of novel functional RNA classes by computational integration of massively-parallel RBP binding and structure data.” The project is for five years.

Katie Berry received a collaborative Ideas Lab grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project: “RNA-encoded Molecular Memory (REMM).” The project is for three years.

Stein EM, Wang S [MHC '23], Dailey K [MHC '22], Gravel CM [MHC '20], Wang S [MHC '22], Olejniczak M & Berry KE. (2023) Biochemical and genetic dissection of the RNA-binding surface of the FinO domain of Escherichia coli ProQ. RNA 29, 1772–1791. doi: 10.1261/rna.079697.123