Sean Evans Joins Miller Research Group
Sean Evans has joined as a PhD student working on synthesis for polysaccharide structure-function tools with Unilever, welcome Sean!
Laura and Eleni’s Paper Published in ACS Chemical Biology
Laura and Eleni's paper uncovering the first sugar nucleotide inhibitor of the GDP-mannose dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is now published in ACS Chem. Biol., see here.
Dr Meenakshi Singh joins Miller Research Group
Dr Meenakshi Singh joins us from Prof Lugi Lay's group in Milan as an EPSRC-SFI funded PDRA to work on fluorescent labelling and oligosaccharide synthesis. Welcome Meenakshi!
Imlirenla, Hannah and Conor Join Miller Research Group
Dr Imlirenla Pongener has joined us from the McGarrigle group at UCD as the first UKRI FLF PDRA, to work on heparan sulphate synthesis. Hannah Wootton and Conor O'Shea have also joined as PhD students working on glycosaminoglycan synthesis, welcome all!
Dr Gavin Miller awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
Dr Gavin Miller has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. See press release here.
Molecules Publication for Mieke and Caecilie
Mieke and Caecilie's article covering recent advances in the chemical synthesis of nucleoside analogues for anticancer research has been published in Molecules.
Heparin preventing SARS-CoV-2 invasion on bioRxiv
A second collaborative preprint with Mark Skidmore, Scott Guimond and Marcelo Lima at Keele on heparin preventing SARS-CoV-2 invasion is out now on bioRxiv.
Laura Passes Her PhD Viva
Laura has passed her PhD viva with minor corrections. Huge congratulations and thanks to Prof. Sabine Flitsch (MIB) and Dr Matthew O'Brien (Keele) for examining.
A collaborative preprint on heparin binding to the CoV2 surface
A collaborative preprint with Mark Skidmore, Scott Guimond and Marcelo Lima at Keele on heparin binding to the CoV2 surface is out now on bioRxiv.
Eleni Passes Her PhD Viva
Eleni has passed her PhD viva with minor corrections. Huge congratulations and thanks to Prof. Stefan Oscarson (UCD) and Dr Mike Edwards (Keele) for examining.