Biochemistry

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  "Understanding and Dismantling Sugar Structures, One Bacterium at a Time" - Danielle Dube, Norma L. and Roland G. Ware Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Inaugural Lecture

  Bacterial cells are covered by a complex carbohydrate coat of armor that allows bacteria to survive and thrive in a range of environments. Bacterial sugars are intriguing therapeutic targets since they have vastly different structures than their human counterparts, show variation from one bacterial species to another, and are related to a bacteria’s ability to cause disease. Professor Dube’s research aims to identify unique bacterial sugars and then to create antibiotic therapies that selectively target bacteria based on these sugars. Dube will describe how she and her students have developed chemical methods to learn more about the sugar repertoire in diverse bacteria and how they have used this information to “disarm” bacteria based on their distinctive sugar coating, providing a platform for the development of novel antibiotics that treat infectious disease and leave beneficial bacteria unharmed.
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  Three Talented STEM Students Win Goldwater Scholarships

  The presitigious federal scholarship will help juniors Divya Bhargava, Anna Chen, and Graham Lucas pursue their studies in biochemistry, astrophyiscs, and biomechanics, respectively.
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  Fall Grants Boost Faculty Research in a Variety of Fields

  From biochemistry to German via mathematics, Bowdoin faculty members from a range of disciplines secured grant funding from external sources last semester.

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