Welcome

 

Dr. Smith welcomes graduate students interested in learning and applying a variety of quantitative and chemical approaches to the study of protein post-translational modifications. Potential postdoctoral research fellows are also encouraged to apply.

 

The Smith lab uses an interdisciplinary approach that combines protein biochemistry, enzymology, organic and peptide synthesis, high-throughput screening, structural biology, cell biology, proteomics, metabolomics, and other techniques to understand the control of protein function through post-translational modification and exploit these new insights in the design of novel chemical probes or drug lead compounds.

Smith Lab News

 

6/2016 - Master's student Karael Campbell joins the Smith lab through the DSHREP program.

 

5/2016 - Undergraduate Brad Julga presented his poster at Celebrate Carroll detailing his research in the Smith Lab.

 

2/2016 - Undergraduate researcher Brad Julga was accepted into MCW for medical school to start in the fall of 2017!

 

12/2016 - Manuscript from Smith Lab members K. Kalous, S. Wynia-Smith, M. Olp, and B. Smith published in Journal of Biological Chemistry: Mechanism of Sirt1 NAD+-dependent Protein Deacetylase Inhibition by Cysteine S-Nitrosation.

 

10/2016 - Review article from Smith Lab members S. Wynia-Smith and B. Smith published in Nitric Oxide: Nitrosothiol Formation and S-Nitrosation Signaling through Nitric Oxide Synthases.

 

10/2016 - Postdoc D. Sprague joins the Smith Lab.

 

9/2016 - Medical student T. Hirsch and graduate student M. Olp win poster awards for their research in the Smith lab.

 

6/2016 - Manuscript published in Cell Chemical Biology, in collaboration with laboratories of E. Weerapana and M. Marletta: Chemoproteomic Strategy to Quantitatively Monitor Transnitrosation Uncovers Functionally Relevant S-Nitrosation Sites on Cathepsin D and HADH2

 

6/2016 - Master's student N. Walls joins the Smith Lab for summer research through the DSHREP program.

 

5/2016 - Undergraduate B. Julga (SPUR program) and medical student T. Hirsch (pathways program) continue their research in the Smith Lab for the summer.

 

5/2016 - IDP student C. Goetz joins the Smith Lab for his Ph.D. thesis research.

 

4/2016 - Undergraduate student V. Wartenweiler presents his research at the Carroll University Academic Showcase

 

1/2016 - IDP student C. Goetz joins the Smith Lab for his third rotation.

 

1/2016 - Undergraduate PURE program students B. Julga and V. Wartenweiler join the Smith Lab.

 

11/2015 - In collaboration with Dr. Rodney Willoughby and others, Dr. Smith awarded a grant through the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin initiative.

 

9/2015 - Medical Student T. Hirsch joins the Smith Lab for the Pathways program

 

9/2015 - IDP student T. Lundquist joins the Smith Lab for his first rotation.

 

7/2015 - MSTP student Caci Dishman joins the Smith Lab for her second rotation.

 

7/2015 - Dr. Smith awarded an MCW Research Affairs Committee grant.

 

6/2015 - Dr. Smith awarded an American Cancer Society pilot grant from the MCW Cancer Center.

 

5/2015 - Dr. Smith awarded the Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association.

 

5/2015 - Graduate students M. Olp and K. Kalous join the Smith Lab for their PhD studies.

 

3/2015 - IDP Student K. Kalous joins the Smith Lab for her fourth rotation.

 

1/2015 - IDP student A. Brandt joins the Smith Lab for his third rotation.

 

1/2015 - Manuscript published, “Truncating Mutation in the Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Gene Is Associated with Infantile Achalasia”. Gastroenterology. 2015, 148, 533-536.

 

6/2014 - Smith Lab Established at MCW