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Welcome Anastasia Bernaz joining the lab
Anastasia Bernaz joining Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang’s group (Plant BioCoRe) as an International Undergraduate Research Award student who will work on alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes.
Welcome Eugenia Fong joining the lab
Eugenia Fong joining Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang’s group (Plant BioCoRe). From The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Eugenia is a Mitacs Globalink student who will work on alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes.
Congratulations, Helena Nunes, for her new Perspective
A booster for vaccines from plants Helena H Chubatsu Nunes, Thu-Thuy T. Dang* (2023). Science
Congratulations, Hung Bui, for his new publication
Integration of discovery and engineering in plant alkaloid research: Recent developments in elucidation, reconstruction, and repurposing biosynthetic pathways Van-Hung Bui, Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez-López, Thu-Thuy T. Dang* (2023). Current Opinion in Plant Biology 74, 102379
Congratulations, Anh Nguyen, for his new publication
Discovery of a cytochrome P450 enzyme catalyzing the formation of spirooxindole alkaloid scaffold TAM Nguyen, D Grzech, K Chung, Z Xia, TD Nguyen, TTT Dang* (2023). Frontiers in Plant Science 14
Congratulations, Brooke Kwan, for her new publication
Leveraging synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to overcome obstacles in plant pathway elucidation BD Kwan, B Seligmann , TD Nguyen, J Franke , TTT Dang* (2023) Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023, 71, 102330
Congratulations, Dr. Don Nguyen, for his new news and views on the Plant Physiology journal.
For more information: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab598
Welcome Hrithik Shankar joining the lab
Hrithik Shankar joining Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang’s group (Plant BioCoRe). From the Birla Institute of Technology in India, Hrithink is a Mitacs Globalink student who will work on structure-function analyses of alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes.
Welcome Sofia Ventosa joining the lab
Sofia Ventosa also joining Plant BioCoRe. Sofia is an International Undergraduate Research Award recipient and will be elucidating the metabolic pathways of alkaloids in some medicinal plants.
Congratulations, Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang, for being awarded the NSERC Alliance International grant
Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang for being awarded the NSERC Alliance International grant for the 2022–2024 period to collaborate with Prof. Jakob Franke’s group at the Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany). The two teams will link gene discovery with metabolic engineering toward the biotechnological production of high-value plant alkaloids.
Congratulations, Helena Nunes, for her review article.
Chemoenzymatic strategies using biocatalysts from plants for the synthesis of valuable natural products. HHC Nunes, TD Nguyen, TTT Dang (2022). Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 100627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100627
UBCO researchers go green looking for anti-cancer compounds
Chemist examines sustainable drug production using plant by-products Read more about the article and our publication at news.ok.ubc.ca
Congratulations, Anh Nguyen, for his new publication.
Discovery and Characterization of Oxidative Enzymes Involved in Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis. TAM Nguyen, M McConnachie, TD Nguyen, TTT Dang (2021). Methods in Molecular Biology 2505. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2349-7_11
Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang looks to the power of plants
Michael Smith Health Research scholar investigates anti-cancer compounds found in nature Read more about the article at news.ok.ubc.ca
Congratulations, Anh Nguyen and Dr. Don Nguyen, for the inaugural paper.
Discovering and harnessing oxidative enzymes for chemoenzymatic synthesis and diversification of anticancer camptothecin analogues. TAM Nguyen, TD Nguyen, YY Leung, M McConnachie, O Sannikov, Z Xia, TTT Dang (2021). Communications Chemistry 4:177. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00602-2
Congratulations, Dr. Thuy Dang, for her new publication.
Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) Genome: a resource for data-mining potent pharmaceuticals that impact human health. Julia Brose, Kin H Lau, TTT Dang, John P Hamilton, Lívia do Vale Martins, Britta Hamberger, Bjoern Hamberger, Jiming Jiang, Sarah E O’Connor, C Robin Buell (2021). Genes|Genomes|Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00602-2
Congratulations, Dr. Don Nguyen, for his News and Views on Nature Chemical Biology.
Demystifying the momilactone pathway. TD Nguyen, TTT Dang (2021). Nature Chemical Biology 17: 126–128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-022-01045-z
Congratulations, Dr. Don Nguyen, for his new publication.
Quantitation of Select Terpenes/Terpenoids and Nicotine Using Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry with High-Temperature Headspace Sampling. Trinh-Don Nguyen, Seamus Riordan-Short, TTT Dang, Rob O’Brien, Matthew Noestheden (2020). ACS Omega, 5:10:5565–5573