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New delocalization pathways in conjugated materials

In a collaboration with chemists at Georgetown University and University of Oregon, the The Tovar Group engineered radial conjugation pathways into pi-conjugated systems that are traditionally made up of linear pathways.

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Townsend Research Lab

Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacteriodes abscessus has outpaced tuberculosis in the U.S., with cure rates below 50 percent. This sparked collaboration between the Townsend Research Lab and two School of Medicine research groups to design and synthesize a promising new antibiotic for treatment.

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The Fried Group

The Fried Group discovered that roughly one half of the proteins in E. coli are non-refoldable, meaning that once they are denatured, they cannot navigate back to their native states. This calls into question Anfinsen’s hypothesis that thermodynamics is the sole determinant of proteins’ native structures.

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The Goldberg Group

The Goldberg Group shows the first structural evidence of a nonheme FeIII(OH)(Cl) complex, relevant to the intermediate of nonheme halogenases. They also investigated the hydroxylation versus halogenation reactivity of this complex with tertiary carbon radicals.

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The Thoi Group

The Thoi Group‘s new work reveals novel post-synthetic modification strategy leads to improved electrochemical performance in Li-S batteries.

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The Bowen Group

The Bowen Group realized highly selective C-H bond activation in methane by single platinum atomic anions.

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The Greenberg Group

The Greenberg Group discovered that DNA methylation produces deleterious DNA-protein cross-links in the chromatin of cellular DNA, which could influence how biologists think about the cytotoxicity of drugs such as temozolomide (used to treat glioblastoma) and lead to improvements in how cells are damaged by DNA alkylation.

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Hernandez Research Lab

The Hernandez Group has joined a cross-disciplinary team in response to NSF’s “Harvesting the Data Revolution” Initiative to propose and develop autonomous computing materials capable of keeping pace with Moore’s law as conventional silicon is outpaced. This perspective is now available on ACS Nano.

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News & Announcements

June 25, 2021

Prof. Thoi joins Leadership Council at the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute

Newly formed at JHU, the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) serves as an interdisciplinary home for current research and education in renewable energy, stewardship in fuel technologies, and affordable […]

June 17, 2021

Congratulations to Shelby Yuhas and colleagues of the Greenberg group on their publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society!

The manuscript describes the discovery of a potent covalent inhibitor of DNA polymerase beta (Pol beta) that is selective for the enzyme in cells. The inhibitor functions by modifying a […]

June 15, 2021

Rebekka Klausen is finalist for 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

Associate Professor Rebekka Klausen is one of 31 finalists for the Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists, the world’s largest unrestricted prize honoring early-career scientists and engineers. Three winners in […]

June 2, 2021

Prof. Thoi receives DOE Early Career Award!

The Thoi lab is recently funded by a Department of Energy Early Career Award to study the heterogeneous interface in electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Congratulations, Dr. Thoi! Congrats again, Dr. Thoi!

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New delocalization pathways in conjugated materials

Townsend Research Lab

The Fried Group

The Goldberg Group

The Thoi Group

The Bowen Group

The Greenberg Group

Hernandez Research Lab

News & Announcements

Prof. Thoi joins Leadership Council at the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute

Congratulations to Shelby Yuhas and colleagues of the Greenberg group on their publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society!

Rebekka Klausen is finalist for 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

Prof. Thoi receives DOE Early Career Award!

Faculty Research Highlights Explore the department’s most current findings

New delocalization pathways in conjugated materials

Townsend Research Lab

The Fried Group

The Goldberg Group

The Thoi Group

The Bowen Group

The Greenberg Group

Hernandez Research Lab

Faculty Research Highlights
Explore the department’s most current findings