NEWS

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS!

August - December 2024

Lots to celebrate! Sara Gelles-Watnick was awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship, Jessica Liu was awarded a Silliman Senior Mellon Grant, and Liz Bailey was awarded an ACS Postdoctoral Fellowship.

LIZ WINS A POSTER AWARD AT THE FASEB VIRUS STRUCTURE & ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE

July 2024

Allison & Liz had a great time at the 2024 FASEB Virus Structure & Assembly conference in Southbridge, MA. Allison presented a guide to the academic job search and Liz presented a poster about her work on ORF68 and its homologs - winning a poster award on the last night!

HARRY HWANG WINS THESIS AWARD FOR WORK ON ORF68

May 2024

Harry graduated from Yale-NUS with a Bachelor of Science with Honors. He received the Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project in Physical Sciences for his work to understand the role of the oligomeric state of ORF68, a viral protein of unknown function required for viral genome packaging.

JAMIE SHIAH & SHANNON HENRY JOIN THE LAB!

April 2024

Shannon earned her B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Honors College at the University of South Carolina. During my time there, she focused on conducting structural research on proteins associated with the pathogenesis of agricultural pests. She then completed a one year post-bacc at the National Institutes of Health in the HIV dynamics and replication program. She is very excited to continue her research at Yale in herpesvirus structural virology. Beyond her academic pursuits, she is passionate about exploring new destinations through travel, and finds joy in creative endeavors such as painting and baking treats for friends.

Jamie grew up in the Bay Area, California and earned her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, where she majored in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Biochemistry and minored in Anthropology. Prior to starting graduate school, she worked as a research assistant at UCSF on cancer biology and antibody engineering projects. In the Didychuk Lab, Jamie is excited to study how herpesviruses package their genomes. Outside of lab, she enjoys painting, pottery, and watching films.