Dr. Elizabeth Amin – Grant-in-Aid

Department of Medicinal Chemistry associate professor Elizabeth Amin was awarded a $30,000 Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship for her project "Computational and Experimental Optimization of Anthrax Toxin Lethal Factor (LF) Inhibitors."

Dr. Courtney Aldrich – Editor-in-Chief of new ACS journal

Courtney Aldrich, associate professor of Medicinal Chemistry, has been named editor-in-chief of the American Chemical Society's new, web-only journal ACS Infectious Diseases.  The journal will publish top-notch chemistry-focused infectious disease research. Manuscript submissions will begin September 2014, with the first issue slated for January 2015.

Arnie Groehler - ACS Best Poster Award

Graduate student Arnie Groehler was honored at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco with a Best Graduate Student Poster Award. His poster was ranked third in the Division of Chemical Toxicology. Arnie is a member of professor Natalia Tretyakova's lab.