2011 Events
December: Lab Party
A party at Dr. Scott's house to celebrate many recent achievements by lab members including
recent papers, graduate school and Pharmacy school applications, and research awards.
December: Research Award
Lindsay Astleford was awarded an Undergraduate Research Award of $1000 for Jan-June 2012.
November: University of Kansas Cancer Center Annual Research Symposium
A number of lab members presented their research at The University of Kansas Cancer Center Annual Research Symposium in Kansas City, MO.
Linda Blake's poster "Lung Cancer Chemoprevention: Selective Inhibition of Cytochrome P450 2A13"
Eva Stephen's poster "Selectivity of Cytochrome P450 2A6 Inhibitors versus Cytochrome P450 2A13"
Elyse Petrunak and Charlie Fehl's poster "Rational Design of Cytochrome P450 17A1 Inhibitors to Treat Prostate Cancer"
Natasha DeVore's poster "Structure of human cytochrome P450 17A1, a key enzyme in androgen biosynthesis
and target for prostate cancer therapy" won the 3rd place poster award, $300 towards travel to a meeting.
October: GRASP-NMR
Fernando Estrada describes his work with Andi Skinner in a poster titled titled
"2D Solution NMR Studies of a Human Cytochrome P450 Enzyme" at the 5th
Great Plains Regional Annual Symposium on Protein and Biomolecular NMR
(GRASP-NMR) Meeting in Lawrence, KS.
September: COBRE EAC
Natasha DeVore presents poster "Structures of human cytochrome P450 17A1, an important
enzyme in androgen biosynthesis and target for prostate cancer therapy."
August: Andi Skinner Enters Private Sector
Andi Skinner accepts a new job as at Regeneron.
August: Annual Scott Lab Retreat, this year on the Gasconade River
Left to right, Efthimios Stephanopolous, Aaron Bart, Sommer Amundsen, Michelle Jackson, Linda Blake,
Emily Scott, Natasha DeVore, Matt DeVore, Brad Bolton, Andi Skinner, Eva Stephens, David Hymel.
July - Undergraduate Research Symposium
Aaron and Michelle present at the KU Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium.
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Aaron Bart: X-ray structure of the human enzyme responsible for adrenaline biosynthesis (hPNMT) with inhibitors.
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Michelle Jackson: Investigating Factor Deficiency and Platelet Function Using Sonorheometry: Study of Patients with Coagulation disorders.
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June - DeVore wins the Ruckpaul Award
Natasha DeVore wins the FEBS J. Klaus Ruckpaul Poster Award at the 17th International Conference on Cytochrome P450
Natasha received her award from Tsuneo Omura. Omura and Sato first characterized cytochrome P450 enzymes as cytochromes in 1964.
May - DeVore Graduates with Ph.D.
Natasha DeVore successfully received her Ph.D. degree from the KU Department
of Molecular Biosciences. Congratulations Natasha!
May - Andi Presents at PEGS Conference
Andi Skinner attended the 7th annual PEGS (protein engineering summit)
conference in Boston and presented her poster titled "Generation of Human
Cytochrome P450 Suitable for High-Resolution Solution NMR Analysis of Ligand Binding".
April - Linda and Eva Present at the MIKI Conference
Linda Blake and Eva Stephens presented posters at the 49th annual MIKI conference,
held in Lawrence, KS for the Medicinal Chemistry Departments of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas,
and Illinois-Chicago. Eva's poster was titled "Selectivity of Cytochrome P450 2A6
Inhibitors versus Cytochrome P450 2A13". Linda's poster was titled "Lung cancer
chemoprevention: Selective inhibition of cytochrome P450 2A13".
April - Scott Awarded Early Career Achievement Award
Emily Scott was awarded the Early Career Achievement Award from the Drug Metabolism Division of the
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and gave an award lecture at
Experimental Biology titled "(CYP)2B or not 2B: That is the Question".
KU Press Release
April - DeVore Defends Ph.D. Thesis
Natasha DeVore successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled
"Structure and function of human cytochrome P450 enzymes:
Xenobiotic metabolism by CYP2A and steroid biosynthesis by CYP17A1"
March - DeVore Wins Award for Poster
Natasha DeVore won a $250 award for her poster at the KU Graduate
Research Symposium in the Kansas Union.
February - Blake Speaks at KU Medical Center
Linda Blake gave an invited research seminar at KU Medical Center Department of
Radiation Oncology titled "Lung Cancer Chemoprevention: Selective Inhibition of
Cytochrome P450 2A13"
February - Bart Receives KINBRE Research Scholarship
Aaron Bart received a 2011 undergraduate research scholarship through the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical
Research Excellence program (KINBRE). This fellowship supports Aaron’s work on human phenylethanolamine N-methyl
transferase for the Spring and Summer semesters of 2011.
January - Blake Talk Airs to Kansas High Schools
Linda Blake represented KU research in a series called "Lunch at the Lab with Kansas Bio" aired to high schools across
Kansas as part of the BioGENEius Challenge. Her talk was titled "Reducing Lung Cancer in Smokers".
January - New Year's Day at LINK Kitchen
The Scott lab serves lunch at LINK, a local nonprofit organization serving hot meals to the hungry.
Dueling salad preparations: Brad and Andi (left) vs. Mike and Elyse (right)
The line is ready to serve ~175 hot meals. Left to right, Elyse, Mike, Emily, Andi, Brad, Lindsey, and Aggi in the kitchen.
Linda and Matt work drinks and the counter, while Natasha, Melbien, and Aaron back in the kitchen keep the hot food coming.
No job is finished without the cleanup and these guys have it down. Left to right, Aggi, Aaron, Matt, and Efthimios.
Natasha makes it all look easy, but every one worked hard and all those served appreciated a hot meal on a cold New Year's Day.