March 2020

Zac’s and Karishma’s paper is accepted! (Mar 30)
Congratulations to Zac and Karishma for co-first authoring a paper on directed evolution of AvPAL – the active ingredient in Palynziq/Pegvaliase – used in the treatment of PKU! The paper will soon appear in ChemComm!

Lab closes temporarily amid COVID-19 concerns (Mar 20)
We’re closing the lab to minimize the spread of SARS-CoV2 in the Medford area. We hope to be back soon once everyone has a better handle on the pandemic and pick up in a few weeks.