Our collaborative project with the Werth lab in the Department of Pharmacy, entitled: “Contribution of altered lipid metabolism to resistance to cell envelope-targeting antimicrobials in MRSA”, was recently awarded a 4-year R01 grant by NIH/NIAID! Congrats to our team members who are key contributors to this project, Kelly Hines, Hideaki Tomita, and Tianwei Shen! We also appreciate earlier support from the School of Pharmacy Faculty Innovation Fund and UW Royalty Research Fund!

Amy was one of 6 new trainees (out of 17) selected by the Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP) (T32GM007750) operating committee. Congrats, Amy!!!

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Our project “”Targeting Altered Lipid Metabolism in Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus” was awarded the UW Royal Research Fund for one year! This is a collaborative project with the Werth Lab in Department of Pharmacy. Congrats, Kelly, Tianwei, and Hideaki!

Congratulations to Josi on receiving the Best Poster Award at the annual meeting of Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists!

Our NIH R01 proposal on Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) was awarded for five years! In this project, we will investigate the role of 7-dehydrocholesterol-derived oxysterols in neurodevelopment of SLOS. Congratulations, team!

Our project “Mechanisms of Peroxyl Radical Addition Reactions” was funded by the National Science Foundation for three years! This project will investigate the fundamental chemistry of lipid peroxidation! Thanks to our members who have contributed to this project, Andrew Dinh, David Lee, and David Kennedy, and congratulations to all!

Josi presented on the topic of “Disruption of Lipid Homeostasis by Environmental Chemicals: Implication for Neurodevelopmental Disorders” at the CHDD Biological Basis of Autism Poster Symposium and was selected for one of three poster awards! Congrats, Josi! Well done!

Congratulations to Josi on receiving a pre-doctoral training grant from the Environmental Pathology/Toxicology training program (EP/T) funded by NIEHS! This will support her work on the effect of quaternary ammonium compounds on neurodevelopment. Great job, Josi!

Our collaborative project with Prof. Brian Werth in the Department of Pharmacy on lipidomics studies of antibiotic resistance was awarded the Faculty Innovation Fund by the school! This fund will serve as a catalyst to move this project forward. Congratulations, team!