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Fall 2024
Congrats Sela for being awarded an ASSURE grant from UA’s College of Arts and Sciences to isolate and characterize mucin-degrading bacteria from fresh water mussels!
Congrats Michael for passing his Qualifying exam and becoming the newest PhD candidate in the Higgins lab!
Summer 2024
Ronan presented his research on isolating mucin-degrading bacteria today during his last week as an REU student. Farewell Ronan!.
The Higgins Lab attended the Mid-south Glycoscience Meeting in Oxford, Mississippi. Mahsa, Janique, Davide, Sela, and Ronan presented their research.
The Higgins Lab went to the Southeast Enzyme Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Mahsa, Janique, Michael, Davide, and Molly presented their research.
Dr. Higgins gave a talk on genome mining strategies to identify novel natural products and biosynthetic enzymes at the Canadian Society of Chemistry Conference in Winnipeg, Canada and got to catch up with some Canadian friends!
Congrats to Janique for receiving the Hill Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching award and Molly for receiving the the Michael L. McDaniel Memorial Scholarship.
Spring 2024
Farewell to Dylan, Malena, Lauren, Grace, and Brooke. Thanks for the Higgins Lab Sign!!
The Higgins Lab attended the Discover BMB conference in San Antonio, Texas where Mahsa, Michael, Janique, and Shruti all presented their research.
Dr. Higgins was a Discussion Leader at the Marine Natural Products Gordon Conference in Ventura, California. What an amazing location!
Congrats Michael for publishing his first paper on a unique myo-inositol dehydrogenase from hygromycin A biosynthesis!
Congrats Janique and Mahsa on passing your Qualifying Exams and becoming PhD Candidates!!
Dr. Higgins attended the 28th Enzyme Mechanism Conference in Naples, Florida.
Fall 2023
The Higgins Lab attended a Biology Christmas Party where Catalina and Lauren earned Second Place in the Lab Olympics!
The Higgins Lab hosted Dr. Christine Szymanski as the seminar speaker!
Our undergrads Molly and Maddie presented their research at the Randle Research Scholars Program Live Seminar.
Welcome to our new undergraduate students Molly, Maddie, Catalina, and Claire!
Summer 2023
Thank you NIGMS for awarding the Higgins lab the NIH ESI MIRA award to the discovery of novel glycosylated natural products and biosynthetic enzymes! (8/1/23)
Dr. Higgins attended the Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes for Glycan Conversions GRC where she got to enjoy a lobster feast on the last night!
Dr. Higgins attended the Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference in Vancouver, Canada (her hometown!) and presented the lab’s research on an N-glycan degrading enzyme.
Spring 2023
The graduate students presented their research at the 13th SEC Enzyme Conference
The Higgins Lab hosted Dr. Betsy Parkinson as our seminar speaker.
Dylan, Brooke, Jake, and Malena presented their posters at URCA. Congrats to Malena for winning a poster prize!
Congratulations to Janique for winning the Hill Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching award and to Brooke for winning a J. Henry Memorial Scholarship award!