News
2024
Tony Joins the Lab!
May 2024
Tony Bonifasi joins our lab from the Department of Chemistry! Welcome Tony!
Jackie's Original Proposal
May 22, 2024
Jackie passes her candidacy exam/orginal proposal (OP). Congrats Jackie!
Muskan, Kobbie, Ashish, and Haritha join the Lab!
April 15, 2024
4 graduate students of the Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program (PULSe) program have joined our lab! Welcome Muskan Goel, Kobbie Reinhard Danku, Ashish Jhangiani, and Haritha Manoharan!
Teddy's Original Proposal
February 21, 2024
Teddy passes his candidacy exam/orginal proposal (OP). Congrats Teddy!
Rohan's Original Proposal
February 21, 2024
Rohan passes his candidacy exam/orginal proposal (OP). Congrats Rohan!
2023
Sohan Joins the Lab!
November 1, 2023
A new Chemistry graduate student, Sohan Shah has joined our lab! Welcome Sohan!
Tripti Bera Joins the Lab!
Tripti Bera has joined our Lab as a Lab Manager! We welcome her and are looking forward to her using her knowledge to advance our science!
Patrick's Defence
September 12, 2023
Patrick has successfully passed his Thesis defence. Congrats Dr. Carmody!
Lab Moves to Purdue University 
July 2023
The Schlab bids farewell to Indiana University and is welcomed by the Purdue Community. Boiler up!
Patrick wins Best Student Presentation Award!
June 30, 2023
Patrick wins an award for his talk at the 2024 Protein Folding Dynamics Gordon Research Conference. Congrats, Patrick!
Lab goes to GRC in Barcelona
June 23, 2023
Patrick gives a talk and Jackie gives a poster at the 2024 Protein Folding Dynamics Gordon Research Conference in Barcelona! Karen and Teddy give short talks at the Gordon Research Seminar! Congrats guys!
Jackie, Patrick and Teddy awarded travel awards
Jackie wins IGEN travel award, Patrick and Teddy recieve Biochemistry Travel grants for upcoming 2024 Protein Folding Dynamics Gordon Research Conference in Barcelona! Congrats, guys!
June 2023
Jackie Presents at HG2BG!
May 2023
Jackie has been selected to present her research in the form of a 15 minute talk at the Purdue University Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy Symposium! Congrats, Jackie!
Jackie Presents at CCDS Conference!
January 2023
Jackie has been selected to give a presentation on her work at the 2023 Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Virtual Conference. Congrats Jackie!
2022
Welcome Caden!
December 7, 2022 5:43 pm
Caden Sillman has joined our lab! Welcome, Caden!
Andrew’s preprint posted!
October 17, 2022 2:10 pm
“Elucidation of Global Trends in the Effects of VX-661 and VX-445 on the Expression of Clinical CFTR Variants” is available now as a preprint!
Laura’s Defense
October 11, 2022 6:30 pm
Laura has successfully defended her thesis! Congrats, Laura!!
Haley’s Defense
September 1, 2022 6:29 pm
Haley has successfully defended her thesis! Congrats, Haley!!
Andrew’s Defense
August 19, 2022 6:21 pm
Andrew has successfully defended his thesis! Congrats, Andrew!!
Dyotima graduates!
August 17, 2022 2:13 pm
Dyotima has earned her MS! Congrats, Dyotima!!
James joins the lab!
August 1, 2022 6:36 pm
James Taylor from the Biotechnology program has joined the lab! Welcome, James!
Laura Receives Travel Award
June 21, 2022 1:55 pm
Laura has been awarded a FASEB Travel Award for the Protein Folding in the Cell conference. Congrats, Laura!
Haley and Laura Selected for FASEB Short Talks!
June 20, 2022 1:54 pm
Haley and Laura have been selected to give short talks at the upcoming FASEB Protein Folding in the Cell conference!
Welcome Rohan!
May 30, 2022 8:41 pmRohan Bhardwaj has joined our lab! Welcome, Rohan!
Patrick Receives Travel Awards
May 21, 2022 3:48 pm
Patrick has been awarded the IU College of Arts & Sciences Travel Award and the IU Chemistry Paget Travel Award. Congrats, Patrick!
Haley Presents at HG2BG!
April 20, 2022 6:28 pm
Haley has been selected to present her research at the Purdue University Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy Symposium! Congrats, Haley!
Haley & Laura Receive Travel Awards!
April 18, 2022 8:56 pm
Haley and Laura have both received the IU Provost’s Travel Award for Women in Science! Haley has also received a Peglow Award! Congrats!
Teddy receives QCB fellowship!
April 14, 2022 6:32 pm
Teddy has received a fellowship from the IU Quantitative and Chemical Biology program!
Laura’s Symposium Presentation
April 1, 2022 8:53 pm
Laura has been selected to present her research at the IU Department of Chemistry End of Year Symposium. Congrats, Laura!
Andrew & Frank’s Preprint Out Now!
March 7, 2022 8:26 pm
“Molecular Basis for Variations in the Sensitivity of Pathogenic Rhodopsin Variants to 9-cis-Retinal” is available now as a preprint!
Karen Passes Her Prelim!
February 10, 2022 8:24 pm
Karen Noguera has passed her prelim exams! Congrats, Karen!
Chuck’s Preprint Posted!
January 3, 2022 8:22 pm
“Towards Generalizable Predictions for the Effects of Mutations on G-Protein Coupled Receptor Expression” is available now as a preprint!
Welcome Jackie and Austin!!
January 3, 2022 8:19 pm
Two new graduate students, Jackie and Austin, have joined the lab!
2021
Andrew’s Paper Out Now!
December 20, 2021 4:46 pm
“Systematic profiling of temperature- and retinal-sensitive rhodopsin variants by deep mutational scanning” is now available in JBC!
Patrick’s New Paper Out Now!
December 16, 2021 8:14 pm
“Coordination of -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting by transcript and nascent chain features revealed by deep mutational scanning” is now published in Nucleic Acids Research!
Frank’s Defense
December 3, 2021 8:07 pm
Frank Roushar has successfully defended his thesis! Congrats, Frank!
Laura’s Paper Published!
November 23, 2021 4:44 pm
Molecular basis for the evolved instability of a human G-protein coupled receptor” is now published in Cell Reports!
2020
Patrick Passes His Prelim!
September 3, 2020 5:32 pm
Patrick Carmody has passed his prelim exams! Congrats, Patrick!
Review on Viral Frameshifting Published!
June 29, 2020 4:47 pm
“Regulators of Viral Frameshifting: More Than RNA Influences Translation Events” is available now in Annual Review of Virology!
Haley’s Paper Out Now!
May 26, 2020 5:38 pm
“Cotranslational folding stimulates programmed ribosomal frameshifting in the alphavirus structural polyprotein” is now published in JBC!
Marty’s Paper Out Now!
March 26, 2020 5:35 pm
“Classification of the Molecular Defects Associated with Pathogenic Variants of the SLC6A8 Creatine Transporter” is now published in Biochemistry!
New Publication on Deep Mutational Scanning!
March 4, 2020 5:37 pm
“Probing biophysical sequence constraints within the transmembrane domains of rhodopsin by deep mutational scanning” is out now in Science Advances!
Welcome Karen and Dyotima!!
February 14, 2020 5:33 pm
Karen Noguera and Dyotima have joined the lab!
2019
Marty Graduates!!
December 26, 2019 5:41 pm
Marty Salazar has earned his MS! Congrats, Marty!
Laura Passes Her Prelim!
September 19, 2019 5:44 pm
Laura Chamness has passed her prelim exams! Congrats, Laura!
Haley Passes Her Prelim!
August 12, 2019 5:40 pm
Haley Harrington has passed her prelim exams! Congrats, Haley!
Laura’s Fellowship
April 30, 2019 5:42 pm
Laura Chamness has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation! Congrats, Laura!
New Review Out Now!
January 7, 2019 5:45 pm
“Folding and Misfolding of Human Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease: From Single Molecules to Cellular Proteostasis” is now published in Chemical Reviews!
2018
Frank’s Paper Now Published!
December 30, 2018 5:46 pm
“Contribution of Cotranslational Folding Defects to Membrane Protein Homeostasis” is out now in JACS!
Welcome Patrick!!
December 26, 2018 5:49 pm
Patrick Carmody has joined the lab!
Andrew Passes His Prelim!
November 21, 2018 5:49 pm
Andrew McKee has passed his prelim exams! Congrats, Andrew!
Frank Passes His Prelim!
September 18, 2018 5:50 pm
Frank Roushar has passed his prelim exams! Congrats, Frank!
Tim’s Paper Out Now!
March 31, 2018 5:47 pm
“Bicelle size modulates the rate of bacteriorhodopsin folding” is available now in Protein Science!
2017
Welcome Haley and Laura!!
November 30, 2017 6:05 pm
Haley Harrington and Laura Chamness have joined the lab!
Frank’s Fellowship
June 8, 2017 6:06 pm
Frank Roushar has been awarded a QCB fellowship! Congrats, Frank!
2016
Welcome Frank, Marty, and Andrew!
October 31, 2016 6:07 pm
Frank Roushar, Marty Salazar, and Andrew McKee have joined the lab!