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Congratulations to Ryan for passing his comprehensive exam! He hypothesized that EGFR/EphA2 heterodimerization can be regulated through dynamic EGFR activation states. He designed a system to measure dimerization kinetics in native membrane nanodiscs through a single-molecule pulldown technique paired with TIRF microscopy.

Fran invited lab members and their significant others to a dinner party at his house. Fran and his family prepared a delicious Spanish- and Brazilian-influenced meal highlighted with a large platter of pork paella. Of course, Fran’s dog Simba was the life of the party!

At the 2023 Biophysical Society annual meeting in San Diego, Jen received a Student Research Achievement Award for her poster presentation on PET1, a pH-responsive transmembrane peptide ligand that inhibits EGFR

At the 2022 Biophysical Society annual meeting in San Francisco, Boomer received a travel award and presented a poster on our recent work on the C. albicans virulence factor candidalysin

Another distanced defense celebration for Dr. Katherine

Celebrating Justin’s defense in a socially distanced way

Vanessa and Alayna presenting their research at the 2018 Women in STEM symposium

Vanessa presenting at the 2nd Molecular Biophysics Symposium at Virginia Tech
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Exploring Virginia Tech after the 2nd Molecular Biophysics Symposium
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Vanessa, Katherine, and Justin marched on the Capitol in Washington D.C… with coffee
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The lab hiked to a rainy Cascade Falls in Virginia!
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Haden and Justin represented the Barrera Lab in the World’s largest human letter
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Not all achievements are academic!! Haden and Justin survived Chaiyo’s spicy level 30 test, and are now in the “board of the braves”!!
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Fran and Justin at the FASEB Molecular Biophysics of Membranes conference in Colorado
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The Ocoee River rafting trip was a success!P6020004.jpg
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The Lab circa 2016
From left to right: Justin, Kristen, Forrest, Kenyi (above),
Fran, Vanessa, Daiane, Haden
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Some of us at the 2014 ORNL Biomembrane Workshop:
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Vanessa and Hannah like to prepare her liposomes…
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You can extrude in pairs…
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If you want keep Daiane happy, keep your dirty hands out of ther her cells!
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 The lab (from top left to bottom right):
Fran, Haden, Vanessa, Treissy, Daiane,
Hannah, Kristen, Jo and Forrest
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 Haden, Jo and Forrest, Christmas 2014
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  The lab, Christmas 2014
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How to celebrate a birthday and a paper?
First pitch at UT baseball game
UT baseball first pitch March 2016
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