LAB ARCHIVES

April 2021

After a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lab is finally open again to students!!

The lab also welcomes new members:
Maxwell Finkelstein '22
Molly Erdman '23
Sabrina Lin '23
Daniel Naagaard '24
Tammy Pham '24

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January 2021

Our review of SARS-CoV-2 antibody structural studies has been published!

​Finkelstein, M.X, Mermelstein, A.G., Parker Miller, E., Seth, P.C., Stancofski, E.D., and Fera, D. (2021) . Structural Analysis of Neutralizing Epitopes of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike to Guide Therapy and Vaccine Design Strategies. Viruses. 13(1), 134; doi:10.3390/v13010134

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December 2020
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Our kinase work has just been published!

Nguyen, D., Lin, Y, Zhou, J.O., Kibby, E., Sia, T., Tillis, T., Vapuryan, N., Xu, M.R., Potluri, R., Shin, Y.J., Erler, E., Bronkema, N., Boehlmer, D., Chung, C., Burkhard, C., Zeng, S.H., Grasso, M., Acevedo, L.A., Marmorstein, R., and Fera, D. (2020) Identification and Characterization of a Critical Alpha Helix in B-Raf Kinase Critical for the Activity of MEK Kinase in MAPK Signaling. Biochemistry. 

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June 2020

Our work analyzing anti-HIV antibodies has been accepted for publication!

Zhou, J.O., Zaidi, H.A., Ton, T., and Fera, D. (2020) The effects of framework mutations at the variable domain interface on antibody affinity maturation in an HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody lineage. Frontiers in Immunology. (accepted).

(Swarthmore College undergraduate researchers underlined)​

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April 2020
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Our work contributing to flu vaccine design strategies has been published!

​Bajic, G., Maron, M., Caradonna, T., Tian, M., Mermelstein, A., Fera, D., Kelsoe, G., Kuraoka, M, Schmidt, A. (2020) Structure-guided molecular grafting of a complex broadly neutralizing viral epitope. ACS Infect Dis. 2020
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(Swarthmore College undergraduate researchers underlined)​

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MARCH 2020

The lab welcomes new members!
Emma Parker Miller '22
Paul Seth '22
Erik-Stephane Stancofski '21

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DECEMBER 2019

​Members of the Fera and Howard labs attended the annual retreat held at Skytop Lodge in the Pocono Mountains and hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Elizabeth Erler '20 (left, Howard lab) and Naomi Bronkema '20 (center, Fera lab) each presented a poster. 

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​SEPTEMBER 2019
​Naomi Bronkema gave an oral presentation of her work, "Structural Characterization of an HIV-1 Env with a Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Precursor" at the Undergraduate Science Research Symposium at Haverford.

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Aug. 2019
Naomi Bronkema, a Velay Fellow, explains her summer undergraduate research in this video.

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​April 2019
​Julia and Jeffrey presented their honors theses.

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MARCH 2019

Julia Morriss presented a poster on her work, "Structural Analysis of an Early Intermediate of the DH270 Broadly Neutralizing B-cell Lineage" at the HIV Vaccines Keystone Meeting in Whistler, BC Canada​

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​MARCH 2019

The lab welcomes new members!
Naomi Bronkema '20
Sarah Leonard '21
Adam Mermelstein '21
Hussain Zaidi '22
Pearl Zhang '22

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Aug. 2018
Julia Morriss, a Velay Fellow, explains her summer undergraduate research in this video.

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May 5, 2018
​Jeffrey and Therese presented their work at the FCBIS symposium at Penn.

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May 2018

Our manuscript has been accepted and published!

Fera, D., Lee, M.S., Wiehe, K., Meyerhoff, R.R., Piai, A., Bonsignori, M., Aussedat, B., Walkowicz, W.E., Ton, T., Zhou, J.O., Danishefsky, S., Haynes, B.F., and Harrison, S.C. (accepted) HIV Envelope V3 Region Mimic Embodies Key Features of a Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Lineage Epitope. Nature Communications 

(Swarthmore College undergraduate researchers underlined)​

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​The lab welcomes new members: Emilie Morse and Julia Morriss!