Celebrating 10 Years of Biomedical Beat

This August marks 10 years of the blog! Throughout the past decade, we’ve brought you blog posts that explore basic science topics, quiz your knowledge, showcase cool images, and more! Some of our most-read favorites include: We’ve also interviewed over a hundred NIGMS-funded scientists about their research, mentorship, and careers. To celebrate 10 years, we went back to two of the first researchers featured on the blog to see what they’re up to now. Exploring Enzymes With Dr. Emily Scott Credit: University of Michigan. Around the time we first featured Emily Scott, Ph.D., a professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, she made a switch in her research focus. Her lab still explores the structures of enzymes called cytochrome P450s (or just P450s), but she transitioned from only looking at those that metabolize medicines to others found in humans that weren’t getting as much attention. When she realized that over half of the 57 human P450s didn’t have known structures and sometimes even functions, she thought, “That sounds really cool. We can apply our toolset to a diverse set of human P450s that haven’t been explored yet.” Dr. Scott and her lab have now determined the structure of several human P450s that were previously unknown. She says that with each new P450 structure her lab publishes, she gets emails from scientists from around the w...
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