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2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

August 24th, 2020 <\/strong>– Don’s commentary on “Five Practical Tips for a Successful Career in STEM<\/a><\/span>” was published by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education<\/em>.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

July 23rd, 2020<\/strong> – Congratulations Young Sun on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Great job!<\/p>\n

July 8th, 2020 <\/strong>– Steven, Chloe, Rachel and Feston’s paper titled “An Angelman syndrome substitution in the HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase C-terminal lobe of E6AP affects protein stability and activity<\/span><\/a>” was published in PLoS ONE<\/em>.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

July 6th, 2020<\/strong> – Congratulations Justine on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Well done!<\/p>\n

July 1st, 2020 <\/strong>– Research in the Spratt lab at Clark University titled “How ubiquitin determines the fate of our proteins<\/span><\/a>” was highlighted on Research Outreach.
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June 4th, 2020<\/strong> – Congratulations Rylee on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Way to go!<\/p>\n

June 4th, 2020<\/strong> – Congratulations Kayla on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Excellent job!<\/p>\n

May 24th, 2020 –<\/strong> 116th Clark University Commencement Online – Congratulations to all of the graduating Spratt Lab BCMB ’20 seniors!<\/p>\n

May 15th, 2020<\/strong> – Congratulations Emily on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Good job!<\/p>\n

May 5th, 2020 <\/strong>– Sean successfully defended his Honors thesis today.  Well done and congratulations, Sean!<\/p>\n

April 7th, 2020 <\/strong>– Yaya, Diana, and Emma’s invited review titled “HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases: biological roles, identified interactions, and relevance to disease” was accepted in the Journal of Cell Science<\/em>.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

March 23rd, 2020 <\/strong>– Emma’s invited chapter titled “New discoveries on the roles of \u2018other\u2019 HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases in disease development<\/span><\/a>” is online and will be published in the upcoming book Ubiquitin – Proteasome Pathway<\/em>.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

January 28th, 2020 <\/strong>– Our collaborators from Sonia Lorenz’s Lab at the University of W\u00fcrzburg have published a new paper titled “Crystal structure of the catalytic C-lobe of the HECT-type ubiquitin ligase E6AP<\/span><\/a>” in Protein Science<\/em>.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n

June 30-July 3rd, 2019 <\/strong>– Students from the Spratt Lab presented their research at the Protein Society’s 33rd Annual Symposium<\/a> in Seattle, WA.  Great job, Everyone!
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June 16th-21st, 2019 <\/strong>– Don presented our recent findings on E6AP and its role in Angelman’s Syndrome at The Gordon Research Conference – 2019 Proteins<\/span><\/a> in Holderness, NH.<\/p>\n

June 13th, 2019<\/strong> – Congratulations Aaron on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Way to go!<\/p>\n

June 12th, 2019<\/strong> – Congratulations Jeanmarie on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Well done!<\/p>\n

June 6th, 2019<\/strong> – Congratulations Misa on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Good job!<\/p>\n

May 19th, 2019 –<\/strong> 115th Clark University Commencement – Congratulations to all of the graduating Spratt Lab BCMB ’19 seniors!
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May 17th, 2019<\/strong> – Congratulations Lara on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Well done!<\/p>\n

May 14th, 2019<\/strong> – Congratulations Diana on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Great job!<\/p>\n

May 4th, 2019<\/strong> – Jeanmarie and Misa presented their research at the 21st<\/sup> Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference<\/span><\/a> in Boston, MA.  Great job!
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April 30th, 2019<\/strong> \u2013 Emily, Kayla and Rylee successfully defended their Honors theses today.  Well done and congratulations!
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April 24th, 2019<\/strong> – Undergraduate research by Honors and Directed Study students in our lab was presented at the 29th Annual Academic Spree Day<\/span><\/a> at Clark University!
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April 17th, 2019<\/strong> – Steve, Ruben, Diana, Misa, Aaron, and Jeanmarie presented their work at the 17th Annual Graduate Student Multidisciplinary Conference.  Well done!
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April 13th, 2019<\/strong> – Emily’s undergraduate experience and honor’s research project at Clark was profiled on ClarkNOW<\/span><\/a>.  Great job, Emily!<\/p>\n

March 25th, 2019<\/strong> – A news article on Diana’s 5th year and academic path at Clark was profiled on ClarkNOW<\/span><\/a>.  Well done, Diana!<\/p>\n

February 7th, 2019<\/strong> – A news story about Rylee’s undergraduate experience and honor’s research project at Clark was profiled on ClarkNOW<\/span><\/a>.  Great job, Rylee!<\/p>\n

January 17th, 2019<\/strong> – A news story on Don’s “LEEPing in to a Science Career” was highlighted on ClarkNOW<\/span><\/a>.  This vocational course is focused on helping science majors learn how to successfully navigate the job market and secure a scientific job after completing their studies at Clark.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n

December 31st, 2018<\/strong> – Don was interviewed by Science Magazine for “Your Practical Guide to Basic Laboratory Techniques<\/a><\/span>“.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

December 6th, 2018<\/strong> – Justine’s 3D printing project that she completed for Dr. Nathan Ahlgren’s “Viruses: Friends or Foes” course was highlighted on ClarkNOW<\/span><\/a>.  Very cool!  Well done, Justine!<\/p>\n

October 26th, 2018<\/strong> – Summer students from the Spratt Lab presented on research findings at the annual Clark University Fall Fest.  Great job, everyone!
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September 18th, 2018 <\/strong>– Steve and Roela’s paper titled “1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignments of the C-terminal lobe of the human HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase ITCH<\/a><\/span>” was published in Biomolecular NMR Assignments<\/em>.  Check it out!<\/p>\n

August 29th, 2018<\/strong> – Aaron and Jeanmarie presented their recent findings at the Fall 2018 Bumpus Graduate Research Symposium at Clark!  Great job!
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August 15th, 2018<\/strong> – Congratulations Noah on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Way to go!<\/p>\n

August 1st and 8th, 2018<\/strong> – Chloe, Justine, Kayla, Rylee, Emilie and Young Sun presented their research during the Undergraduate Summer Science Program at Clark!  Well done!
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July 9-12th, 2018 <\/strong>– Don gave a Young Investigator Talk and Lara, Emilie, and Noah gave poster presentations at the Protein Society’s 32nd Annual Symposium<\/a><\/span> in Boston, MA.
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June 29th, 2018<\/strong> – Congratulations Emilie on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Great job!<\/p>\n

June 19th, 2018<\/strong> – Congratulations Rachel on successfully defending your M.S. thesis today!  Well done!<\/p>\n

June 14th, 2018<\/strong> – The Clark University Summer Undergraduate Research Program, which includes Young Sun, Kayla, Chloe, Rylee, Emily, and Justine, was highlighted on Research Matters at Clark<\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n

June 3-6th, 2018 <\/strong>– Don presented our recent findings on HERC6 at The Ubiquitin System: Function, Physiology and its Role in Disease Conference<\/a><\/span> in Nassau, Bahamas.
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May 20th, 2018 –<\/strong> 114th Clark University Commencement – Congratulations to all of the graduating Spratt Lab BCMB ’18 seniors!
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April 25th, 2018<\/strong> – Undergraduate research by Honors and Directed Study students in our lab was presented at the 28th Annual Academic Spree Day<\/span><\/a> at Clark University!
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April 20th, 2018<\/strong> – Diana successfully defended her Honors thesis today.  Diana was also awarded the Biochemistry Award from the American Institute of Chemists<\/a><\/span>. Congratulations, Diana!<\/p>\n

April 18th, 2018 <\/strong>– Emilie, Lara, Rachel, and Noah presented their research at the 16th Annual Graduate Multidisciplinary Conference.  Well done!<\/p>\n

March 13th, 2018<\/strong> – A news story about our recent R15 AREA grant from the NIH to study the HECT E3 ligases was highlighted on ResearchMatters at Clark<\/a><\/span>!
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2017<\/strong><\/h1>\n

November 3rd, 2017<\/strong> – M.S. Graduate students from the Spratt Lab (Emilie, Lara, and Noah) took part in the UMass Biotech Training Program Fall Symposium in Amherst, MA.
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October 27th, 2017<\/strong> – Summer students from our lab gave poster presentations on their research findings at the annual Clark University Fall Fest.  Well done!
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September 20th, 2017<\/strong> – \"\"<\/a>The Spratt Lab was awarded a 3-year NIH R15 AREA grant from the NIGMS to examine the Structure and Mechanism of the HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases!<\/p>\n

September 14th, 2017<\/strong> – The Summer Student Research Program at Clark, which included Aaron, Diana, Chloe, Young Sun, Lara, and Emilie, was highlighted on Research Matters at Clark University<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

August 30th, 2017<\/strong> – Noah, Rachel, Lara and Emilie presented their research during the Fall 2017 Bumpus Graduate Research Symposium at Clark!  Good job!<\/p>\n

August 2nd & 9th, 2017<\/strong> – Diana, Aaron, Chloe and Young Sun presented their research during the Undergraduate Summer Science Program at Clark!  Well done!<\/p>\n

July 14th, 2017<\/strong> – Congratulations Yaya on successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis today!  Well done!<\/p>\n

May 21st, 2017<\/strong> – 113th Clark University Commencement – Congratulations to Yaya Wang (M.S. BCMB ’17) and all of the graduating Spratt Lab seniors (B.S. BCMB or Biology ’17)!
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May 5th, 2017<\/strong> – Our research team was featured in the Campaign Clark<\/a><\/span> Kick-off website and video – Check it out!<\/p>\n

April 26th, 2017<\/strong> – Undergraduate research by Honors and Directed Study students in our lab was presented at the 27th Annual Academic Spree Day<\/span><\/a> at Clark University! <\/p>\n

April 21st, 2017<\/strong> – Roela, Pinky, Noah and Vlad successfully defended their Honors theses today.  Well done and congratulations!<\/p>\n

March 20th, 2017<\/strong> – Undergraduate research in our lab was highlighted in the Clark LEEP magazine<\/span><\/a>!
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January 20th, 2017<\/strong> – Undergraduate research by Noah, Emilie, Lara, Pinky, Roela, and Janel in the Spratt Lab was highlighted on Research Matters at Clark University<\/span>
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January 17th, 2017<\/strong> – Yaya’s research was highlighted on Research Matters at Clark University<\/span>
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2016<\/strong><\/h1>\n

November 10th, 2016<\/strong> – Rachel’s research was highlighted on Research Matters at Clark University<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

October 21st, 2016<\/strong> – Summer undergraduate students from the Spratt Lab (Lara, Feston, Pinky, Roela, Vlad, Noah, Janel, Emilie, and Noor) present their research at the 2016 Clark Fall Academic Spree Day<\/a><\/span>!  Good job!
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\nAugust 24th, 2016<\/strong> – Summer undergraduate research by Lara, Emile, and Pinky is highlighted in Clark News<\/a><\/span>!
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