Congratulations to Ying Zhang on the recent defense of her dissertation research concerning bacterial evasion of antibody mediated immune responses.

Many thanks to Jacob, Brewmaster of @aggievillebeer in #MHK for sharing his knowledge of the science behind beer making with @KStateBMB #Biochemistry and Society students this morning!

Congratulations to @HuiquanDuan for a successful defense of his PhD dissertation research on mechanisms of #complement inhibition! @KStateBMB

“from one stage to the next a greater amount of proenzyme is activated, and it may be suggested that the need to link the minute physical stimulus of surface contact with the final enzymatic explosion has resulted in the evolution of a biochemical amplifier” -RG Macfarlane, 1964

First description of the self-amplifying nature of the #complement alternative pathway. Muller-Eberhard & Gotze, J. Exp. Med. 1972

Congratulations to @Nitin_B_Mishra for a successful defense of his PhD dissertation research on #Staph protease inhibitors. @KStateBMB

What is on your mind? It should be easy to remember where I parked at the airport when traveling to the @AegeanConf Complement Therapeutics meeting. @Conferex

Dont let the poor angle fool you...@KStateBMB had a great crowd today as we hosted @BourneLabOU to hear about their exciting work on toxin/antitoxin systems that affect DNA gyrase activity in bacteria.

Congratulations to Dr. Xin Xu @ocharlotte1990 (center) on the successful defense of her dissertation research into #complement components Factor B and Factor H. Best of luck as you move on from @KStateBMB to a permanent staff position with Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Our manuscript describing DNA #aptamers that inhibit the function of #complement factor B is highlighted on the cover the Feb15th issue of @J_Immunol. A special thank you to @KStateBMB PhD candidate @ocharlotte1990 and our collaborators @SomaLogic for making this possible.