Biochemistry

Dr. Xiao joins the 2026 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health.

The Postdoctoral Enrichment Program is designed to help promising postdoctoral fellows maximize their professional potential by supporting activities that extend beyond the scope of traditional training grants and enhance their research careers.

In a new paper in Molecular Cell, the Rohatgi lab, with collaborators at Oxford, describes the structure and mechanism of a membrane machine that targets and destroys cell surface receptors that play key roles in development, cancer, immunity, and obesity.

Herschlag Lab alum, Shu-ou Shan, PhD, who is now the Altair Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Caltech, advances our understanding of protein biogenesis—from nascent chain selection at the ribosome to folding, localization, modification and quality control.