Member of the Atilla Lab at SUNY University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
Joined April 2017
Our study, "Reconstruction of the human amylase locus reveals ancient duplications seeding modern-day variation," has just been published in Science. This thread will provide a brief overview of how gene duplications have shaped modern variation in the amylase locus.
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Calling all protein lipidation and protein lipidation-curious scientists: ATTEND THIS MEETING! The science (and the outdoor environment in Tucson in July) is going to be HOT HOT HOT! @basktastic @banirbn @AtillaLab @TateScience and sooo many more...
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Happy to share our latest review, by @MasaakiU5, on chemical approaches to image and manipulate lipids at the organelle level, in the Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol special issue on the biology of lipids! cshperspectives.cshlp.org/co…
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Are you at @sermacs2022pr? Are you looking to get a master’s or PhD in medicinal chem or chem? Come by table 37 in HallroomB and let’s talk! We have candy, we have music, we have information and support!
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Ekin Atilla retweeted
Interested in a chemistry PhD? Join Nov 7/8 for the @StonyBrookChem Zoom info session! Learn about our supportive program and how to put your best foot forward in your application. I'll be there on Nov. 7! Register via link embedded below.
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New publication alert! 🚨 Impact of Tralopyril and Triazolyl Glycosylated in Human Retinal Cells’ Lipidome @UBAgaLab @AtillaLab @UBChemistry mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/16/524…
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Ekin Atilla retweeted
We are still hiring! The position is for targeted quantitative protein assays in clinical specimens. MS experience required. Email CV if interested. #RareDisease #TeamMassSpec #biomarker
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The most proficient enzyme catalysts are activated by substrate-driven protein changes in conformation. Our Biochemistry paper discusses evidence that their appearance was a seminal event in enzyme evolution - pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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Just *dropped* my most personal @Radiolab story ever. And it's about 💩. A chronicle of an experience that left me gutted but also grateful, not to mention pondering the essence of what makes us human. radiolab.org/episodes/neande…
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Woo hoo! The @UBChemistry Chem360 REU is in full swing! Research, professional development, and fun!!! Huge welcome to all of the undergrads joining us from across the contiguous US and Puerto Rico!!! #nsfreu @cooklab_ub @LuisColonLab @ZurekThe @MurKinetics @HeppnerLab @AtillaLab
Multiple #postdoc opportunities available studying HDACs & enzymes of terpene biosynthesis. We use X-ray #crystallography and #cryoEM to study #enzyme structure, function, and inhibition. Most of our postdocs move on to local pharma (Merck, GSK, BMS, etc). Please RT! #chempostdoc
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Ekin Atilla retweeted
We’re hiring.. multiple levels (Res Asst/Assoc, postdoc). Quantitative proteomics in neurodegeneration. MS experience required. Email CV (cologna[at]uic.edu). #TeamMassSpec
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Ekin Atilla retweeted
Don’t miss our Protein Lipidation Conference: Enzymology, Signaling, and Therapeutics organized by James Hougland @ArtSciencesSU, Mei Wang @NUSMedicine, and @jenkins_paul. Keynote Maurine Linder @Cornell “Fatty Acyl Tales of G Proteins and PATs.” bit.ly/3s8h6j5 #PLCSRC22
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Ceramide-1-phosphate is involved in therapy-induced senescence buff.ly/38Fgzy8 (@ChemicalBiology)
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This is a thoughtful piece from ⁦@AnnaMapp⁩ about how to revise the graduate admissions process. Removing a barrier to equity science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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📢 Don't miss this exciting new article in #ACSChemicalBiology from @AlecMillner et al (@UBAgaLab @AtillaLab @UBChemistry) 👏 📑 Ceramide-1-Phosphate Is Involved in Therapy-Induced Senescence Check it out ➡️ go.acs.org/Sn
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Congratulations to Parami Gunasekera, a fifth-year student in the @LacyLab_UB, on being named the April 2022 #GraduateStudent #Research Highlight! (1/4) @UBCAS @UBuffalo @UBScience arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/ch…
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A grant from @SloanFoundation will bolster a program to enhance a STEM partnership between @UBuffalo and @uprcayey involving @UBChemistry faculty @LuisColonLab. buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…
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