SPRING 2024

Chris Mansfield’s paper linking Plasmodium heat shock protein 90 to proteasome stability is provisionally accepted to Cell Chemical Biology. Thankful for the outstanding collaborative team that included the Fitzgerald lab (Duke), Leahy lab (University of South Florida), Haystead lab (Duke) and Kafsack lab (Weill Cornell Medicine). Congrats all!

Erin Schroeder’s paper on the manipulation of the host vesicular trafficking network by apicomplexan parasites is accepted to mSphere. Congrats!

FALL 2023

Gaini Ibrasheva joins the lab from the Chemistry Graduate Program. Welcome!

Congrats to Dr. Aaron Keeler for successfully defending his dissertation!

Congrats to Elizabeth Boger and Porter Petruzziello on receiving a URS award!

Former Derbyshire lab undergraduate Meg Shieh received the Pfizer Emergent Leader Award! Congrats Meg!!

Aaron Keeler is selected for a Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship. Congrats!

The labs collaborative work targeting 5 Plasmodium kinases with the Drewry lab (UNC) and Luceome Biotechnologies is published in ACS Med Chem Lett!

SUMMER 2023

The lab welcomes Elizabeth Boger (Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship) and Lizzy Taggart (Amgen Fellow) as undergraduate summer researchers!

Anna Truong was selected to give a talk at BioMalPar in Germany!

Aaron Keeler’s paper on acyl carrier protein domains from an apicomplexan polyketide synthase is published in ACS Chemical Biology!

Chris Mansfield’s and Michael Chirgwin’s review on labeling strategies in Plasmodium is online at Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. Congrats!

SPRING 2023

Sam Eastman joins the lab from the Chemistry Graduate Program. Welcome!

Anna Truong receives a CHoMI travel award! Congrats Anna!

Emily is highlighted in ‘Women in Parasitology’ by Trends in Parasitology.

Congrats to Xeno Hu and Elizabeth Boger on receiving a URS award!

The labs collaborative work on Plasmodium GSK3/PK6 inhibitors with the Drewry lab (UNC) and Luceome Biotechnologies is published in Eur J Med Chem!

FALL 2022

The labs collaborative work on Plasmodium PK6 with the Drewry lab (UNC) and Luceome Biotechnologies is published in J Med Chem!

Dr. Hannah D’Ambrosio is starting her new position at Moderna! Congrats!

Congrats to Dr. Hannah D’Ambrosio for successfully defending her dissertation!

Congrats to Elizabeth Boger on receiving a URS award!

SUMMER 2022

The lab welcomes Ruitian Hu (Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship) as an undergraduate summer researcher!

Anna Truong is selected for a Fulbright Fellowship! Congrats Anna!

Erin Schroeder and Michael Chirgwin’s review on Plasmodium’s fight for survival is online at Trends in Parasitology. Congrats!

Hannah D’Ambrosio’s paper is accepted to iScience. Congrats!

SPRING 2022

Congrats to our graduating undergrads McKenna Crawford, Danielle Pitchon and Danial Ryan!

Michael Chirgwin receives honorable mention for his graduate NSF application. Congrats Michael!

Congrats to Anna Truong on receiving the James B. Duke International Research Travel Fellowship!

Congrats to Danielle Pitchon for earning High Distinction in Biology!

Dr. Sylvester is starting her new position at Promega! Congrats!

Congrats to Elizabeth Boger, Sabrina Sebastian-San Miguel and Keying Sun on receiving URS awards!

FALL 2021

Congrats to Dr. Sylvester for successfully defending her dissertation!

Dr. Jack Ganley is selected for a Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship in Marine Microbial Ecology! Congrats!

Congrats to Elizabeth Boger, McKenna Crawford, Daniel Ryan and Danielle Pitchon on receiving URS awards!

McKenna Crawford was awarded a URS Grant to present at the ACS National Meeting, congrats!

Congrats to Dr. Toro Moreno for successfully defending her dissertation!

SUMMER 2021

Elise Bell is awarded a poster prize at the FASEB Microbial Pathogenesis conference. Congrats!

Dr. Lu and Chris Mansfield’s review on malaria target identification strategies is online at ChemBioChem. Congrats!

The lab welcomes Danial Ryan (Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship) and McKenna Crawford (Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) as undergraduate summer researchers!

SPRING 2021

Congrats to our graduating undergrads Daniel Cheong, Olivia Liu, Tamanna Srivastava and Michael Tran!

Erin Schroeder joins the lab from the MGM department. Welcome!

Anna Truong receives an NSF Award. Congrats! 

Elise Bell and Aaron Keeler receive honorable mentions for their graduate NSF applications. Congrats!

Congrats to Dr. Ganley for successfully defending his dissertation!

Emily is honored to receive a Sloan Research Fellowship. Congrats to all the 2021 fellows!

Maria Toro Moreno’s collaborative work with Prof. Ru-Rong Ji’s lab is accepted to Nature Communications. Congrats!

Congrats to Elizabeth Boger, McKenna Crawford, Maggie Lundberg and Tamanna Srivastava on receiving URS awards!

Michael Chirgwin joins the lab from the Chemistry Graduate Program. Welcome!

FALL 2020

The Derbyshire lab’s paper on Plasmodium PK5 is Featured in the new Special Collection on Cheminformatics & AI in Drug Discovery (2020 Hot Topic Series).

Dr. Kuan-Yi Lu’s paper on the role of PI(3)P and Hsp70 in the Plasmodium heat stress response is accepted in eLife. Congrats! 

Dr. Kuan-Yi Lu’s Viewpoint on target identification strategies is online at ChemBioChem. Congrats!

Congrats to Olivia Liu, Maggie Lundberg and Michael Tran on receiving URS awards!

SUMMER 2020

Chris Mansfield is selected to receive a pre-doctoral NIH T32 Fellowship in the Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (CBTE). Congrats!

Aaron Keeler is selected as an Integrative Bioinformatics for Investigating and Engineering Microbiomes (IBIEM) Graduate Trainee. Congrats!

Chris Mansfield joins the lab from the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Welcome!

Jack Ganley’s paper on the biochemical potential of the mosquito microbiome is accepted in Cell Chemical Biology. Congrats!

Hannah D’Ambrosio is selected for a Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship. Congrats!

Aaron Keeler is selected for the Pelham Wilder Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding teaching efforts. Congrats!

The lab welcomes McKenna Crawford (URS Remote Summer Research Recipient), Olivia Liu (Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship), Michael Tran (Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship), and Daniel Cheong (Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) as undergraduate summer researchers who will be working remotely. Welcome!

The lab is reopening and looks forward to working safely and responsibly this summer.

SPRING 2020

Emily is selected to receive the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award!

Jack Ganley’s investigations on small molecules produced by mosquito microbiome members can be read on bioRxiv.

The Derbyshire lab’s paper on Plasmodium PK5 is Featured in a Special Collection on Neglected and Tropical Diseases called the 2020 Hot Topic Series.

Congrats to Dr. Lu for successfully defending his dissertation!

The Derbyshire lab has made the difficult decision to work remotely in an effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Stay safe everyone.

Kuan-Yi Lu’s efforts to uncover a heat stress response in Plasmodium can be read on bioRxiv.

Kuan-Yi Lu’s collaborative effort identifying Plasmodium proteins that interact clemastine is accepted to PNAS. Congrats!

Drs. Dora Posfai and Steven Maher’s collaborative work evaluating host AQP3 function in P. vivax is accepted to Cell Chemical Biology. Congrats!

Jack Ganley’s review is accepted to Molecules. Congrats!

Tamanna Srivastava is awarded a URS travel grant to present at the American Chemical Society National Meeting. Congrats!

Elise Bell, Aaron Keeler and Anna Truong join the lab from Chemistry. Welcome!

FALL 2019

Maria Toro Moreno and Kayla Sylvester’s paper is accepted to mBio. Congrats!

Hannah D’Ambrosio’s review is accepted to ACS Chemical Biology. Congrats!

Jack Ganley’s paper is accepted to ChemBioChem and selected as a Very Important Paper. Congrats!

Congrats to Alyssa Carter, Olivia Liu and Michael Tran on receiving URS awards.

SUMMER 2019

The Derbyshire lab is featured on NPR, the Raleigh News & Observer, Duke Today and other sites for their findings on how malaria manipulates liver cells reported in Cell Chemical Biology.

Dr. Rene Raphemot and Maria Toro Moreno’s paper is accepted to Cell Chemical Biology. Congrats!

Maria Toro Moreno is selected for a Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship. Congrats!

Maria Toro Moreno receives the Mitchell Meritorious Research Travel Award for presenting her work at the EMBL symposium: New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology. Congrats!

Emily presents at the ACS Infectious Diseases Award Symposium in San Diego.

The lab hosts Erin Curtis (BioCoRE fellow) for a Microbiology rotation.

The lab welcomes Daniel Cheong (Duke Rubenstein fellow), McKenna Crawford (Duke), Tamanna Srivastava (Duke Amgen Scholar) and Mary Snyder (Alfred University) as summer undergraduate students!

SPRING 2019

Emily is featured on The Scientist as a Scientist to Watch.

Congrats to our graduating undergrads Cody Goldberger, Arjun Nanda and Meg Shieh!

Alyssa Carter, Arjun Nanda and Meg Shieh receive URS awards. Congrats!

FALL 2018

Congrats to Dr. Eubanks for successfully defending her dissertation!

Congrats to Amber Eubanks and Dr. Rene Raphemot on the publication of their work in Cell Chemical Biology.

Congrats to Amber Eubanks and Marie Perkins on the publication of their paper in ChemMedChem.

Arjun Nanda, Meg Shieh and Michael Tran receive URS awards. Congrats!

The lab welcomes Cindy Liu from the local high school for a research experience.

SUMMER 2018

Congrats to Dr. Posfai for successfully defending her dissertation!

Jack Ganley presents his work at the Natural Products Gordon Conference. 

The lab welcomes Michael Tran (Chemistry fellowship recipient), Tamanna Srivastava (BSURF recipient), and Meg Shieh as summer undergraduate student researchers.

FALL 2017

Our discovery of takinib through collaboration with Profs. Haystead and Westover is published in Cell Chemical Biology. Congrats to everyone involved in this team effort!

Dora Posfai has been awarded a Bass Fellowship. Congrats Dora!

Maria Toro Moreno and Jack Ganley’s paper is accepted for a special issue of Biochemistry. Congrats Jack and Maria!

Emily is awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award!

Dora Posfai’s salivary gland picture is featured at Duke!

Amber Eubanks is invited to give a talk at Appalachian State. Have fun!

Franny Brancati receives a URS award. Congrats Franny!

Johannes Wirth is visiting the lab from Germany for an internship. Welcome Johannes!

FALL 2016

Maria Toro Moreno visits Wisconsin to present a poster at the Annual International Chemical Biology Conference. Have fun Maria!

Dora Posfai receives the Mitchell Meritorious Research Travel Award. Congrats Dora!

Dr. Rene Raphemot is awarded the poster prize at the 2016 NYAS Meeting. Congrats Rene!

Amber Eubanks receives a travel Fellowship to attend NYAS Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Meeting. Congrats!

Emily is selected for the AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award.

Marie Perkins is selected for a NOBCChE Advancing Science Conference Grant. Congrats Marie!

Dora Posfai is awarded best student talk at the MGM Department Retreat. Congrats Dora!

Congrats Grace, Rechel and Quin for receiving Duke’s URS award!!!

SUMMER 2016

The lab welcomes Nishma Vias from the local high school for a summer research experience. Welcome Nishma!

The lab welcomes Peter Luo (MGM SURE Fellow), Moreen Njoroge (Duke B-SURF Award), Johnathan Bowen (Duke SURPH Award) and Alkaya Massaly (Duke SROP Award) as undergraduate summer students!

Quin Cullen is awarded a Chemistry Department Summer Research Fellowship. Congrats Quin!

Amber Eubanks receives a GAANN Fellowship. Congrats Amber!

Kayla Sylvester joins the lab from MGM. Welcome Kayla!

SPRING 2016

Dora Posfai is named a Duke Scholar in Infectious Disease. Congrats Dora!

Jack Ganley and Maria Toro Moreno join the lab from Chemistry. Welcome Maria and Jack!

Amber Eubanks is selected for an ASBMB Graduate Travel Award! Congrats!

Marie Perkins receives a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Congrats Marie!

Amber Eubanks receives a travel fellowship from the Graduate School. Congrats Amber!

Congrats Charlotte for receiving Duke’s URS award!

Dora Posfai is selected for the Chairman’s Travel Award. Congrats Dora!

Dr. Rene Raphemot receives the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. Congrats Rene!!

FALL 2015

Charlotte received the ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry! Congrats Charlotte!

Congrats Charlotte, Eric, Lauren and Grace for receiving Duke’s URS award!!!!

SUMMER 2015

Allison Keim is accepted into the Pharmacological Sciences Training program. Congrats Allison!

Dora Posfai and Dr. Rene Raphemot receive FASEB travel awards. Congrats Rene and Dora!

Read about Dr. Rene Raphemot and Marie Perkins in the news.

The lab welcomes Vibha Puri and Jeffrey He from the local high school for a summer research experience. Welcome Vibha and Jeffrey!

The lab welcomes Jack Ganley for a summer internship. Welcome Jack!

Dora Posfai receives a travel fellowship from the Graduate School. Congrats Dora!

Dr. Rene Raphemot is selected to receive the Founder’s Medal from his graduate school at Vanderbilt University. Congrats Rene!

Emily is selected for a Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Enhancement Award.

Dr. Rene Raphemot receives the Mitchell Meritorious Research Travel Award. Congrats!

Eric Lakey and Charlotte Farquhar are awarded Chemistry Department Summer Research Fellowships. Congrats Charlotte and Eric!

Grace Wang is awarded the Shamrock Summer Research Fellowship. Congrats Grace!

SPRING 2015

Marie Perkins receives an NSF Award. Congrats Marie!

Kuan-Yi Lu joins the lab from MGM. Welcome to the Lab!

Dora Posfai is selected for the Welcome Trust Next Generation Sequencing Workshop. Have fun Dora!

Marie Perkins successfully defends her MS thesis and receives a Masters en route to her PhD. Congrats!

Amber Eubanks receives an honorable mention for her graduate NSF application. Congrats Amber!

Eric Lakey and Grace Wang receive undergraduate research grants, congrats!

Dr. Rene Raphemot is selected to attend the University of Michigan’s NextProf Science 2015 Workshop. Congrats Rene!

The Derbyshire lab is awarded a Green Lab grant.

Allison Keim joins the lab from Chemistry. Welcome to the Lab!

FALL 2014

The Derbyshire lab becomes a gold certified green lab at Duke University! Thanks everyone and keep up the great work!

Grace Wang and Eric Lakey receive undergraduate research grants, congrats!!

SUMMER 2014

Emily attends the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative New Faculty Workshop.

Eric Lakey and Lauren Waskowicz attend BioMetals 2014.

Amber Eubanks is selected for the Wood’s Hole Proteomics Course.  Have fun in MA Amber!

Lauren Waskowicz earns fastest mosquito dissection time and is named Master Mosquito Decapitator.

Rene Rephemot joins the lab from Vanderbilt.  Welcome Rene!

Eric Lakey is awarded the Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship.  Congrats Eric!

Dora Posfai joins the lab from Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.  Welcome to the Lab!

Marie Perkins receives the Dean’s Graduate Fellowship.  Congrats Marie!

Amber Eubanks and Marie Perkins join the lab from the Chemistry Graduate Program.  Welcome!

Emily’s R00 funding is awarded.

Emily officially starts as an assistant professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.