The VanNieuwenhze Group

Publications

• Fluorogenic d-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays. Nature Chemistry 2019.
• Imaging Bacterial Cell Wall Biosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Biochem 2018, 87, 991-1014.
• Full color palette of fluorescent D-amino acid for in situ labeling of bacterial cell wall. Chemical Science 2017, 8, 6313-6321.
• Treadmilling by FtsZ Filaments Drives Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Bacterial Cell Division. Science 2017, 355, 739-743.
• Method for visualization of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. In Methods in Microbiology Academic Press: 2016; Vol. 43, pp 3-48.
• Pathogenic Chlamydia lack a ‘classical’ sacculus but synthesize a narrow, midcell peptidoglycan ring, regulated by MreB, for cell division. PLOS Pathogens 2016, 12, e1005590.
• Gold/Phospholipid Nanoconstructs as Label-free Optical Probes for Evaluation Phospholipase A2 Activity. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2014, 52, 202-208.

Honors and Distinctions

1. McCormick Science Grant, College of Art and Science, IUB, USA (2018)
2. Travel Award, College of Art and Science, IUB, USA (2017)
3. Invited Speaker at The Great Wall Symposium, International conference, Portugal (2017)
4. Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Department of Biochemistry, IUB, USA (2017)
5. Walter Konetzka Fellowship, Department of Biology, IUB, USA (2017)
6. Poster Presentation Prize, 5th Microbiology retreat symposium, IUB. USA (2016)
7. Peglow Award, Department of Biochemistry, IUB, (2015)
8. Poster Presentation Prize, 4th Microbiology retreat symposium, IUB. USA (2015)
9. Poster Presentation Prize, NOBCChE 6th Annual Research Symposium, IUB, USA (2014)