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We study the structure, reactivity and function of metalloproteins involved in transition metal homeostasis. *Student-run account

University of Texas, Dallas
Joined March 2022
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@MeloniLab
Meloni Lab
7 months
RT @Jony_Chem: I'm thrilled to shared my very first scientific publication 🥳 MctB and CtpV are two transmembrane proteins from M.Tuberculos….
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Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest infectious diseases and continues to be a major health risk in many parts of the world. Even today, the century-old Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is the...
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Meloni Lab
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Congratulations to Jonathan Martinez-Garcia (@Jony_Chem) and Dr Sneha Kumari (@Snekumari) , as well as to all authors!.
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Meloni Lab
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The proteoliposomes were coated in a MOF shell to confer the vaccines with thermo and chemical stability. The results are promising to address the global burden of Tuberculosis disease.
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Meloni Lab
7 months
In this work, in collaboration with the Gassensmith Lab, two transmembrane proteins from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis were reconstituted into proteoliposomes and tested as the antigens in a new vaccine formulation.
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Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest infectious diseases and continues to be a major health risk in many parts of the world. Even today, the century-old Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is the...
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Meloni Lab
9 months
Congratulations to Jonathan MartĂ­nez (@Jony_Chem ) for receiving the ACS Pride Merck Graduate Research Award!.
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Congratulations to the seven 2025 ACS Pride Merck Graduate Research Award recipients! Read more here: Stay tuned for more information as the seven will speak at the 2025 ACS Spring Meeting in San Diego. #QueerInSTEM #STEMPride #ResearchExcellence #Award
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RT @filippo_romiti: Our paper on the catalytic prenyl conjugate additions for synthesis of enantiomerically enriched PPAPs is out today in….
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Polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs) are a class of >400 natural products with a broad spectrum of bioactivity, ranging from antidepressant and antimicrobial to anti-obesity and...
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Meloni Lab
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RT @PerezMedinaLu: Attending and giving a talk at #ACSFall2024 was a dream come true. Many thanks to @UTDScience for my travel award. https….
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Meloni Lab
11 months
RT @MadujikaA: Had a great time at #ACSFall2024 and presented my research at Bioinorganic Chemistry from Cell to Organism session. I am gr….
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Meloni Lab
11 months
RT @MerroGull26: I had the absolute pleasure of presenting my work at the #ACSFall2024 meeting, and am glad to be the recipient of the ACS….
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Meloni Lab
11 months
RT @ACS_DivBioChem: Congratulations to our student travel awardees for #ACSFall2024! The #ACSDBC helps sponsor #gradstudents and #postdocs….
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Meloni Lab
11 months
We had a terrific time in Colorado! Congratulations to Madujika, Fernando, Humera, Luciano and Mitchell who gave great talks and posters presentations! #ACSFall2024
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11 months
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11 months
#ACSFall2024 is just around the corner and we hope you can attend some of the talks and poster presentations that some of our lab members will deliver in Denver!
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Meloni Lab
1 year
The latest book chapter from our group is finally out! Here, we describe our fluorescence-based method to study real time transport of transition metals in proteoliposomes. Congrats to Mitchell, Rose, Humera and Madujika who led this work!!.
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Transmembrane transition metal transporter proteins are central gatekeepers in selectively controlling vectorial metal cargo uptake and extrusion across cellular membranes in all living organisms,...
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Meloni Lab
1 year
Madujika A. Horadigala and Humera Gull had a great time presenting their grad work at the 2024 Membrane Transport Proteins #GRC @GordonConf
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