Chris Raetz, scientist and enduring friend.

Takeshi Matsuura: A Truly Inspirational Friend and Membrane Scientist

Tribute to Alan Hall

In addition to being a remarkable scientist (as described by Chris Marshall in this issue), Alan was a kind and generous mentor, colleague, advisor, and friend. Here, several of Alan’s trainees, colleagues, and fellow JCB editors share their memories of him. What is clear from their accounts is that the scientific community and JCB have lost a beloved colleague—a gentleman scientist of sharp in...

Profile of Christian R. H. Raetz.

D NA may carry all of the instructions, and proteins may do most of the work, but a cell would not be a cell without lipids. These molecules, which number in the thousands, include important natural products such as fatty acids, phospholipids, and sterols (1) and work at jobs as varied as forming the protective membranes that shelter cells from the outside world to acting as targets for recepto...

Regular Article CLINICAL TRIALS AND OBSERVATIONS HLA-DRB1*07:01 is associated with a higher risk of asparaginase allergies

HLA-DRB1*07:01 is associated with a higher risk of asparaginase allergies Christian A. Fernandez, Colton Smith, Wenjian Yang, Mihir Daté, Donald Bashford, Eric Larsen, W. Paul Bowman, Chengcheng Liu, Laura B. Ramsey, Tamara Chang, Victoria Turner, Mignon L. Loh, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Naomi J. Winick, Stephen P. Hunger, William L. Carroll, Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, Wei-Min Chen, Patrick Concannon, Ste...

Exploring the Structural Diversity and Engineering Potential of Thermophilic Periplasmic Binding Proteins

EXPLORING THE STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY AND ENGINEERING POTENTIAL OF THERMOPHILIC PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS by Matthew Joseph Cuneo Department of Biochemistry Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Homme W. Hellinga, Supervisor ___________________________ Jane Richardson ___________________________ John York ___________________________ Michael Fitzgeral...