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Faculty and staff in the Metallotherapeutics Research Center are actively involved in the field. Check this page often for the latest updates in news and events from the center.

Sarah Michel will chair the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Biology.

Sheneil Black (Wilks Lab) and Aziza Frank (Wilks and Xue Labs) were awarded 2024 UMB-UMBC Genentech Diversity Fellowships and will spend the summer interning at the Genentech California campus.

Angela Wilks and Mandy Oglesby: NIH R01 Integration of heme acquisition and signaling in Gram negative pathogens
Angela Wilks and Fengtian Xue: NIH R21 Pseudomonas aeruginosa heme sensing inhibitors targeting HasAp.
Sarah Michel: NIH R01 The Role of Zinc Fingers in H₂S Signaling.
Sara Michel, Jim Polli, Maureen Kane and Abrahm Schneider: FDA CERSI U01 Measurement of Metal Ions and HPHCs in Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and their physiopathological impact on cells of the oral cavity and upper respiratory tract.
Jim Polli and Sarah Michel: FDA CERSI U01 Trace metals and their impact on protein quality, safety, and efficacy.

2024 FASEB Trace Elements in Biology & Medicine, June 9-13
2024 Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Medicine, June 23-28
2024 Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry & Biology of Tetrapyrroles, July 14-19
2025 Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Biology, January 19-24