MAY 2026
  • Congrats to Surya for receiving the Summer 2026 Chemistry Department Research Fellowship!
  • Best of luck to our former undergraduate researchers, Scout and Quentin, in their future endeavors. Happy graduation!
  • We enjoyed a nice celebration for Olivia with the Hsu Lab crew this May! 
APRIL 2026
  • Congrats to Dr. Olivia Murtagh on successfully defending her thesis in April!
  • Scout presented at the senior chemistry capstone poster session, great job Scout!
MARCH 2026
  • Congrats to John M. on passing his candidacy qualifying exam!
FEBRUARY 2026
  • Congrats to Olivia on publication her low-microflow targeted lipidomics method for femtomole scale quantification of tissue lipids in Analytical Chemistry!
  • We thank UT Austin for letting us show hundreds of young students the fascinating world of lipid biochemistry at STEM Girl Day 2026! Check out some pictures from the event here. 
JANUARY 2026
  • Congrats to Madeleine and David for publishing in Chemical Science on their identification of a tyrosine-reactive inhibitor of the protein tyrosine phosphatase, SHP2! 
  • Also go check out Justin's preprint publication in BioRxiv on re-engineering P(V) chemical warfare electrophiles into novel chemical probes and inhibitors using phosphorus-azole exchange (PhAzE) chemistry!
DECEMBER 2025
  • Congrats to Dr. David Leace on his successfully doctoral defense. We had a great time celebrating him and the holidays together this December. David will be returning to UVA to finish his medical degree in the new year!
OCTOBER 2025
  • Congrats to Xiaoding on publishing a preprint of his paper on a covalent PFKL activator which shrinks tumors, check it out in bioRxiv!
  • 4 new graduate students joined the Hsu lab family this fall: Alyssa Gomez, Cameron Muniz, John Thorup, and Tobias Jonson. Welcome!
SEPTEMBER 2025
  • Congrats to David on publishing in JACS on tyrosine reactive inhibitors which can function as a molecular glues through ligand induced protein tethering (LIPT)!
AUGUST 2025
  • Congrats to Dr. Michael Founds on successfully defending his thesis. We enjoyed a nice celebration with the Hsu Lab crew! 
JUNE 2025
  • Congrats to Olivia on presenting in Thermo Scientific's Metabolomics Breakfast Workshop at ASMS 2025!
  • Wishing Wes the best of luck at his internship with Talus Bioscience this summer working on transcription factor drug discovery!
MAY 2025
  • Congrats to Michael on publishing on how PTGR2 inhibition alters inflammatory responses in macrophages, check it out in ACS Chem Bio!
  • Congrats to Gibae Kim on his beyond cysteine covalent chemistry review in Chemical Reviews!
APRIL 2025
  • Congrats to Justin on publishing on the development of a selective covalent AKR1C3 inhibitor with negligible cross-reactivity in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
  • Thanks to LS-PAC MODELS for inviting Mikayla to participate in their workshop: The Future of Academia--"Are You In or Are You Out?" at Louisiana State University.
  • Congrats to Mikayla, Payton, Surya, Wes, and Yen-Ting for all passing their candidacy qualifying exams! 
FEBRUARY 2025