Congratulations to Dr. Limei Zhang, has been awarded Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of Biochemistry from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.
Dr. Zhang is a structural biologist with expertise in redox biology and metal-binding proteins, and is affiliated with UNL's Redox Biology Center. Her research addresses critical knowledge gaps in the mechanisms of survival and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the aim of designing effective anti-tuberculosis therapeutics. Zhang has secured funding totaling over $3.7 million, with multiple grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and a National Science Foundation CAREER award. She authored and co-authored 32 peer-reviewed, high-impact publications in prestigious journals, including Molecular Cell, Nucleic Acids Research, and Nature Communications, and four book chapters/conference abstracts. She is a National Strategic Research Institute fellow and serves as the director of the Redox Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates Program. Zhang was a recipient of the NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award and a member of the NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows program. She received UNL's High Impact Publication Award from the Agricultural Research Division and the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Oleh Khalimonchuk, recently designated as 2025 fellow for ASBMB.
Feb. 17, 2025
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology today announced that it has named 24 members as 2025 fellows of the society.
Designation as a fellow recognizes commitment to the ASBMB through a history of exceptional and sustained service to the society as well as accomplishments in research, education, mentorship, diversity and inclusion, advocacy and service to the scientific community.
The fellows were selected by the ASBMB Membership Committee, including Rick Page, associate vice president for research and innovation at Miami University and the Membership Committee chair, as well as Chi Fung Lee, assistant professor of cardiovascular biology research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the Membership Committee fellows task force chair.
This is the fifth year that ASBMB has named fellows. The society will recognize the 2025 class at its annual meeting, April 12–15, in Chicago.
Congratulations to Dr. Edgar Cahoon, recently designated fellow of National Academy of Inventors.
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln biochemist has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
Cahoon, an internationally recognized expert in plant lipid biotechnology, focuses his work on developing new types of oils that have improved functionalities for food, feed and industrial uses. His research to identify new genes, fatty acid structures and biochemical pathways in plants has generated 36 U.S. patents and improved crops’ nutritional and industrial value and agronomic performance.
Cahoon said his success in translating discoveries to the marketplace reflects the university’s culture of innovation.
Cahoon will be honored at the 14th NAI Annual Conference in June in Atlanta, Georgia.
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