News
2022
September
Neil and Graeme's study on the mechanism of sulfite-catalyzed degradation of thiamin was published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Read here!
The team is expanding rapidly! Welcome to Jun, Maria, Stephan, and Zoe!
August
Neil was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Nancy Simpson Scholarship in Genetics! Way to go, Neil!
June
Tripti joined the OpenPlastic team to investigate the enzyme-catalyzed degradation of PET and nylon. Welcome, Tripti!
May
Katherine and Esther began their summer stints in the lab as Summer Work Experience Program and NSERC USRA students, respectively. Welcome, Katherine and Esther!
February
Amir joined the team to investigate novel Baeyer Villiger monooxygenases as industrial biocatalysts. Welcome, Amir!
January
Nick joined the team to study the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the molecules that initiate symbiotic relationships between soil bacteria and legume crops. Welcome, Nick!
2021
September
MSc candidate Zhenyu Yu joined the Howe Lab to work on the biodegradation of plastic wastes. Welcome, Zhenyu!
August
Neil has been named as the recipient of the 2021 McAdie Chemistry Doctoral Student Award and an SGS-Doctoral Award! The McAdie Award is given to the top student entering the Queen's Chemistry Doctoral Program. Congratulations, Neil!
July
The Howe Lab, Prof. David Zechel, and Prof. George diCenzo received funding from Queen's University's Wicked Ideas fund to engineer plant-rhizobia symbioses and reduce the need for enviromentally damaging nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.
The Howe Lab and an international consortium of researchers have received funds from Ontario Genomics and Genome Canada to use microbes and enzymes to break down plastic waste! If you are interested in engineering biocatalysts to tackle plastic pollution, consider joining the OpenPlastic team!
Graeme and The Howe Lab received funding from the Ontario Research Fund to understand the chemical mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
March
Christyn received an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award to investigate how the mechanisms of a designer enzyme change over the course of its evolution. Congrats, Christyn!
January
Graeme and Prof. Chantelle Capicciotti were both named as recipients of the 2021 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award. This award is given to promising early career researchers working in chemical synthesis and catalysis or closely related areas of organic chemistry. Congrats Chantelle!