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AgriLife Today highlights our new discovery of mitochondrial copper exporter (https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2026/06/24/new-insight-into-how-cells-manage-copper-could-guide-treatments/). Congratulations to Zulkifli for leading this study.

​Vishal is invited as a Keynote Speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Membrane Transport Proteins in Barga, Lucca, Italy.

Camryn, Harman, Ifrah, and Zulkifli present their work at the FASEB Trace Elements in Biology and Medicine Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Zulkifli’s abstract was selected for a short talk and Harman’s abstract was selected for a Flash talk at the FASEB conference.

Vishal co-organized the FASEB conference with Dr. Amit Reddi from Georgia Tech.

Our paper showing SLC25A3 as a mitochondrial copper exporter is published in PNAS. Congratulations to Zulkifli and our collaborators.

Our contributions to Petris’s group discovery of broad-spectrum inhibitor of P-type copper pumps is now published in PNAS.

​Camryn, Ifrah, and Harman presents their work at the Biological and Chemical Sciences Symposium at Texas A&M.

​Gohil lab receives a grant from the Welch Foundation to discover new metalloproteins using AI.

Dimitris’ Goldwater Scholarship work is highlighted in AgriLife Today (https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2026/04/22/texas-am-biochemistry-student-earns-prestigious-national-research-honor/)

Camryn Mikosh has passed the preliminary exam and is now a doctoral candidate, Congratulations Camryn!

​Dimitris Kalafatis is awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious national scholarship given to only three Texas A&M students. Congratulations to Dimitris on this well-deserved award.

Our Hatch Project was approved by USDA NIFA for five years.
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Fotoula Stroumpos received REU fellowship from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University

Abhinav's research on the predicted interactome of mitochondrial proteins was selected for an oral talk at the 52nd Texas Genetics Society Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Dimitris Kalafatis wins the top Poster Award at the 52nd Texas Genetics Society Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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Vishal is invited to present our research at the Texas A&M Board of Regents meeting.