News from the Kern Lab


Ancient origins of allosteric activation in a Ser-Thr kinase

Renee Otten
05 March 2020

The paper entitled “Ancient origins of allosteric activation in a Ser-Thr kinase” was recently published in Science. Congratulations to first author Adelajda Hadzipasic and all others involved!

Howard Hughes Medical Institute just published a news-item about it, which you can read here!


Hannes joins the lab

Renee Otten
04 February 2020

Hannes Ludewig joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow after finishing his PhD in the Goss Lab at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

Welcome to the Kern-lab-family!


Dorothee featured in the Fall 2019 edition of Brandeis Magazine

Renee Otten
27 September 2019

In the cover story of the latest edition of Brandeis Magazine you can read about Dorothee’s life, work and her new pharmaceutical company Relay Therapeutics.

alt text Picture by Mike Lovett and article written by by Lawrence Goodman.


Congratulations to Assistant Professor Woldring

Renee Otten
08 August 2019

Last week, July 31st, was Danny’s last day in the Kern lab. He has moved back already to Michigan and will soon start his new position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science at Michigan State University.

Cheers to Professor Danny and to successful research endeavors of the brand-new Woldring lab!


Allosteric Modulation of Kinase Activity

Renee Otten
26 June 2019

Another paper appears online ahead of print - the second one this week! Congratulations to several of our Kern lab alumni, especially shared first-authors Adelajda Zorba and Vy Nguyen, and current graduate student Chansik Kim on their publication entitled Allosteric Modulation of a Human Protein Kinase with Monobodies. Available now on the website of PNAS!