Check out our paper now out in J. Am. Chem. Soc. led by the incomparable Katherine Albanese where we examine the fundamental nature of sulfonium-π, ammonium-π, and sulfur-π interactions through a combined experimental and computational approach! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Check out the latest from the Waters Lab: we analyze sulfonium-π, ammonium-π, and sulfur-π interactions in a β-hairpin peptide model system, alongside computational and PDB analysis! Congrats to Katherine and our collaborators! Katherine Albanese pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

It was fun to host a booth at the UNC Science Expo this past weekend and help welcome over 5000 visitors to campus! Our booth focused on what the word “organic” means to chemists! #NCSciFest2022

Check out the latest from the Waters Lab: using an Imprint-and-Report Sensor Array for detection of TMAO, a dietary metabolite implicated in cardiovascular disease. Congrats to Emily! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

CONGRATS to Dr. Emily Harrison Cost on a fantastic PhD defense!

We are thrilled to welcome Amanda to our group & look forward to working on some exciting projects this semester!!

Check out our recent paper where we expand our imprint & report sensor array technology to detect PFAS! Congrats to Emily!!

Check out our recent work published in Protein Science where we explore amide isostere interactions in the aromatic cage of the AF9 YEATS domain! Congrats to Chris and Denver! UNC SUROC, an NSF funded REU onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

We'd like to offer our congratulations to Marcey Waters for being recognized by the American Peptide Society as a 2023 recipient of the Vincent du Vigneaud Award! Check out her lab Waters Lab @ UNC and her work at the link below. chem.unc.edu/?p=24211

CONGRATS to Meghan on passing orals and becoming a PhD candidate in the Waters Lab!! 🍾🎊🎉

Stimulus-Induced Relief of Intentionally Incorporated Frustration Drives Refolding of Water-Soluble Biomimetic Foldamer | JACS Waters Lab @ UNC UNC-Chapel HillResearch @UNC UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry #StimulusInduced #Refolding #Biomimetic #Foldamer pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Happy to see the final version of this work out now in J. Am. Chem. Soc.! Check it out now! Waters Lab @ UNC pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Trimethyllysine Reader Proteins Exhibit Widespread Charge-Agnostic Binding via Different Mechanisms to Cationic and Neutral Ligands | J. American Chemical Society UNC-Chapel Hill @UNCResearch Waters Lab @ UNC #Trimethyllysine #Reader #Proteins #Agnostic #Binding pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

CONGRATS to Dr. Christopher Travis on an excellent PhD thesis defense!

Congrats to Noah on his Master’s thesis defense! We wish you the best in your next steps!

Congrats to both Thomas and Jake on passing orals and becoming PhD candidates!

Contribution of Electrostatic CH3–π Interactions to Recognition of Histone Asymmetric Dimethylarginine by SPIN1 Triple Tudor Domain | JACS UNC-Chapel Hill UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry #Electrostatic #MePi #Interactions #Histone #Recognition #SPIN1 #TripleTudor #DimethylArginine pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

CONGRATS to Dr. Hanne Henriksen on a great PhD defense!

WDR5 Binding to Histone Serotonylation Is Driven by an Edge–Face Aromatic Interaction with Unexpected Electrostatic Effects | Journal of the American Chemical Society UNC-Chapel Hill UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry #WDR5 #Histone #Serotonylation #EdgeFace #Aromatic #Electrostatics pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

CONGRATS to Kyra on passing her orals and becoming a PhD candidate! 🎉