Check out this study https://t.co/ucyfjzLPw6
@VictoriaStalls determined cryo-EM structures to visualize the epitopes of the vaccine-elicited antibodies and define the structural basis of their neutralization breadth.
@DHVI_Struc_Bio preprint, led by 1st author @RoryCHenderson, studying co-evolution of a broadly HIV-1 neutralizing antibody lineage & Env using cryo-EM! Key contributions: Ye Zhou (co-1st author) Bartesaghi lab @dukebiochem, @VictoriaStalls and others @TheDHVI@LosAlamosNatLab
Victoria gets to take with her a ton of memories and a special light-up "I believe in me" magic wand with wicked superpowers. If she ever loses her way, all she will need to do is press a button and the wand will light up!
In her ~3yrs in the lab @VictoriaStalls has played end-to-end: Lab management, instrumentation, user training, finance, purchase, protein production, cryoEM, biophysics, biochemistry, Sciart, grants, papers, mentoring & more. Now off 2 @Columbia 4 grad school!
Our protocol, Transient transfection and purification of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from mammalian cells, is now out at STAR Protocols! What a great way to end my time here at Duke! 😈@DHVI_Struc_Bio@PriyamvadaA_Lab https://t.co/xQQuWESjpd
My first author paper on the cryo-EM 🔬reconstructions of Omicron-BA.2 Spike and the impacts of its mutations is now published in Cell Reports! Couldn’t have done this without the hard work of @sophie_gobeil @RoryCHenderson @lab_haynes and many others! https://t.co/wBvFEhX6B0
@VictoriaStalls joined the lab ~3 yrs back as a technician, with little prior research experience. Her evolution into an expert biochemist, biophysicist and structural biologist have been nothing short of stellar! She is currently on the grad school interview circuit. Good luck!