In her Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB presented by Kenetik debut, Kate Courtney not only earned 1st place with a time of 6:48:55, but she SMASHED the course record that has been held since 2015! 🎉🔥 💪 way to dig deep, Kate!
It's important to note that it was the (incorrect) criticism of GN Ramachandran's (correct) collagen triple helix structure by Rich and Crick that impelled Ramachandran to think deeply about polypeptide stereochemistry and introduce the epic phi-psi plot, a.k.a. Ramachandran map.
An especially big shout-out to Marena Trinidad, co-first author, is warranted! Marena handled everything from data analysis to lab work, and is one of the brightest people I've had the pleasure to work with at BioMarin.
I'm excited to announce our most recent publication analyzing the genotype-phenotype relationship in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD).
https://t.co/5MIZHG3V1l
I have to recognize the Gelb lab for leveraging their mass-spectrometry method to measure the ARSA activity of tested mutations, as well as the team at BioMarin who carried out the plasmid design, transfection of cells, and curation of patient data.