LINCHPIN News and Highlights

The Natural Products LINCHPIN Laboratory opened on Sept. 1, 2010! Dr. Jing Li (formerly at Eisai, Inc.) is Co-Director of this new Laboratory.

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Welcome to Dr. Lee Jennings (formerly at Wyeth) who has joined the NP LINCHPIN Laboratory as Asst. Research Scientist!

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The first NP LINCHPIN Laboratory publication has been accepted in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases with our collaborators in France!

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Two papers were recently published/accepted describing our collaboration with Profs. Puschett and Bergman involving the development of an antibody for marinobufagenin, a proposed causative agent for preeclampsia (pregnancy induced high blood pressure):

" A Chemnifluorescent Immunoassay for the Determination of Marinobufagenin in Body Fluids" in the Journal of Immunoassy and Immunochemistry.

"Marinobufagenin Levels in Preeclamptic Patients: A Preliminary Report" in the American Journal of Perinatology.

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Welcome to Dr. Mingzhao Zhu (formerly University of Arkansas) who has joined the NP LINCHPIN Laboratory as Postdoctoral Research Associate!