News
April 26th-28th 2024
Several members from the Aldrich group attended the 61st annual MIKIW Medicinal Chemistry meeting in Chicago, IL. We had a great time seeing researchers from several Mid-West institutions there!
March 27th 2024
March 17th-21st 2024
"Dr. Subhankar (Subho) Panda and Tian Lan in the Aldrich lab headed out West to present at the 2024 Gordon Research Conference (March 17-21) in Ventura, California on New Antibacterial Discovery while Sang Vo, headed South to New Orleans to present at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting (March 17-21) on a joint project between the Baughn & Aldrich groups.
Subho, Tian, and Sang were excited to represent their group(s) and the Department of Medicinal Chemistry while attending their first conferences of 2024."
November 8 2023
Nathan and Raven, two first-year Med Chem Ph.D students, join us for their final lab rotation with our group. Welcome!
September 8 2023
Dr. Aldrich is playing cornhole with members of the Med Chem department during our yearly Fall picnic. It was great seeing everyone!
Neela, an undergraduate summer student working alongside Moyo, presented a wonderful poster showcasing their work at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
August 10th 2023
August 7th 2023
Welcome Kate to the Aldrich Lab!
April 24th 2024
April 12th 2024
Congrats Kate!!!! She was selected as a 2024 CAS Future Leader - Top 100 through the CAS Future Leaders Program. This prestigious leadership program supports the growth of science leadership and provides networking opportunities to the next generation of scientists. The 2024 CAS Future Leaders cohort includes talented early-career scientists from 13 countries.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In our Med Chem seminar, Dr. Aldrich hosted Mayland Chang Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Chang presented a wonderful presentation of her efforts in developing novel treatments for chronic ulcers and C. diff infection.
May 14th 2024
We congratulate Dr. Tian Lan’s thesis defense! Our group had an outdoor lunch celebrating this great accomplishment. We look forward to your work at UCSD in Dr. Bradley Moore’s research group!
September 12 2023
July 13th 2023
Tian presented his research in the structural re-engineering or rifamycin antibiotics at the 48th National Organic Symposium at Notre Dame.
Cole, a first-year Med Chem Ph.D student, joins us for his first lab rotation with our group. Welcome!
September 5th 2023
September 18-22 is National PostDoc Appreciation Week at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Sachin Sharma gave a 3-minute talk today on our group’s research at the McNamara Alumni Center. We value all the hard work from Dr. Sharma and other post-docs within our lab!
September 21 2023
December 14 2023
This holiday lunch celebrates another year of achievements from our group. We look forward to 2024!
January 8th 2024
Nathan has joined our lab! We look forward to your contributions on the rifamycin project.
Ventura, California
February 2nd 2024
Tian was awarded the presitgious Bighley Graduate Fellowship! Congrats!!
March 1st 2024
Moyo received the UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! This prestigious award is bestowed upon the University's most outstanding PhD candidates for their accomplishments in highly significant and innovative research areas. It is meant to give the University's most accomplished PhD candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write their dissertation during the fellowship year.
The Aldrich group was well represented at the Graduate Recruitment Poster Session. This was a gratifying experience to engage with enthusiastic recruits and discuss their future research aspirations!
March 6th 2024
We congratulate Lucy on her acceptance into Express Scripts for managed care residency! She will be part of their provider engagement team. Thank you for your efforts over these last three years!