KENTUCKY: Meet KY INBRE funded researcher Christopher Lennon
KY INBRE’s weekly newsletter series introduces the 2022 KY INBRE funding recipients. This week, meet Dr. Christopher Lennon, Murray State University, recipient of a KY INBRE Postdoctoral Fellow award: “Through this award, we are investigating the emerging regulatory role of inteins, as well as exploiting these elements in novel ways to develop useful applications in protein engineering.”
About Dr. Lennon’s Project:
“Phylogenetically widespread in the microbial world, inteins (intervening proteins) have garnered interest as agents of autocatalysis, genome evolution, antimicrobial targets, and biotechnological application. Recently, compelling evidence has demonstrated that inteins can act as environmental sensors that regulate protein function. Thus, significant interest to both basic and applied communities necessitate the investigation of inteins. ”