The Kemp Lab at Wright State University
News
2021
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Feb 11, 2021: Alex's abstract was selected for a plenary talk at the Society for Investigative Dermatology (Virtual) Meeting in May!
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Feb 1, 2021: Dr. Saman Khan joins the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Welcome!
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2020
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July 1, 2020: Dr. Kemp's grant proposal "Circadian Clock Modulating Drugs in Cancer Prevention and Treatment was selected for funding by Ohio Cancer Research Associates!
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May 13-16, 2020: Dr. Kemp gives a talk at the 2020 Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting Virtual Conference:
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May 16, 2020: Abdulrahman's work on IGF-1 and p53 target genes p21 and pol eta is published in Photochemistry & Photobiology:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/php.13279
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May 13, 2020: Our review on spironolactone and its effects on XPB is published in Biomolecules:
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/5/756
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April 24, 2020: Amber defends her master's thesis. Congrats!
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April 17, 2020: Abdulrahman and Mariyyah both successfully (and virtually) defend their master's thesis. Congrats!
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Feb. 2020: Dr. Kemp's collaborative work with the Choi lab in Korea detecting the small oligonucleotide products of nucleotide excision repair in UVB-irradiated human skin is published in DNA Repair:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568786419302599
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Feb. 2020: Kavya's paper on ATR kinase function in UVB-irradiated keratinocytes makes the cover of Photochemistry & Photobiology!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17511097/2020/96/1
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Jan. 13, 2020: Billy, a 1st year BMS PhD student, joins the lab for a research rotation.
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Jan. 13, 2020: Meghana and Vivek join the lab to carry out their master's thesis projects. Welcome!
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Jan. 6, 2020: Dr. Alex Carpenter joins the Kemp lab as a postdoctoral research associate! Welcome!
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2019
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Nov. 2019: Nadeen joins the lab as a Pharm/Tox dept master's student. Welcome!
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Oct. 2019: The Kemp lab officially opens in 142 Biological Sciences Bldg II!
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Sept. 19-23, 2019: Dr. Kemp attends the annual EMGS meeting in D.C. and co-chairs a session on the circadian clock.
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Sept. 17, 2019: The Kemp Lab is looking hire a postdoctoral researcher:
https://jobs.wright.edu/postings/14660
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Sept. 15, 2019: Bekah's paper is accepted at Mutation Research!https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0027510719300685
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Aug. 30, 2019: Dr. Kemp gives a talk at the 2019 IUPB-ESP meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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June 24, 2019: Kavya Shaj, PharmD, MS defends her master's thesis on ATR kinase function in UVB-irradiated quiescent keratinocytes.
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May 8-11, 2019: Kavya, Dr. Kemp, and members of the Travers lab attend the annual meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting in Chicago.
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May 4-5, 2019: Dr. Kemp and members of the Xu lab attend the Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium in St. Louis.
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Apr. 23, 2019: Bekah defends her undergraduate honors thesis in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
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Feb. 1, 2019: Dr. Kemp's NIH R01 grant application on ATR kinase function in non-replicating cells is awarded!
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