May 8, 2024
May 2024 – A mini-review paper “Mutagenesis and Repair of γ-Radiation-and Radical-Induced Tandem DNA Lesions“, written and edited by Dr. Ashis Basu, Dr. Laureen Colis, and Dr. Henric Bacurio, was published in DNA.
February 2024 – Our paper 5-Formylcytosine mediated DNA-peptide cross-link induces predominantly semi-targeted mutations in both Escherichia coli and human cells was published in JBC. This work is in collaboration with Jenna Thomforde, Qi Zhang, Honnaiah Vijay Kumar, Holly Den Hartog, and Dr. Natalia Y Tretyakova.
July 3, 2023
June 2023 – Our paper “Synergistic effects on mutagenicity of tandem lesions containing 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2ʹ-deoxyguanosine or Fapy•dG flanked by a 3ʹ 5-formyl-2ʹ-deoxyuridine in human cells” was published in DNA Repair. This work is in collaboration with Shijun Gao, Haozhe Yang, and Dr. Marc Greenberg of Johns Hopkins University.
June 21, 2023
June 15, 2023: Jan Henric T. Bacurio successfully defended his dissertation.
May 9, 2023
May 8, 2023 – Henric, together with his parents, and Dr. Ashis Basu attended the UConn 2023 Graduation Ceremony for Doctorate Students held in Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.
April 24, 2023
April 2023 – Our paper “8-Oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine Replication in Mutational Hot Spot Sequences of the p53 Gene in Human Cells Is Less Mutagenic than That of the Corresponding Formamidopyrimidine” was published in Chemical Research in Toxicology. Stephen Stanio and Henric Bacurio headed this project, the paper’s first authors, and are in collaboration with Dr. Greenberg of Johns Hopkins University.
April 17, 2023
April 14, 2023 – Alessandra Bassani (Major in MCB, Minor in PNB and Italian Literature and Cultural Studies, UConn Class of 2023) presented her project, toxicity and mutagenicity of the bulky DNA-peptide crosslink (DpC) lesion when replicated in bacterial cells, during the 26th annual frontiers: undergraduate research poster exhibition.
March 6, 2023
March 2023 – A poster session was held during the Open House for prospective students. Srijana and Priscilla presented their findings on oxidative DNA damage and bulky DNA-peptide crosslink (DpC), respectively.
August 30, 2022
August 2022 – Henric received an “outstanding service and research award” from UConn Chemistry. This award recognizes a Chemistry graduate student for outstanding performance in research and service in the Department of Chemistry.
Stephen Stanio (MCB, UConn Class of 2022) is pursuing a PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland – College Park.
