The awesome problem-solving abilities of the members of the Scott lab were in full force as we took on one of Decode's escape rooms. Some "Around the world in 80 days" puzzles were mind-boggling, others full of logic, but regardless we solved most of them and made it back home to Michigan just in time for Yemeni pastries at Socotra Coffee house.

Former Scott lab undergraduate Schuyler Byrn is starting a PhD at U Chicago in the Chemistry Department. Turns out there was a small Scott Lab Alumni gathering as Schuyler crossed paths with Dr. Ellie Frydendall (former grad student from Pharmacology). Enjoy your rotations, Schuyler!

Every July the Gordon Research Conference in Drug Metabolism at Holderness is an amazing opportunity for students and researchers to geek out over the cool new advances in our field and get to know our colleagues. This year Biological Chemistry trainee Alexi Chabez presented her work and represented the Scott Lab, got to know some of her peers during the GRS, and met lots of industry colleagues (like Peng here). Thanks to all the organizers for making this such a special event every year.

Biological Chemistry graduate student Jo Ostlund was selected for the UM Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program. This program provides partial support for two years, monthly professional development sessions, and an exciting annual symposium. Congratulations Jo!

Pharmacology graduate student Elise Tahti took honorable mention for her poster at the 52nd Midwest Pharmacology Colloquium held at Wayne State University. Nicely done, Elise! And congratulations to all the Pharmacology winners:

Oral presentations: 1st prize Alex Powell (Traynor Lab), 2nd prize - Dr. Manuj Bandral (Lorberbaum Lab)

Posters: 1st prize Kate Bowman (Sebag Lab), 2nd prize - Ayushi Mittal (Sebag Lab)

And thanks to Paul Jenkins, Associate Chair for Education, for leading the charge!

Early in June Biophysics graduate student Autumn Pilarski attended the second crystallization workshop held at the National Crystallization Center at the University of Buffalo. Lots of fun learning about automation and meeting structural biology peers.

The UM Department of Pharmacology recently hosted the first lecture in "Pharmacology for Everyone", a series aimed at making knowledge about medications and how they work accessible to anyone curious enough to attend. Our very own Elise Tahti moderated the Q&A session following the talk on anesthetics.

First year Biological Chemistry Ph.D. students Abbey Hanes and Jo Ostlund both recently received Graduate Student Research Grants from the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School in support of their dissertation research projects. Congratulations Abbey and Jo!

Cytiva recently sponsored a UM User Day including troubleshooting techniques with thier FPLC products. Our group learned some useful information for the web lab, but Autumn and Abbey were very excited to win lego FPLCs at the drawing.

Abbey Hanes and Jo Ostlund, both Biological Chemistry PhD students, just passed their prelim exams and will be advancing to candidacy this fall. Congratulations!

This year Biological Chemistry graduate student Olivia Kohler-Testa joined the wonderful SSRL staff and lecturers at Rapidata, a week-long training workshop focusing on X-ray crystallography and related techniques. It's always enlightening to visit in person inside the beamline hutch that we see so often when collecting data remotely. SSRL is definitely a Scott Lab happy place!

Almost the entire lab participated in this year's Great Lakes Drug Metabolism meeting. Held in Chicago at the Botanical Gardens, the event had wonderful scientific content in a idyllic setting on a couple of beautiful spring days.

CBI training grant trainee Elise Tahti and Biophysics graduate student Autumn Pilarski presented thir work at this year's Chemistry Biology Interface annual symposium. In addition to UM trainees and students, trainees from Emory University and University of Texas Southwest Medical Center participated in a highly successful event.

This year Biophysics graduate student Autumn Pilarski, Biological Chemistry graduate student Olivia Kohler-Testa, and Pharmacology graduate student Elise Tahti were recently accepted into UM's Biotech Career Development Program. Run by the Fast Forward Medial Innovation office, this structured, cohort-based program for STEM graduate students and postdocs guides trainees through development in advance of seeking full-time employment or an internship in any non-academic entity.

Pharmacology second year graduate student Elise Tahti was awarded a Research Grant from the UM Rackham Graduate School to support her project on cytochrome P450 enzymes. Nicely done Elise!

Biological Chemistry graduate student Olivia Kohler-Testa enjoyed learning lots about the National Crystallization Center at the University of Buffalo. Led by Dr. Sarah Bowman, Olivia and her colleagues got experience with high-throughput crystallization screening: 1536 unique, microbatch-under-oil crystallization experiments in a very short period of time.

The Scott Lab has been excited (and working hard) to move from our old building on UM central campus to a brand new College of Pharmacy building on East Huron St. Lots of packing into orange moving bins, unpacking lab equipment and supplies, and organizing the new space.

The Scott Lab once again supported Science Night at Bishop Elementary School in Yipsilanti, Michigan. This year we ran two slime-making tables with two different types of chemistries. Here postdoc Francesca Brunelli and Pharmacology graduate student Elise Tahti share their chemistry enthusiasm with young potential scientists.

Second year Pharmacology Ph.D. student Elise Tahti knocked it out of the park on her candidacy exam! The committee was very impressed with her proposal focused on Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome caused by defects in ALDH3A2, a fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase. Nicely done, Elise! We're celebrating with amazing pastries . . .

Biophysics graduate student Autumn Pilarski recently received a Research Award from the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School. The funding will be used to support Autumn's development of a biochemical assay for her cytochrome P450 project.

One of the really great things about UM are the opportunities for trainees to present their research and engage with leaders in their fields. This year three Scott Lab PhD trainees Olivia Kohler (Biological Chemistry program), Elise Tahti (Pharmacology program), and Autumn Pilarski (Biophysics program) all presented their current research projects at the annual Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP) symposium. The event also included great speakers from academic medicine, pharma, and public health sectors.

Biophysics graduate student Autumn Pilarski and Biological Chemistry graduate student Alexi Chabez spent a day at Zoetis learning about their company, approach to developing pharmaceuticals for animals, and different career paths. Thanks to the whole Zoetis team for making this possible! UM students would love to participate again.

The day of the ASPET Drug Metabolism and Disposition Bernard B. Brodie Award announcement I was very surprised with cake and Champagne, not to mention the HUGE 10-foot banner. I have the best lab ever! The UM College of Pharmacy even did a nice writeup.

Scott Lab undergraduate and UM senior Jay Tycner's hard work as a UM Biochemistry major, in the research lab, and many hours as an ambulance EMT all paid off with a recent admission to medical school. Way to go Jay!

The College of Pharmacy did a great article on postdoctoral fellow Francesca Brunelli, who is in the Postdoctoral Collegiate Fellows Program (PCFP). This fellowship is supporting her as she learns enough biochemistry to match her amazing synthetic chemistry skills and professional skills to become a highly acclaimed PI herself.

Second year Ph.D. student Elise Tahti gave a wonderful seminar on her CYP3A project to the entire Pharmacology Department. Look for her presenting this work at conferences soon!

The Scott Lab is delighted to welcome for first-year rotations Gillian Camacho and Jo Ostlund. Gillian is in the Program in Chemical Biology Ph.D. program and did her undergrad in Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University. Jo is in the PIBS (Program in Biomedical Sciences) Ph.D. program and completed her B.S. at Fort Lewis College in Colorado.