{"662572":{"#nid":"662572","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Understanding protein dynamics to design better drugs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumna\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.psu.edu\/bmb\/people\/cdo5093\u0022\u003EC. Denise Okafor\u003C\/a\u003E (M.S. Chemistry 2010, Ph.D. Biochemistry 2015) is the subject of this recent feature from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology\u003C\/a\u003E. Okafor was heading to a career in medicine before following up on a suggestion to apply for\u0026nbsp;a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/crssprgm\/reu\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u0026nbsp;Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/a\u003E. The decision changed her life, and led to her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cool.gatech.edu\/node\/27\u0022\u003Egraduate student experiences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, and her current position as an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.psu.edu\u0022\u003EPenn State\u003C\/a\u003E. Okafor, who recently received a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Award, credited her professors for helping her find\u0026nbsp;the right academic path to follow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-10-25 19:26:10","changed_gmt":"2022-10-25 19:26:10","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\/asbmb-today\/people\/092122\/research-spotlight-understanding-protein-dynamics","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"191526","name":"C. Denise Okafor"},{"id":"191527","name":"Eberly School of Science"},{"id":"274","name":"penn state"},{"id":"6555","name":"molecular biology"},{"id":"506","name":"alumni"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}