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Dr. Denise O.

@cdokafor.bsky.social
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Assistant professor, Penn State BMB & Chemistry. MD simulations, biochemistry, biophysics, nuclear receptors and allostery. She/her

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Congratulations to ASBMB members Josefina del Mármol (@delmarmollab.bsky.social) at @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social & @hhmi-science.bsky.social and Denise Okafor (@cdokafor.bsky.social) at Penn State Eberly College of Science, who were recently awarded Sloan Research Fellowships! #ASBMBMemberNews
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Del Mármol lab (@delmarmollab.bsky.social)
We study the structural basis of sensory transduction, and bugs. Harvard Medical School and HHMI
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Michael Hanna @mike-hanna.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A very special first post on Bluesky: I’m excited to share that I’ll be starting my lab at Penn State this coming January in the Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology! I’ll be hiring at all levels soon. Check out updates, thoughts, and positions on the lab account: @hanna-lab.bsky.social
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Stirling Churchman @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...
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Opinion | Science Suffers With Trump’s Funding Freeze
America’s scientific enterprise demands reliable stewardship, not destabilizing political intervention.
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Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
What a delightful visit to Penn State, hosted by @cdokafor.bsky.social! 🙌 We cooked up a new collab, had a fun new PI dinner with @erdavenport.bsky.social, AND I managed to reclaim some joy by talking chromatin & mentoring with the great folks in BMB. (Forever grateful for our Emory IRACDA fam!)
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Dr. Denise O. @cdokafor.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Today is the 5th anniversary of the lab! Thankful for the home I've found at Penn State and the people I've found it with. Happy new year!
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Dr. Denise O. @cdokafor.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I am excited to share our work in J. Mol. Biol. which is our 7th publication on #nuclearreceptors for the 2024 calendar year! Please read on for a summary of all 7 publications from our lab this year, as well as links to the papers.
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