{"id":4239,"date":"2026-02-23T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:47:27","slug":"biochemistry-student-spotlight-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/2026\/biochemistry-student-spotlight-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochemistry Student Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Biochemistry Student Spotlight\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n    <div class=\"cu-imagegrid cu-imagegrid-4 cu-component-updated grid not-prose md:grid-cols-3 max-w-5xl gap-1 md:gap-2\">\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2026\/02\/yeast_sytox-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of yeast sytox\" class=\"wp-image-4241\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2026\/02\/yeast_sytox-rotated.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2026\/02\/yeast_sytox-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2026\/02\/yeast_sytox-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2026\/02\/yeast_sytox-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publication alert:<\/strong> Cell membrane components affect antimicrobial activity<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jen Villacres (B.Sc. Biochemistry &amp; Biotechnology\/2021 and M.Sc. Biochemistry\/2024) and Michael Shaikhet (B.Sc. Biochemistry\/2025) have published research on cell membrane-targeting antimicrobial compounds. This work was part of a larger project in the group of Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/avis-tyler-j\/\">Tyler Avis<\/a> (Institute of Biochemistry). The work indicates that cell membrane lipid components play a role in antifungal compound efficacy and mechanistic activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the research here (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bbrc.2025.151651\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bbrc.2025.151651<\/a>). For more information on Prof. Avis\u2019s research, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/avislab\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/avislab\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publication alert: Cell membrane components affect antimicrobial activity Jen Villacres (B.Sc. Biochemistry &amp; Biotechnology\/2021 and M.Sc. Biochemistry\/2024) and Michael Shaikhet (B.Sc. Biochemistry\/2025) have published research on cell membrane-targeting antimicrobial compounds. This work was part of a larger project in the group of Prof. Tyler Avis (Institute of Biochemistry). 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