Woohoo! Congratulations to Dr. Michael Schwabe for successfully defending his thesis! Thank you for your inquisitive insights and helpful advice! We are excited to see your next step as a PhD scientist!

Congratulations to Dr. Monica Ojeda! We are so proud of your research achievements in the Mattos lab! We will miss your vibrant energy and wish you all the best in your future scientific endeavors!

She did it! We are so excited to congratulate Dr. Morgan Ploch on the successful defense of her thesis. Thanks for your hard work, mentorship, and delicious food over the years!

We are so excited to welcome Marcela de Barros as the newest member of our lab! Marcela comes to us from Brazil and has extensive experience studying the tyrosinase enzyme. Bem-vinda Marcela!

Extra, extra, read all about it: News@Northeastern recently published an article about our work and the grant we recently received from the National Science Foundation.

Crystalizing the CRD: Nice job Trinity! Our paper published in Biomolecules showcases the first high-resolution structure of the Raf Kinase cystein-rich domain (CRD) bound to Ras providing insight into the role of this domain.Abstract Ras and Raf-kinase interact...

Digging into Dimerization: Way to go Morgan, Jillian, and the team! Our paper published in PNAS demonstrates robust dimerization of Ras induced by the Ras-binding domain (RBD) of Raf Kinase.Significance Ras GTPases, KRas, HRas, and NRas control cell proliferation via...