In the News

Schiffer Lab collaborating with EpiVax to combine proprietary immunoinformatics approaches and structural modeling methods to design optimized antigens for inclusion in seasonal and pandemic recombinant HA vaccine candidates

Schiffer and Thompson Labs publish paper in Viruses

Schiffer Lab publishes paper in Nature Communications

Celia Schiffer, PhD, leads PDB50 organizing committee

Celia Schiffer, PhD, chosen to be panelist on NIH SARS-CoV-2 antivirals panel

Schiffer Lab awarded a new $2.4M grant by National Institute of General Medical Science

Schiffer Lab awarded $3.3M grant renewal by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on structural studies of APOBEC3 enzymes

Schiffer lab members aid in fight against diabetes

Drs. Schiffer and Hou work with MassBiologics as they discover antibodies that may protect against COVID-19

Congratulations Florian Leidner

Celia Schiffer receives new NIH R21 award

Celia Schiffer named 2020 ELAM Leadership for Women in Medicine fellow

Schiffer Lab’s Gordon Lockbaum publishes manuscript

Schiffer Lab publishes paper in American Society for Microbiology’s mBio

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 with robust antiviral protease inhibitors

Congratulations Shurong Hou

Congratulations Gordon Lockbaum

BMP’s Anne Jecrois assists with hand sanitizer project for local hospitals

Two Recent Publications in the Schiffer Lab

Celia Schiffer weighs in on CDC report on antibiotic-resistant germs

Former Schiffer Lab member, Ashley Matthew, inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Celia A. Schiffer, PhD, invested as Gladys Smith Martin Chair in Oncology

Schiffer Lab papers published in ACS journals

Summer research program exposes students to a new realm of lab experience

Celia Schiffer honored with William C. Rose Award

Former Schiffer Lab member Ashley Matthew receives HOPE scholarship from Biomedical Science Careers Program

Jacqueto Zephyr granted F31 award

Heather Loring wins travel award

Lockbaum publishes paper in ACS Infectious Diseases

Hou publishes paper in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Schiffer and Bolon Labs members contribute to paper published in Journal of Virology

Former Schiffer Lab member, Ashley Matthew, paper published in Structure

Anne Jecrois awarded NIH F31 Fellowship

Heather Loring awarded NIH F31 Fellowship

Ashley Matthew Defended PhD Thesis

Nese Kurt Yilmaz awarded 2018 Educational Recognition Award for outstanding research mentoring and commitment to student professional advancement.

Educational Recognition Awards

Ashley Matthew top poster awardee at 2018 New England Science Symposium

Celia Schiffer Shared 2018 Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence in Diversity

Tania Silvas Defended PhD Thesis

Nese Kurt Yilmaz promoted to Associate Professor

Celia Schiffer joins collaboration to develop avian flu vaccine

SBGrid Consortium, "Resistance is Futile", Feature profile of Dr. Celia Schiffer's work

Massachusetts Society for Medical Research Honors Celia Schiffer - “We honor her for her research and for her teaching, mentorship, and leadership in bringing underrepresented minorities and women into science.” 

Celia Schiffer honored by for mentoring in STEM

Massachusetts Facility for High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy opening at UMass Chan 

Celia Schiffer Awarded Inaugural Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Tania Silvas awarded NIH F31

Ashley Matthew awarded NIH F31

Celia Schiffer elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

Ashley Matthew on Lab TV - CURIOUS ABOUT DRUG RESISTANCE IN HEPATITIS C VIRUS

Ashley Matthew highlighted by NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins, Blog

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center announces $5M award to UMass Chan for Cryo-Electron Microscope

With $2.5M NIH grant renewal, UMass Chan to expand research into hepatitis C drug resistance - Schiffer building on seminal protease inhibitor discoveries to create novel drug design strategies

New initiative to build culture of drug development entrepreneurship

Combatting Drug Resistance:  Lessons from Viruses: Influenza, HIV and HCV

NIH awards Schiffer $7.9 million to attack drug resistance

Debra Ragland awarded NIH F31  

Interview with Celia Schiffer

Djade Soumana awarded NIH grant and HOPE Scholarship

Keith Romano winning Chancellor’s Best Thesis Award

Expert’s Corner: Celia Schiffer, PhD, on drug resistance (Video)

Keith Romano, 2011 Herbert Tabor Young Investigator (Video 1)   

Celia Schiffer Director of UMass Chan CFAR

Celia Schiffer wins Outstanding Women Mentoring Faculty Award, UMass Chan Medical School

Celia Schiffer receives $8.5M grant award to fight AIDS (Additional Link 1) (Additional Link 2)

Celia Schiffer wins Outstanding Women in Science and Health Achievements Award, UMass Chan Medical School  

Finding an academic job from industry – Celia Schiffer

Celia Schiffer awarded NIH P01 “Targeting ensembles of drug- resistant HIV proteases” (page 12)

Celia Schiffer Joins the faculty at UMass Chan (page 8)