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Mentoring the next generation of scientists and leaders; Unraveling pathways for engineering plant-based pharmaceuticals; Understanding enzyme mechanisms; Analyzing metabolites with state-of-the-art analytical equipment; Breeding mint with novel essential oil characteristics; Developing mathematical models to quantify pathway flux; Discover pathways for aroma volatile biosynthesis; Evolution of chemical diversity across plan lineages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow does an enzyme distinguish between nearly identical molecules?\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t \t\t
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\n\t\t\tA new JBC paper, spearheaded by graduate student Jannelle Andrews of the Lange Laboratory, tackles this question by uncovering the molecular determinants of substrate specificity in mint pulegone reductase.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow does nature create “left-handed” or “right-handed” molecules from a starting material that has no handedness at all?\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t \t\t
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\n\t\t\tThat question motivated a newly published study, developed by the teams of IBC faculty Lange and Raugei, in ACS Catalysis on the determinants of stereoselectivity in monoterpene synthases.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Lange presents at the WSU\/UW Joint Cannabis Research Symposium\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t \t\t
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\n\t\t\tWSU\/UW Joint Cannabis Research Symposium took place on\u00a0May 15, 2026,\u00a0in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center on the Pullman Campus.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n
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\n\t\t\tMark Lange gives a featured presentation on the origin of aroma volatiles in cannabis.\u00a0\u00a0\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWork by IBC faculty Lange and Croteau featured in editorial article in Chemical and Engineering News\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t \t\t
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\n\t\t\tChemical and Engineering News, the flagship news magazine of the American Chemical Society, publishes an article on efforts to unravel the biosynthesis of paclitaxel, a leading anticancer drug.\u00a0\u00a0\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n
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Mint Genomics Resource<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yew Genomics Resource<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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