People
Principal investigator
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William DeGrado, PhD |
De novo protein design; membrane proteins; small molecule drug discovery for antimicrobials, influenza A virus, antifibrotics, and neurodegeneration; chemical biology; peptide design |
| Cycling, Music, Dance |
Senior scientists
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Hyunil Jo, PhD |
Medicinal chemistry to fight against unconquered human diseases; chemical biology to understand the fundamental processes in life |
Postdoctoral scholars
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Hyunjun Yang, PhD |
Molecular fingerprinting of prion strains in vivo and in vitro |
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Golf |
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Kehan Chen, PhD |
De novo design and characterization of membrane proteins, especially transporters and channels |
| Mineralogy and linguistics | ||
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Lee Schnaider, PhD |
Design and characterization of de novo proteins for biomedical applications |
| Redwood and mountain enthusiast. I love hiking, reading and live music. | ||
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Ethel Tackie-Yarboi, PhD |
Synthesis and functional characterization of AND-gated cancer therapeutics |
| Reading, cooking, and spending time with family | ||
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Katie Hatstat, PhD |
Design and characterization of transmembrane proteins and signaling mechanisms |
| Running, soccer, making up recipes, and adventuring in the mountains with her dog | ||
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Yuda Chen, PhD |
Protein design with chemical biology |
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Henry Pan, PhD |
Amyloids, cryo-EM, fluorescence microscopy, and peptide design |
| Running, rugby, sailing, playing the piano, cooking plant-based recipes | ||
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Kaipeng Hou, PhD |
De novo metalloprotein design |
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Sophia Tan, PhD |
Automated de novo design of ligand-binding proteins using structural proteomics |
| Board games, rock climbing | ||
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Ian Bakanas, PhD |
Design and characterization of de novo enzymes to catalyze new-to-nature transformations |
| Baking bread, watching basketball, and playing tennis poorly | ||
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Sagar Bhattacharya, PhD |
De novo protein design for enzyme catalysis and drug delivery in vivo |
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Chess |
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Nam Hyeong Kim, PhD |
Function-directed protein design for biomedical applications with a parametrized scaffold and protein structure prediction incorporating molecular dynamics |
| Drumming, watching football, and sitting in the park | ||
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Adam McConnell, PhD |
De novo protein design towards pharmaceutical and biomedical applications |
| Watching stand-up comedy, drumming, reading scifi/fantasy novels, solving nonograms | ||
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Maggie Horst, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar |
De novo protein design and characterization |
| Reading groups, bird watching, and vegetarian cooking |
Graduate students
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Rian Kormos |
Development and validation of improved algorithms for de novo design of small molecule impermeable nanostructures |
| In my free time, I enjoy long walks around the city, backpacking, teaching myself the piano, and playing Dungeons & Dragons. | ||
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Rose Yang |
Design and characterization of de novo peptides for targeting tau polymorphs present in Alzheimer's disease |
| Outside of the lab, I enjoy reading, cooking, and going on runs through Golden Gate Park. | ||
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Stephanie Ouchida |
Design of de novo small molecule binding proteins for drug delivery |
| I enjoy rock climbing, playing basketball, going to the gym, playing video games, all things BTS, and drinking boba! | ||
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Henry Scott |
Design and characterization of bioorthogonal intercellular signaling systems. |
| Outside of lab I enjoy surfing, reading, playing chess, and searching for frog-themed memes. | ||
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Angelika Arada |
Design and characterization of de novo proteins for small molecule binding |
| Outside of lab, I like going to concerts, trying new restaurants, and playing video games. | ||
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Nicholas Freitas |
Development of Physics-based computational methods for de novo enzyme design. |
| Camping, hiking, photography, and astronomy | ||
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Giovanni Aviles |
Design and characterization of artificial metalloenzymes |
| Outside of lab, I enjoy climbing, traveling, and learning languages | ||
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Haoyu Fan |
Deep learning applied to de novo design and biocatalysis |
| In my free time I like playing ultimate frisbee, badminton and video games like Valorant and Dota2 |
Adjunct Emeritus Professors
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William (Willi) Fish DeGrado, PsyD PhD Emeritus Betta |
Electron tomography of phase condensates, in vivo PyMOL palette visualization, isolation and characterization of aquatic natural products |
| Perching on his petri dish, hanging out in his coconut, providing emotional support for lab members |
Visiting scholars
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Associated adjunct faculty
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Yibing Wu, PhD |
Structure and dynamics of proteins using multidimensional NMR spectroscopy |
Administrative staff
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What I do, hobbies |
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Nell John Layno |
Support administrative, organizational, and scheduling needs for the lab |
| Weightlifting, running, playing/watching sports, and concert-going |