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 |
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 |
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Yibing Wu, PhD |
Structure and dynamics of proteins using multidimensional NMR spectroscopy; structural studies of the M2 protein from influenza |
Postdoctoral scholars
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Bobo Dang, PhD |
Protein/peptide therapeutics |
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Huong Tran Kratochvil
Postdoctoral Scholar [email protected]
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Influenza A and B matrix protein structure and mechanism |
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Thomas Lemmin, PhD |
Integrative molecular modeling of oligomeric proteins; structural refinement and dynamics using molecular dynamics simulations |
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Robert Newberry, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar [email protected]
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Exploring molecular determinants of protein folding, misfolding, and amyloid formation through chemical biology and biophysics |
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Nicholas Polizzi, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar [email protected]
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Design and characterization of de novo proteins that selectively bind small molecules |
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Nathan Schmidt, PhD |
Bacterial systems which detect host defense antimicrobial peptides; role of bacterial response to antimicrobials in virulence and resistance; two-component system signaling in microbes |
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Gözde Ulas, PhD |
Accessing and modulating reactivity of de novo metalloproteins by protein design, biochemical, and biophysical methods |
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Haifan Wu, PhD |
Stapled peptides targeting protein-nucleic acid interactions; specific imaging agents for integrin αvβ1 |
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Shao-Qing Zhang, PhD |
Design de novo helix bundles, water soluble or membrane associated; build model systems for folding and/or functional studies; invent nanomaterials for biological applications |
Graduate students
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Bruk Mensa |
Structure and signal transduction mechanism of bacterial two component system histidine kinases; mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptide mimetics |
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Marco Mravic |
De novo design of functional membrane proteins; modeling and molecular dynamics simulations; protein-driven membrane distortions; protein evolution and machine learning |
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Sophia Tan |
Automated de novo design of ligand-binding proteins using structural proteomics |
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Jessica Thomaston |
Membrane protein structure using x-ray crystallography; influenza M2 proton channel structure, mechanism, and drug resistance |
Visiting scholars
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Sid Das, PhD |
Making protein matrix for drug release |
Administrative staff
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Lili Li |
Serve as point of contact for administrative inquiries; support administrative needs; coordinate visits from guest speakers; manage calendars |