6/17/2025
The Ai lab specializes in protein engineering and employs interdisciplinary approaches, including biophysics, bioanalytical chemistry, chemical biology, synthetic biology, and optical imaging. One of our main areas of focus is the…
6/17/2025
Research in our laboratory is now focused primarily on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of a group of neurodegenerative disorders known collectively as tauopathies. The histopathological hallmark of…
6/17/2025
Project Title: Pathogenesis of Infections by Herpes Simplex Virus Herpes simplex virus is widespread in the human population with most people exposed during childhood. Nearly all adults have specific antibodies. HSV-1…
6/17/2025
Drug Development Targeting Transcription Drivers in Cancer Dysregulation of gene expression is a hallmark of all cancers. It is critical for self-renewal and chemo-resistance of cancer cells which contributes to…
6/17/2025
Membranes and membrane proteins participate in some of the most important and interesting cellular processes. Energy transduction, cell signaling, membrane excitability, secretion and immune recognition are examples of a few…
6/17/2025
Membrane proteins facilitate the transfer of information across lipid bilayers, comprise approximately 25% of a typical proteome, and represent over half of all drug targets. The membrane proteins that mediate…
6/17/2025
Current funded projects in the laboratory: (1) Elucidation of molecular mechanisms controlling smooth muscle contractility; (2) Development of drugs against the influenza and Ebola viruses; (3) Studies of the mechanism of protein crystallization…
6/17/2025
Our research is focused on the structure and function of macromolecular assemblies, using the techniques of electron cryo-microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction. Historically, we have been working in two different areas:…
6/17/2025
We are interested in the development and plasticity of visual system. Our present research is concentrated on an early neonatal period in life, before the visual cortex attains its mature…
6/17/2025
Following postdoctoral work with CIC Professors Slingluff and Hahn, I moved to the Department of Biology where I have been teaching Introduction to Immunology (Biol 3240) and Biological Therapy of…
