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CSBMB - Sep 2011, Beckman Institute
PI: Emad Tajkhorshid
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Pharmacology
Department of Biochemistry, The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine
Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Taras Pogorelov
Research Assistant Professor
Membrane associated phenomena
Antimicrobial peptides
젠메이
Y Zenmei Ohkubo
Molecular mechanisms of
Membrane binding and
Complex formation of
Coagulation proteins
Zhijian Huang
Sodium and proton coupled transporters
Glutamate transporter
Christopher Mayne
Estrogen Receptor, Ligand Parameterization
Wei Han
Membrane Channels, Coarse-Grained Methods
Mahmoud Moradi
Large-Scale Transitions in Molecular Systems
Po-Chao Wen
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Giray Enkavi
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Jing Li
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Mark Arcario
M.D.-Ph.D. Student
NIH Molecular Biophysics Trainee
Research Interests: Physical Properties of the Membrane, Molecular Descriptions of Coagulation Protein Dynamics, Cell Adhesion Mechanics and Integrin Activation
Education
B.S. Chemistry, University of Florida
Paween Mahinthichaichan
Biochemistry Graduate Research Associate
Tao Jiang
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Joshua Vermaas
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Javier Baylon
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Steven Wang
Biophysics Graduate Research Associate
Secondary Transporters
Mohamad Kalani
Visiting Graduate Student in Molecular Medicine
Influenze Virus
Ranjani Murali
Graduate Student Collaborator
Saher Afshan Shaikh
Membrane protein-mediated diffusion and active transport
Secondary transporters: LeuT
Ligand gated ion channels: Acid sensing ion channel (ASIC), Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
Water channels: Aquaporins
Wenxun Gan
Postdoctoral Research Associate at UIUC, 2011-2012
Yi Wang
Biophysics Graduate Student at UIUC, 2003-2008
Currently HHMI Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCSD
Jiankuai Diao
Postdoctoral Research Associate at UIUC, 2007-2008
Joined industry in 2008
Geoff Christensen
Biochemistry Undergraduate at UIUC, 2004-2008
Currently PhD student at the Dept. Biochemistry, University of Missouri at Columbia