Students of Chemistry and Biochemistry
| Chris Fisher |
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There are numerous pathways through which influenza A can enter a host cell to begin infection.... more |
| Dimitrios Floros |
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Alum Dimitri Floros completed his UCSD degree in 2015-16. His research project: develop an agar based co-culture system of plant and soil microbes; use MS-based techniquest to investigate the spatial organization... more |
| Isaiah Gomez |
Alum Isaiah Gomez completed his UCSD degree in 2015-16. Research Project: to show that large data sets of mass spectra from marine microbial species can be quickly analyzed and known compounds be dereplicated as a... more |
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| Kristofer Haushalter |
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Alum Kristofer Haushalter completed the PhD with Specialization in Multi-scale Biology in Dec 2016, thesis "Mechanisms for Non-canonical PKA Signaling Regulation in the Heart". |
| Alexandra Heyneman |
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Comparing Ensemble-Averaged and Single Framed Electrostatics for Brownian Dynamics Simulations |
| Sophia Hirakis |
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Multi-scale sub-cellular modeling of calcium dynamics in the dyadic cleft of cardiomyocytes using Monte Carlo Simulations |
| Benjamin Jagger |
Drug Target Systems, with two aims: 1. Calculation of Dissassociation Rates Using SEEKR; and 2. Implementation of an Accelerated Milestoning Approach. |
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| Chris Lee |
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My goal is to use multi-scale computational models of viral surfaces to simulate key events in the host-switching process. |
| Heidi Leonard |
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Nanostructured porous silicon for drug delivery. |
| Charles Lin |
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40% of drug candidates that enter clinical trials fail due to poor permeability through cell membranes. Despite this, a detailed understanding of small molecule and peptide membrane... more |
| Chi-Wei Man |
Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) Complex |
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| Daniel Mermelstein |
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Computing the Cure: Free Energy for the 99% |
| Vincent Metzger |
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Alum, Vincent Metzger completed his PhD with Specialization in Multi-Scale Biology in 2014. Dissertation "Insights from Molecular Simulations and Multi-Scale Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems" |
| Jesse Meyer |
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Alum Jesse Meyer, earned his PhD with Specialization in Multi-Scale Biology in 2015. Dissertation "Novel Proteomics Methods for Increased Sensitivity, Greater Proteome Coverage, and Global Profiling of Endogenous... more |
| Zhengtao Qin |
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Alum Qin Zhengtao completed his PhD with Specialization in Multi-Scale Biology in 2014. Dissertation "Molecular Imaging Probes for Positive Emission Tomography and Optimal Imaging of Sentinel Lymph Node and Tumor"... more |
| Andrew Rudd |
I aim to develop tools to allow for programmed division of artificial vesicles, an area that is incredibly lacking in the field. To accomplish this, I plan to explore small membrane binding proteins known to induce... more |
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| Reta Sarsam |
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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Fragile X Related Protein 1 |
| Lorilee Tallorin |
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Alum Lori Tallorin completed her PhD with Specialization in Multi-Scale Biology in 2016 (sr). My research involves redirecting small molecules for malaria: inhibitors of enoyl-ACP reductase for Plasmodium Falciparum... more |
| Jeff Wagner |
I propose to make a scalable data integration tool for structural biology and biophysics |
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| Nathaniel Wood Cohan |
Pushing sub-tomogram averaging into plastic: A study of LRRK2, a Parkinson's disease related protein, and its interaction with the cytoskeleton. |
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| Jane Yang |
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Alum, Jane Yang completed the Ph.D. with Specialization in Multi-Scale Biology in 2013. Dissertation, Investigating Microbial Metabolites with Novel Mass Spectrometry Tools. She is currently a Clinical Chemist. |