Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

WHAT WE DO

Biophysics of Protein Interactions With Membranes

Liquid surface X-ray scattering

• X-ray reflectivity
• Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction

Molecular dynamics

• All-atom, explicit solvent
• Protein/membrane systems

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WHO WE ARE

High Impact Research -
​At an Undergraduate-Focused Institution

As a primarily undergraduate institution, the lab's expertise is training new researchers (undergraduate and master's students) in advanced biophysical methods while maintaining a high standard of research excellence and productivity. 

Lab alumni have good records for job placement, graduate school placement, and medical school acceptance. 

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Former Undergraduate Student Danielle Browne

Recent Publications

"Structure of a Model Lipid Membrane Oxidized by Human 15-Lipoxygenase-2" Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2024.

"Curcumin Reduces Amyloid Beta Oligomer Interactions with Anionic Membranes" ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 2023

"Structure of Galectin-3 Bound to a Model Membrane Containing Ganglioside GM1" Biophysical Journal. 2023. 
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​"Tau and Membranes: Interactions That Promote Folding and Condensation" Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2021.

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