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Brohawn Lab

Schepartz Lab

MCB C110L: General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory

Graduate Student Office

Berkeley, California, United States

MCB C100A: Biophysical Chemistry: Physical Principles and the Molecules of Life

Juan Santana Group

• Protein protein docking of fibrin and TPA using Rosetta to model binding and modulate affinity in silico.

General Student Council

• Created an online Google Groups based forum for all Chemistry Department students, where the representatives could directly interact with the student body.• Pushed for an increase in student counseling with faculty, increasing the amount of attendance to these services by 30%.

Cae T5 Program

• Tutored in general chemistry at the undergraduate level.

Juan Santana Group

• Conducted ab initio and comparative modeling structure prediction calculations of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) to produce a computational model useful for estimating it's binding affinity to fibrin.

David Beratan Group

• Screened through the Protein Data Bank to determine electron/hole-hopping pathways and properties intrinsic to their presence in enzyme families.

Justin Siegel Group

• Contributed to a large data set of thermal stability and Michaelis–Menten kinetic constants of a model enzyme to be used for improving computational design.• Assisted in the selection and design (FoldIt player inspired) of an enzyme to degrade a toxin secreted by mold found in food staples.

Dálvin Méndez Group

• Developed HOMO/LUMO energy correlations for the computational prediction of redox potentials for transition-metal complexes.• Used Rosetta to study conformational changes of bovine catalase when reacted with polysulfides.

David Baker Group

• Contributed in developing methods of self-assembling protein nanocages amenable for downstream design into one-component crystal lattices with tetrahedral centres.

Brian Paegel Group

• Studied the effects of a particular point-mutation encountered in a serine protease with altered cleavage site specificity developed using in-vitro evolution.

Vibha Bansal Group

• Studied the effect of pore size in binding affinity of chemically modified cellulose membranes and their possible use for serine protease purification.• Contributed to the development of an assay for estimation of amidine group in solid phase (in a membrane context).

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Molecular & Cell Biology

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: ACS Student Chapter MemberMagna Cum Laude, Minor in Mathematics

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: President of the Young Scientists Society, Science Fair Poster Presentations• Proposed and developed a research.