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Carlsbad, California, United States

Technical Operations

Supervisor, kinase enzyme manufacturing and vector manufacturing

Greater San Diego Area

Expression and purification of GPCR from baculovirus (IMAC, SEC). Initiate site-specific labeling strategies to investigate receptor / ligand interactions. Investigation of glycosaminoglycan / chemokine interactions by surface plasmon resonance.

Greater San Diego Area

Design experimental protocols for the investigation of Lymphotactin structural dynamics. Analysis of NMR-based and fluorescence-based data sets. Organizing, writing and submitting investigational results to peer-reviewed journals.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Expression and purification of recombinant chemokine proteins from E.coli (IMAC, reverse phase HPLC). Stopped-flow kinetic and thermodynamic investigation of slow exchange rates associated with chemokine dynamics.Bioinformatic investigation resulting in primary sequence reconstruction of ancestral proteins representing the origins of the C-class subfamily.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Expression and purification of recombinant cell polarity protein Par3 from E.coli. (IMAC, Cation exchange FPLC, SEC). Determined binding affinity of Par3 / VE-Cadherin interaction by NMR titration and fluorescence polarization assay. Solved 3D-structure of Par3 / VE-Cad complex by solution state NMR (PDB 2KOH).

Madison, Wisconsin Area

NMR team member at Center of Eukaryotic Structural Genomics (CESG), Implemented auto-induction growth media for high-throughput protein production. Compared E.coli based and Cell-free based protein production protocols. Screen over 100 protein samples by 1D and 2D NMR. Solved the 3D-structure of a minimal acetyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana (PDB.

Structural Biology / Structural Genomics

Post Doctoral work focused on high-throughput protein expression and structure determination by NMR.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry