Dr. Jambunathan is currently a postdoctoral fellow at SRI in Harrisonburg, VA.
PhD: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (2007)
Advisor: Dr. H.Mario Geysen
Antibody epitope binding modes at single amino acid resolution.
MS: Indian Institute of Technology, Tamilnadu, India (2001)
Advisor: Dr. T.S. Chandra
Vermicomposting of Sugar Industry residues- A Biochemical Analysis.
BS: Madras Christian College, Tamilnadu, India (1999)
Dr. Shultis is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Tom Walz’s Laboratory
PhD: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (2008)
Advisor: Dr. Michael C. Wiener
X-ray Crystallographic and NMR spectroscopic studies of energy dependent membrane protein complexes.
BS: Aeronautical Science Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (1993)
MS: University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (2004)
Master of Science in Genetics at the Institute of Cytobiochemistry.
Izabela has returned to Poland and is enjoying raising her son.
BS: Chemistry, University of California Irvine (2005)
Bill worked with in the Chamberlin lab on the total synthesis of Tautomycin, a PP1 selective inhibitor.
Bill studied the interactions between membrane proteins and membrane mimetics; additionally, to develop a benchtop assay that yields insights into the thermodynamics/kinetics of membrane protein folding and its interactions with detergents/lipids.
BA: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2007)
Adrian worked on optimizing mixed detergent conditions to facilitate structural studies of membrane proteins.
Ms. Page is currently with Teach for America in Baltimore, MD.
Spanish major
Rita worked on reconstituting Opa proteins into lipid vesicles.
Ms. Nguyen is attending graduate school at the University of California, San Diego.
Chemistry and Biology major
Thien investigated the effects of mixed micelles and on-column refolding methods for beta-barrel membrane proteins.
Mr. Reyes is attending graduate school in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.
Chemistry and Spanish major
Chris cloned a OpaI for expression in E. coli cells, optimized refolding of OpaI, and began NMR studies mapping the OpaI – CEACAM receptor interactions.
Chemistry major with biochemistry focus
Ashley is worked on spin-labeling Inclusion Membrane Protein A (IncA) of Chlamydia trachomatis at specific native cysteine sites for EPR topological studies. She aims to determine the relative orientation of the IncA dimer within the membrane.
Chemistry major with biochemistry focus
Justin worked on the purification and expression of outer membrane protein A (OmpA), a bacterial receptor that effects certain pathogenic invasions, which give rise to diseases such as neonatal meningitis. These samples will be used to obtain crystallographic data that will be correlated with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) structural studies.