MEMBRANE - Key Persons
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri
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- Platform Manager, Building 800, PARQUE TECNOLÓGICO DE BIZKAIA, Spain
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- Group Leader, Structural Biology Unit, CIC BIOGUNE Ed. 800, Parque Tecnológico De Vizcaya
Albert is an undergraduate majoring in Public Health, Data Science (emphasis in Economics), and MCB (emphasis in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology). He has an interest in lysosomal regulation, biomedical engineering, and data optimization. Outside of academics, Albert enjoys participating in student organizations involving dance, consulting, and volunteering.
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- Senior Research Associate, Genentech
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- Assistant Professor, Institute of Metabolism and Integrative Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Principal Scientist, Novartis
Dan graduated from the University of Oregon with a BS in Biochemistry and Mathematics. At Oregon, he studied bacterial sensing and motility in the Karen Guillemin lab, with a focus on the structural aspects of oxidation sensors. In the Hurley lab, he studies the structure and function of autophagy regulation. Outside of lab, Dan loves to read, hike, and explore the city.
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- Domain Head R & D, Syngenta
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- Computational Biology Section Head, Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch ( BCBB ), OCICB / OSMO / OD / NIAID / NIH
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- Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, Scotland
Desmond is an undergraduate at UC Berkeley majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Immunology. His interests include T-cell therapeutics, vaccine development, and neurodegenerative diseases. In his free time he enjoys playing soccer, watching movies, and strategy games.
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- University Researcher, China
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- Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montclair State University
Emma completed her Ph.D. work at the Rockefeller University under the guidance of Howard Hang, where she studied the effects of lipidation on immune protein function. In the Hurley lab, her work focuses on how autophagy receptors promote selective cargo uptake. When not in lab, Emma enjoys hiking, skiing, reading, and hanging out with her dog.
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- Group Leader, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences
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- Principal Investigator, Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Group Leader, University of Hong Kong
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- Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
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- Graduate Student, UCSF Biophysics Program, El - Samad and Lim Labs
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- Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University
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- Assistant Professor, UCSD
Kevin completed a BS in Microbiology from UMD, College Park where he worked with Dr. Jeffrey DeStefano selecting for nucleic acid inhibitors against HIV Gag and Pol proteins. He is now working towards understanding viral co-option mechanisms of ESCRTs during virus budding and assembly using structural biology techniques.
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- Senior Scientist, Electron Bioimaging Centre, Diamond Light Source, UK
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- Assistant Professor, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden
Lisa received a BS in Biochemistry from UT Austin where she worked with Dr. Lauren Webb measuring the electrostatic field at protein-protein interfaces. She is now working towards determining structures of proteins involved in autophagy.
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- Director, Business Assessment, Oncology, Pfizer
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College
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- Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Graduate Student, Rice University Materials Science and NanoEngineering Program, Yakobson Lab
Owen is an undergrad in MCB, interested in structural biology. He joins the Hurley Lab to learn more about research and to explore his path. Outside of the lab, he enjoys coding, playing video games, and skateboarding.
Originally from the East Coast, Rachel completed her BS in Biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst where she studied the structure and function of the chaperone DnaK. In the Hurley lab, she uses cryo-electron microscopy to understand lysosomal regulation. Outside of lab, Rachel enjoys hiking, puzzles and playing the cello.
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- Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Senior Investigator, NIEHS Intramural Program
Kevin received his Ph.D. at Stanford University under the guidance of Joseph and Elisabetta Puglisi. He is broadly interested in applying electron microscopy methods to uncover the molecular mechanisms that govern host-pathogen interactions. When not in the lab, he enjoys volleyball, exploring California parks, and discovering local food and drink.
Rick completed his Ph.D. work in the lab of Jungsan Sohn at the Johns Hopkins University. His research strives to understand the molecular basis for immunity, including mechanisms used by pathogens to thwart the immune system. Rick, a native Californian, has a love/hate relationship with the Giants and Niners, and spends as much time as possible outdoors.
Sankalp received his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania under the guidance of Tobias Baumgart. He is broadly interested in the mechanistic studies of membrane-protein interactions and their effect on membrane mechanics. His life outside the lab involves playing recreational sports, cooking spicy food, and practicing mindfulness.
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- Scientist, Ventria Bioscience
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- Professor, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University
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- EM Specialist, EMBL Heidelberg
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- Senior Scientist, Galapagos
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- Group Leader, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, Austria
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- Staff Research Scientist, Gladstone Institute
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- Professor, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Director, Izumi Hospital, Izumi Institute of Health Science, Okinawa, Japan
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- Im - Professor, Biochemistry Section, College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University
Zeke is a Pennsylvania Amish country native with a BS in physics from Penn State. He will be working on piecing together the structural organization of autophagy machinery using cryo-electron microscopy. When not in the lab, Zeke enjoys trail running, rock climbing, and donkey racing.