Transfection optimization of HEK-293 cells with NMDA receptor subunits NR1 and NR2A

Size Dependence of Gold Nanoparticles – How Site-Specific Conjugation to Dihydrofolate Reductase Alters Characteristics

Engineering the Regioselectivity of Cyclododecanone Monooxygenase

Prion Delivery via Peptide-Nucleic Acid Co-assembly: the Inside-out Virus

Amplification of amyloid-beta strains and their connection to tau in Alzheimer’s Disease

Enzyme Dynamics Elucidated via Temperature Jump Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Chemical Approaches to Elucidate Novel Facets of Nucleic Acid Metabolism and Signaling

Part I: Measles virus entry into cells and the inhibition offusion and replicationPart II: The nature of cyclostreptin's interaction withmicrotubules

Cross-ß Folds of Amyloid as a Versatile Self-Propagating Catalyst

Metastable Phases Direct Polymer Emergence and Evolution in Dynamic Chemical Networks

Synthesis of Diphenylalanine-based Peptide Aldehydes and their Self-Assembly Propensity in a Dynamic Combinatorial Library

Development of Microfluidic Mixing Techniques to study Enzymatic Reactions

Characterization of Novel HydX Protein and its Involvement in the Formation of the Active Site in [Fe-Fe] Hydrogenases

Data-Driven Engineering of Therapeutic Enzymes

Comparative Structural and Functional Properties of Human and Rat Monoamine Oxidases

Investigating Nucleotide Interactions of BdcA, a Rossmann-fold containing protein capable of biofilm dispersal

Directed Evolution and Computational Design of Nucleoside Analog Kinases

Paclitaxel and Cyclostreptin in theTubulin Binding Site

Biomaterials Design: Creation of a novel orthogonal translationalsystem in E. coli for the site-specific incorporation ofproline analogues in biosynthetic protein materials

Synthesis of protein-based polymers with the potential to form physically and covalently cross-linked networks

A Type-II Thymidine Kinase from Thermotoga maritima: KineticCharacterization, Substrate Binding, and Oligomerization

Amyloid Conformational Diversity Accessed By Truncations of a Native Protein Fold

Influence of Arginine 355 and Glutamate 758 on the Substrate Specificities and Catalytic Properties of C. acidovorans Xanthine Dehydrogenase

Photolabeling of the Human Dopamine Transporter and theReactivity of Aryl Azides with Amino Acid Analogs

Semagenesis & Xenognosis: Translating the Molecular Dialogues of Host-Parasite Interactions

Energetic Contribution of Amyloid Self-assembly

Exploring the peptide nanotube formation from the self-assembly of the Aβ(13-21)K16A peptide in the presence of Zinc ions

Ability of a Connexin Chaperone to Rescue Oculodentodigital Dysplasia Mutant Connexin 43

Biosynthesis and characterization of novel elastin-basedbiomaterials and theoretical calculation of proline analogues

Recombinant Site Specific Labeling of Proteins with IR Probes

Part I: Structure and Function in the NMDA Ligand Binding DomainPart II: Comparison of Paclitaxel Analogs through MolecularDynamics Simulation; Solution Conformations of Cyclic Peptides

Understanding signal transduction systems in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Enzyme Engineering

Nanoscale Tools to Expand the Biophysical Understanding of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Function

Reaction Kinetics of Phenylisothiocyanate with Amino Acid Analogs

Programmed Self-assembly of Coiled-coil Peptides

Investigation of C-H Bond Oxidation Reactions: I. Asymmetric Amination of C-H Bonds Using Ruthenium(II) Catalysts II. Investigation of Structural Determinants of Monoamine Oxidase B

Biological Engineering with Chemical-Sensing MacromolecularSwitches: I. Discovery and Applications of Small-Molecule DependentSynthetic Riboswitches II. A Genetic Toolbox for CreatingReversible Ca 2+ -Sensitive Biomaterials

Globin Coupled Sensor Signaling in P. carotovorum: A Model of Biofilm Regulation through Oligomerization of Diguanylate Cyclases

Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a HEAT Repeat Solenoid Protein

Widening the Active Site of Bacillus circulans Xylanase by Amino Acid Insertion

Generation of Novel Yeast Prions through Domain Substitutions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sup35p

Biomaterial Design: Human Tropoelastin

Cloning, expression and characterization of aβ1,4-GalNAc Transferase from Schistosoma mansoni.

The Design of Theophylline Sensing Riboswitches in Agrobacteriumtumefaciens and Their Application in Reprogramming theVirA/VirG Two-Component System

Development of Monocarbonyl Curcumin Analogues Towards Treating Tuberculosis and Cancer

The Rational Design of Environmentally-Responsive Elements in Synthetic Helical Fibers

Understanding Synthetic Riboswitch Mechanism and Creating Predictive Biophysical Model for Designing Novel Synthetic Riboswitches

Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Collagen-Mimetic Peptides