About Us
Engineered proteins to study cells, detect and treat disease
We engineer proteins to create tools for controlling and observing biological processes. We apply thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and transport phenomena to design assays for characterizing biomolecules, and screen for desired function. We apply our tools to decipher protein functions in cells and identify function of specific cell types in multicellular systems. We aim to identify mechanisms that lead to complex biological system function and its disorders, and novel therapeutic targets.
News
March 2020 - Our group received a new grant from NIH - NIA.
January 2020 - Erik Ammermann passed his PhD qualifying exam. Congratuations!
November 2019 - Erik Ammermann joined the lab as a PhD student. Welcome!
September 2019 - Our group received a new grant from the Alzheimer's Association. Thank you very much for your support!
September 2019 - Shiyao's paper on yeast surface display of human tau was accepted for publication in Biotechnology Progress.
July 2019 - Our group received a Research Excellence Program grant from UConn.
July 2019 - Dan's paper on phospho-tau antibody specificity measurement was accepted for publication in the Journal of Neurochemistry.
July 2019 - Dan Li successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congrats Dr. Li!
April 2019 - Dr. Cho gave an invited talk at the PEGS Boston meeting.
March 2019 - Dr. Cho gave a talk at the American Chemical Society annual meeting.
December 2018 - Dan Li received the Alexion/UConn Dissertation award. Congratulations!
October 2018 - Shiyao Wang gave a talk at the American Institute of Chemical Engineering annual meeting.
October 2018 - Dr. Cho gave an invited talk at the North Eastern Structure Symposium.
October 2018 - Dan Li received the UConn Munson award from the Institute for Systems Genomics. Congratulations!
June 2018 - Monika passed the qualifying exam. Congratulations!
March 2018 - Dan Li gave a talk at the American Chemical Society annual meeting.