People
Principal Investigators
James U. Bowie |
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Membrane protein structure and folding; polymerizing protein modules for the construction of large macromolecular structures. | Office: (310) 206-4747 Lab: (310) 206-4748 Fax: (310) 206-4749 655 Boyer Hall bowie@mbi.ucla.edu |
Robert T. Clubb |
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Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; Function of cell surface virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis; Heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy; Mechanisms of recombination. | Office: (310) 206-2334 Lab: (310) 206-4038 602 Boyer Hall rclubb@mbi.ucla.edu |
David S. Eisenberg |
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Study of biochemical macromolecules by X-ray diffraction and computational methods; structure and action of enzymes and of membrane-related proteins; protein folding and the atomic basis of biological recognition. National Academy of Sciences Member |
Office: (310) 805-3754 Lab: (310) 825-8901 Fax: (310) 206-3914 201 Boyer Hall david@mbi.ucla.edu |
Juli Feigon |
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Study of biochemical macromolecules by X-ray diffraction and computational methods; structure and action of enzymes and of membrane-related proteins; protein folding and the atomic basis of biological recognition. |
Office: (310) 206-6922 Lab: (310) 825-9232 Fax: (310) 825-0982 256 Boyer Hall feigon@mbi.ucla.edu |
Christopher J. Lee |
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Bioinformatics and genomics: genome sequence analysis; computational methods for identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms; genomics databases; prediction of protein structure and function. | Office: (310) 825-7374 Lab: (310) 794-4026 601A Boyer Hall leec@mbi.ucla.edu |
Joseph A. Loo |
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Development of novel bioanalytical methods for the characterization of proteins and their post-translational modifications and their application for drug discovery and proteomics. Development and application of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the study of noncovalently-bound macromolecular complexes and their interactions with inhibitors. Fundamentals of analytical chemistry and mass spectrometry. | Office: (310) 794-7023 402 Boyer Hall jloo@chem.ucla.edu |
Sabeeha Merchant |
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Algal genomics, RNA-seq, photosynthesis, trace micronutrient homeostasis, membrane assembly, chloroplast metabolism | Office: (310) 825-8300 Lab: (310) 825-3661 Fax: (310) 2066-1035 5070A Young Hall sabeeha@chem.ucla.edu |
Shimon Weiss |
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Development of the conceptual as well as the practical aspects of constructing chemical structures using the concept of molecular building blocks. | Office: (310) 794-0093 Fax: (310) 267-4672 2037A Young Hall sweiss@chem.ucla.edu |
Omar M. Yaghi |
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Development of the conceptual as well as the practical aspects of constructing chemical structures using the concept of molecular building blocks. | Office: (310) 206-0398 Fax: (310) 206-5891 yaghi@chem.ucla.edu |
Todd O. Yeates |
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Three-dimensional structure and function of proteins by X-ray diffraction; computational analysis of macromolecules. | Office: (310) 206-4866 Lab: (310) 205-8901 255 Boyer Hall yeates@mbi.ucla.edu |













