Projects
FHIT and Bacteriophage Hit-like Proteins
Investigating structural and functional conservation between putative histidine triad (HIT) proteins in bacteriophage and the human tumor suppressor, fragile histdine triad protein (FHIT)
Dr. Kari Clase Lab
Targeted Radiotherapies
Working under the leadership of Dr. Ramesh Mukkamala in the development of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) targeted therapies for the delivery of florescence and radioisotopes to various cancer models
Dr. Philip Low Lab
Image (Figure 6): Mukkamala, R., Lindeman, S. D., Kragness, K. A., Shahriar, I., Srinivasarao, M., & Low, P. S. (2022). Design and characterization of fibroblast activation protein targeted pan-cancer imaging agent for fluorescence-guided surgery of solid tumors. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10(12), 2038–2046. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TB02651H
Conserved Bacteriophage Protein Product Identification
The identification of conserved eukaryotic gene products from novel bacteriophage PurduePete using in-silico techniques
HHMI SEA-PHAGES
Dr. Kari Clase Lab