个人简介

B.A. Smith College, 1996 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2001 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, 2002 - 2007

研究领域

Membrane protein structure/function/and dynamics

Membrane proteins facilitate the transfer of information across lipid bilayers, comprise approximately 25% of a typical proteome, and represent over half of all drug targets. The membrane proteins that mediate interactions between bacterial pathogens and hosts are of particular interest to our laboratory. Invasive bacterial pathogens are responsible for many lethal diseases and epidemics, including plague and meningitis. Although these bacteria have diverse mechanisms of cellular invasion, all of the pathways rely upon interactions between host and bacterial membrane proteins. Our lab seeks to determine the structure and conformational changes of membrane proteins involved in bacterial infection using a combination of site-directed spin labeling (SDSL), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography, and also to develop tools to accelerate membrane protein structure determination by these methods.

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Tuning micelle dimensions and properties with binary surfactant mixtures. OliverRC, Lipfert, Fox DA, LoRH, KimJJ, DoniachS, Columbus L. Langmuir. 30:13353 – 13361 (2014). Mapping membrane protein dynamics: a comparison of site-directed spin labeling to NMR 15N-relaxation measurements. Lo RH, Kroncke BM, Solomon, T and Columbus L. Biophysical Journal.107:1697 – 1702 (2014). Structure of the Neisserial Outer Membrane Protein Opa60: Loop Flexibility Essential to Receptor Recognition and Bacterial Engulfment. Fox DA, Larsson P, Lo RH, Kroncke BM, Kasson PM, Columbus L. J Am Chem Soc. 136:9938-9946 (2014). . Fox DA, Columbus L. Protein Sci. 22:1133-40 (2013). Dependence of micelle size and shape on detergent alkyl chain length and head group. Oliver RC, Lipfert J, Fox DA, Lo RH, Doniach S, Columbus L. PLoS ONE. 8, e6248 (2013).