Gary Pielak

Research Interests

Protein Biophysics Emphasizing Studies in Living Cells

Professional Background

BS Chem., Bradley U, 1977; PhD Biochemistry, with J. Ivan Legg, Washington State U, 1983; Postdoc with Michael Smith, U British Columbia, 1983-1986; Postdoc with Robert JP Williams, Oxford. 1986-1988; DuPont Young Faculty Award; Morrow Young Faculty Award; NIH Pioneer Award, 2006

Research Synopsis

My graduate students and I work in three areas:

• High-resolution protein NMR studies in living cells.
• Oxidative damage to ±-synuclein, a key protein in Parkinson's disease.
• Pressure perturbation calorimetry of peptides and proteins.

Please visit the Pielak Group Page for more information.

Collaborators

Marshall Edgell, Andrew Lee, Nancy Thompson, Ashutosh Tripathy, Gregory Young