Carlos Busamante
LBNL Faculty Senior Scientist
Professor of Chemistry, Physics and Molecular and
Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley
carlos@alice.berkeley.edu
phone: 510-643-9706
Education
B.S. Chemistry, Universidad
Peruana Cayatano Heredia
Ph.D Physics, University
of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley
National Lab
Major Awards
2004 Alexander
Hollaender Award in Biophysics of the NAS
2004 Hans
Neurath Prize of the Protein Society
2002 Elected
to the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Biological
Physics Prize of the American Physical Society
1995 Elected
to American Physical Society
General Research Interests
Our research is focused on the structural characterization of
nucleo-protein assemblies. We use single molecule manipulation
methods to:
- Determine mechanical properties of macromolecules
- Characterize the forces that maintain and hold together the
structure of proteins and RNA (folding studies)
- Characterize the mechanochemical energy conversion of nucleic-acid-binding
molecular motors
- Develop the theoretical framework for the analysis and
the interpretation of single molecules data including how
to extract equilibrium data from non-equilibrium measurements
MSD Research Projects:
Characterization
of Functional Nanomachines
Personal
website: http://alice.berkeley.edu/
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