Ronald Zuckermann
LBNL
Staff Scientist
Facility Director, Biological Nanostructures Facility
The Molecular Foundry
rnzuckermann@lbl.gov
phone: 510-486-7091
Education
1984 B.S.
Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College. Claremont, CA
1989 Ph.D
Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Major Awards
2003 Chiron
Research Fellow
General Research Interests
I am interested in mimicking the way Nature builds precise 3-dimensional
architectures. Can we build artificial proteins by linking
non-natural building blocks into specific sequences that spontaneously
fold into defined tertiary structures? Can we make huge numbers
of sequence variations and select for sequences that have a
desired structure or function? We have developed a versatile
and efficient method of synthesizing biomimetic peptoid oligomers,
as well as robotic combinatorial synthesis tools to address
these questions.
MSD Research Projects:
Molecular Foundry: the Biological Nanostructures Facility
program
Personal Website: http://www.foundry.lbl.gov/science/bio/bio_staff_zuckermann.html
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