Chandra L Tucker, Assistant Research Professor
Education:
PhD, University of Washington, 1999
BS, California Institute of Technology, 1990
Office Location: 371D BioSci
Office Phone: (919) 613-8172
Email Address: chandra@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.biology.duke.edu/tuckerlab/
Specialties:
Cell and Molecular Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Research Categories: Protein technologies and chemical genomics in yeast
Research Description: My research focuses on the development of novel methodologies, assays, and approaches for characterizing proteins, using the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. As yeast is a simple, unicellular, genetic organism, it is uniquely suited to act as a "living test tube" for use in characterization of heterologous systems. Specifically, my interests include developing genetic assays in yeast to characterize disease proteins, engineering ligand-regulated proteins and protein switches, expanding current technologies for detecting and analyzing protein interactions, and developing approaches to characterize and rescue misfolded proteins.
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