- Ph.D., Biology, Purdue University
- B.A., Biology, University of Virginia
Adam Zlotnick
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Adjunct, Chemistry
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Adjunct, Chemistry
Our broad goal is to examine the structure and assembly of protein oligomers, determining structures of products, reactants and intermediates, and correlating them with solution studies. A major focus of the lab is to understand the biophysics of virus capsid assembly. The capsid of a spherical of virus is assembled from multiples of 60 protein subunits, arranged with icosahedral symmetry. All projects in the lab involve multimeric viral proteins and enzymes.