David Eliezer, Ph.D. | Department of Biochemistry

Professor of Biochemistry

Phone:

(212) 746-6557

Email:

dae2005@med.cornell.edu

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Research Area :

Molecular & Cellular Basis of Disease Molecular Neuroscience Structural Biology

Affiliated Graduate Program :

BCMB Allied Program

Neuroscience Graduate Program

α-synuclein is a neuronal protein associated with Parkinson’s disease. — α-synuclein, a neuronal protein associated with Parkinson’s disease, can exist in neurons in membrane-bound and aggregated states. A better appreciation of its properties will help us to understand α-synuclein in healthy and diseased brains.

The Eliezer laboratory is primarily involved with the application of NMR spectroscopy to problems in non-native structural biology. This includes characterizing the location and extent of structure in and the intermolecular interactions of aggregation-competent partially unfolded states of proteins involved in neurodegenerative disease. Specific targets include Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease related proteins.

Lab Members

Emily Grasso

Postdoctoral Associate

Myung Soo Ko

Postdoctoral Associate

Hudson Lee

Graduate Student

Chiara Mancinelli

Graduate Student