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

Hudson Lee

Graduate Student

Ming-Hao Li

Postdoctoral Associate

Chiara Mancinelli

Graduate Student