People – Structural Biology Initiative

Faculty and staff in the Structural Biology Initiative are experts and collaborators, conducting ground-breaking research with highly-skilled Ph.D. students from across CUNY.

Faculty

Dr. Kevin Gardner

Director, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Einstein Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York

The Gardner Lab studies the biophysical and biochemical basis of environmental sensing domains, exploring natural regulation, and developing methods of artificial control.
Email: kevin.gardner@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3220

Dr. Rinat Abzalimov

Director, Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Facility
Research Assistant Professor, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative

The Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Facility provides analytical services and expertise to CUNY researchers and their industrial partners, and academic research labs outside the University.
Email: rinat.abzalimov@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3236
Dr. James Aramini

Director, Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
Research Associate Professor, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative

The Biomolecular NMR Facility provides high-field solution and solid-state NMR instrumentation and support to academic researchers within and outside the CUNY system as well as industrial users.
Email: james.aramini@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3224
Dr. Amédée des Georges

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York

The des Georges Lab uses cryo-electron microscopy and novel image analysis techniques to explore the dynamics and allostery of large macromolecular complexes and better understand their function and regulation.
Email: amedee.desgeorges@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3232
Dr. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY

The Elbaum-Garfinkle Lab studies protein liquid phase separation and neurodegenerative aggregation using a combination of single molecule fluorescence, soft matter material science and C. elegans genetics.
Email: shana.elbaum@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3245
Dr. Bruce Johnson

Senior Research Director, Computational Sciences

The Johnson Lab works at the interface of computation and experiment in developing new techniques for the analysis and use of NMR data from proteins, RNA and metabolomics studies.
Email: bruce.johnson@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3227
Dr. Daniel Keedy

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, ASRC Structural Biology Initiative
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The City College of New York

The Keedy Lab combines computation and experiments to reveal alternative protein conformations and explore how they underlie dynamic functions such as catalysis, ligand binding, and allosteric regulation.
Email: daniel.keedy@asrc.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.413.3246