Research Projects

• Misfolded Protein Structure in Alzheimer’s Disease
• In Situ Prion Protein Structural Changes in Scrapie
• Bone Composition in Osteoarthritis
• Chemical Makeup of Microdamaged Bone
• Affects of Hormone and Bisphosphonate Treatment in Osteoporosis
• Compositional Tissue Changes in Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy
• Matrix Metalloproteinase Degradation of Extracellular Matrix in Tumor Growth
• Catalysis of Biodegradable Polymers with Immobilized Enzymes
• High Throughput Biophysical Analysis of Protein Structure
• Development of an Epifluorescence Module for Infrared and X-Ray Imaging
• A New Sample Substrate for Correlating Infrared and X-Ray Images

Techniques

• Infrared Microspectroscopy
• X-Ray Fluorescence Microprobe
• Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
• Circular Dichroism