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- Raise funds
- Write grants
- Manage resources
- Run a lab
- Hire and train personnel
- Manage projects
- Publish & disseminate
results
- Establish collaborations
- Teach & mentor
- At the lab bench
- In the classroom
Raquel Lieberman, PhD Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Raquel Lieberman, PhD Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Raquel Lieberman, PhD Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Professors Run a Small Assistant Professors Run a Small Assistant Professors Run a Small Business Business Business Raise funds Write grants
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Postdoctoral researchers Technicians Undergraduates Graduate students
My Research Lab My Research Lab My Research Lab
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Funding My Research Program Funding My Research Program
Direct Costs: $80K/year in supplies; ~$200K/year in salaries! Initial funding Limited Georgia Tech “startup” funds Federal funding NSF REU & DOE GAANN for my students NSF CAREER award (5-year early-investigator only) NIH R21 (2-year, started July 2010) NIH R01 (4-year, to start in Jan 2011)
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Proteins are your body’s worker molecules Proteins are your body Proteins are your body’ ’s worker s worker molecules molecules
From ‘The Structures of Life,’ NIH publication 01-2778
Hair Muscles Stomach Brain Defense
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From ‘The Structures of Life,’ NIH publication 01-2778
Proteins are shaped to get their jobs done Proteins are shaped to get their Proteins are shaped to get their jobs done jobs done
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The amino acids are hooked end-to-end like beads on a necklace To become active, proteins must twist and fold into their final, or “native,” conformation This final shape enables proteins to accomplish their function in your body
From ‘The Structures of Life,’ NIH publication 01-2778
Proteins are made of amino acids that fold into unique 3D structures Proteins are made of amino acids Proteins are made of amino acids that fold into unique 3D structures that fold into unique 3D structures
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reserved.Illustrations by Stacy Janis.
Our current areas of investigation Our current areas of investigation Our current areas of investigation
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- In the Laboratory
- Undergraduates
- Graduates
- High School Students
- In the Classroom
- Chemistry/Biochemistry Majors
- Pre-professional Students
- Graduate Students
Teaching & Mentoring Students Teaching & Mentoring Students Teaching & Mentoring Students
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Summer High School and College Programs Summer High School and Summer High School and College Programs College Programs
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- Understand how a protein functions in a living organism
- Gain insight into how abnormal protein structures cause
disease and use this knowledge to design new therapeutics
- r diagnostics
- Design new enzymes or synthetic catalysts to perform
industrially relevant chemical reactions
- Educate and train America’s next generation of scientists
to tackle our biggest challenges
- Diversify America’s scientific and engineering workforce
Impact of our research and education efforts Impact of our research and Impact of our research and education efforts education efforts
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- Raise Funds
- Write grants
- Manage resources
- Run a lab
- Hire and train personnel
- Manage projects
- Publish & disseminate
results
- Establish collaborations
- Teach & mentor
- At the lab bench
- In the classroom