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 • 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 3 full-time jobs!
My Research Lab My Research Lab My Research Lab Technicians Undergraduates Graduate students Postdoctoral researchers
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)
Proteins are your body’ ’s worker s worker Proteins are your body Proteins are your body’s worker molecules molecules molecules Hair Brain Muscles Stomach Defense From ‘The Structures of Life,’ NIH publication 01-2778
Proteins are shaped to get their Proteins are shaped to get their Proteins are shaped to get their jobs done jobs done jobs done From ‘The Structures of Life,’ NIH publication 01-2778
Proteins are made of amino acids Proteins are made of amino acids Proteins are made of amino acids that fold into unique 3D structures that fold into unique 3D structures that fold into unique 3D structures 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,” This final shape conformation enables proteins to accomplish their function in your body From ‘The Structures of Life,’ NIH publication 01-2778
Our current areas of investigation Our current areas of investigation Our current areas of investigation (c) 2007 Alzheimer's Association. www.alz.or g. All rights reserved.Illustrations by Stacy Janis.
Teaching & Mentoring Students Teaching & Mentoring Students Teaching & Mentoring Students • In the Laboratory - Undergraduates - Graduates - High School Students • In the Classroom - Chemistry/Biochemistry Majors - Pre-professional Students - Graduate Students
Summer High School and Summer High School and Summer High School and College Programs College Programs College Programs
Impact of our research and Impact of our research and Impact of our research and education efforts education efforts education efforts • 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 or 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
Assistant Professors Run a Small Assistant Professors Run a Small Assistant Professors Run a Small Business Business Business • 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
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