Gemma Comellas

Mailing Address: CLSL building, MC-712

600 South Mathews Ave. Box 74-6

Urbana, Il 61801


Shulten Lab Office: 3109 Beckman Inst., (217)-244-1613
Rienstra Lab Office: 600 South Mathews Ave., (217)-244-1583
E-Mail: gcomell2@ks.uiuc.edu

Home Department:
Center for Biophysics & Computational Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
156 Davenport Hall, MC-147
607 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Gemma

Education

* B.S. Physical Chemistry (Sept. 2002 - June 2006). Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

* Lando - R.E.U. (June 2005 - August 2005). University of Minnesota at Twin-Cities

* M.S. Computational and Organic Chemistry (July 2006 - July 2007). Parc Cientific de Barcelona (UB)


Research


Alpha synuclein fibrils structure

In January 2008, I joined both the TCBG group and the Rienstra group. My main focus in the TCBG and the Rienstra group is to study the alpha synuclein protein fibrils, which has been shown to be associated with Parkinson's Disease, by using solid-state NMR and Molecular Dynamics. I am currently working closely with Eric H. Lee in the TCBG and Kathryn Kloepper in the Rienstra group.


Mechanical properties of proteins

I am also working with Eric H. Lee in the study of mechanical properties of proteins by using Steered Molecular Dynamics. We are currently studying the 27th immunoglobulin (I27) domain of the muscle protein titin.



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