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M. Estela Campanella
(nee Puchulu),
Research Associate
Biochemistry -
National University of Cordoba (Argentina)
Post-graduate Studies Hematology - National
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Current Projects:
- Organization and association of enzymes in
the intact murine and human erythrocyte.
- Mechanism of regulation of glycolysis.
- Erythrocyte signal transduction pathways
and their oxygenation dependence.
- Autologous IgG binding
to unmodified and modified red blood cells.
- Collaborations with Ian Lewis (University
of Wisconsin),
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campanel@purdue.edu
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Haiyan Chu,
Research Associate
1997 MD Shanghai Second Medical University
Current Projects:
- Purification and crystallization of
erythrocyte Band 3 membrane domain.
- Mapping glycolytic enzymes, Protein 4.1,
and hemoglobin binding sites on Band 3.
- Collaborations with Joseph Hoffman (Yale
University), Ruslan Sanishvili (Argonne National Laboratory)
chu3@purdue.edu |
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Tahlia Weis,
PhD 08.2007 Chemistry Department
(Physical Chemistry) 2oo2 BA Chemistry -
Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
2oo5 MS Physical Chemistry - Purdue
University (West Lafayette, IN)
Dissertation Project:
- Characterizing cytokine
signals that induce morphological changes and calcium flux in normal and
sickled human erythrocytes.
- Collaborations with Tom Deuel (Scripps
Institute), Mohandas Narla and Xiuli An (NY Blood Center), Frans Kuypers
(Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute), Amittha Wickrema
(University of Chicago), Richard Labotka (University of IL), Cheryl
Hillery and Nancy Wandersee (Blood Center of WI)
tlweis@purdue.edu |
Gayani Kodippili, PhD Candidate
Chemistry Department (Biochemistry)
2ooo BS Chemistry - University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2oo3 MS Chemistry - University of Nevada
(Las Vegas, NV)
Current Project:
- Identifying components
of the band 3-ankyrin and band 3-adducin complexes.
- Single-particle tracking of DIDS-Biotin
complex to quantitatively deduce the diffusion coefficient of band 3 in
RBCs from patients harboring various blood disorders.
- Collaborations with Ken Ritchie (Purdue
University - Physics), Fred Regnier (Purdue University)
gkodippi@purdue.edu |
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Jesse Grey, PhD Candidate Chemistry Department (Biochemistry)
2oo1 BS Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of
Kentucky
Current Project:
- Cloning ankyrin domains
to elucidate physiological erythrocyte binding partners.
jlgrey@purdue.edu |
Taina Franco, Graduate Student Chemistry
Department (Biochemistry)
2oo6 BS Chemistry - University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras, PR)
Current Project:
- Mapping the binding site between human
erythrocyte
β-adducin and
the cytoplasmic domain of band 3.
- Characterizing cytokine
signals that induce morphological changes and calcium flux in normal and
sickled human erythrocytes.
- Collaborations with Mohandas Narla and
Xiuli An (NY Blood Center), Amittha Wickrema (University of Chicago),
Richard Labotka (University of IL), Cheryl Hillery and Nancy Wandersee
(Blood Center of WI)
tfranco@purdue.edu |