Professional Overview
Professional Education
| Doctor of Medicine: | University of California San Francisco (2009) |
| Bachelor of Science: | Stanford University, BIOL-BSH (1999) |
| Doctor of Philosophy: | University of California San Francisco (2007) |
Stanford Advisors
| James Ford: | Postdoctoral Research Mentor |
Scientific Focus
Publications
- Disease-associated polyglutamine stretches in monomeric huntingtin adopt a compact structure. J Mol Biol. 2012; (4-5): 587-600
- Identifying polyglutamine protein species in situ that best predict neurodegeneration. Nat Chem Biol. 2011; (12): 925-34
- Quantitative relationships between huntingtin levels, polyglutamine length, inclusion body formation, and neuronal death provide novel insight into huntington's disease molecular pathogenesis. J Neurosci. 2010; (31): 10541-50
- Protein turnover and inclusion body formation. Autophagy. 2009; (7): 1037-8
- Single neuron ubiquitin-proteasome dynamics accompanying inclusion body formation in huntington disease. J Biol Chem. 2009; (7): 4398-403
- The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in Huntington's disease. ScientificWorldJournal. 2008: 421-33
