Elizabeth Wright
Credentials: Biochemistry Department
Position title: Cryo-electron microscopy of biological macromolecular machines
Email: erwright2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-0666
Address:
461 Biochemistry Laboratories
433 Babcock Drive
Madison, WI 53706
LAB WEBSITE:
FOCUS GROUPS:
Cell Adhesion & Cytoskeleton; Molecular & Genome Biology of Microbes; Virology
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
My laboratory uses cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and molecular biology approaches to explore the three-dimensional structures and functions of viruses, bacteria, and mammalian cells to develop targeted therapeutic agents. Independent projects focus on bacteria and bacteriophage interactions; the structure and function of bacterial appendages; HIV-1 assembly and maturation; paramyxovirus and pneumovirus assembly and glycoprotein architecture; and mammalian host cell structure.
My laboratory also develops and uses novel cryo-EM and correlative light and electron microscopy technologies to further improve our capacity to address specific questions in cell biology, neuroscience, and infectious disease research.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
Biochemistry (IPiB), Biophysics