Weiss Lab

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Our group develops and applies cutting-edge techniques from fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and biological imaging to studying one of life's most important class of molecules: proteins. Proteins are life's workhorse, and they play a role in nearly all processes in living organisms. Proteins are responsible for the replication of DNA (and the replication of cells); they are the engines of metabolic pathways providing organisms with energy; they are the building blocks of molecular motors that propel cells through space; and there is even a class of proteins called "enzymes" that are absolutely vital for catalyzing other biochemical reactions necessary for life.
One of today's most pressing challenges is for scientists to better understand the behavior and function of proteins.
The members of our lab have varied backgrounds, having been drawn from numerous other disciplines outside of straight chemistry or biology. We have physicists, mathematicians, biochemists, and computer scientists on hand, and we all combine our efforts toward exploring the mysterious microscopic world.
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Address

Weiss lab @ UCLA

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of California Los Angeles

607 Charles E. Young Drive East

Young Hall 2021

Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA


Weiss lab @ Bar-Ilan University

Department of Physics

Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials

Bar-Ilan University

Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel

Links

| UCLA
| Dept. of Chem. and Biochem. @ UCLA
| Dept. of Physiology @ UCLA




| Weiss lab @ Bar-Ilan University


Telephones

Weiss lab @ UCLA|: 310-267-4641