|
George P. Lisi
Principal Investigator Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry George is a native of New England, receiving his undergraduate education at Fairfield University (2009) and Ph.D. at Dartmouth (2014) under the direction of Dean E. Wilcox and Ekaterina Pletneva. His graduate studies focused on the thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of zinc- and iron-containing proteins. George was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Yale University (2014 - 2018) under the mentorship of Pat Loria, studying the biochemistry and biophysics of enzyme structure, dynamics and allosteric regulation by NMR. He joined the Brown faculty in September 2018, where his group studies the chemistry and structural biology of enzyme complexes. |
|
George teaches introductory and advanced biochemistry courses for undergraduates and graduate students and is a guest lecturer on topics of protein biophysics, allostery, and drug discovery in several other courses at Brown, as well as at outside Universities.
|
Kyle East - Postdoc - Kyle received B.S. degrees in chemistry and biology from UC, Irvine and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University, where he was an NIH NRSA graduate research fellow and studied the structure, dynamics, and regulation of DNA polymerases.
Helen Belato - Graduate Student - Helen received a B.S. in molecular & cell biology from the University of Connecticut and is an MPP Ph.D. student investigating the allosteric pathways within Cas9. She received an NIH T32 training award in Pharmacological Sciences and the NSF GRFP in 2020.
Emily Chen - Graduate Student - Emily received a B.S. in biochemistry from Brandeis University. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the MCB program studying the structural basis of MIF-2 in disease. She received an NIH T32 training award in Respiratory Research.
Jennifer Cui - Graduate Student - Jenn received a B.S. in biochemistry from Queen's University and M.S. from McMaster University, while also conducting research at the University of Ottawa, the Matrix Biology Institute, and Harvard Medical School. She joined the MCB Ph.D. program in 2019 and is investigating the structure, dynamics, and function of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs).
Erin Skeens - Graduate Student - Erin received a B.S. in biology from Tufts University and prior to joining the lab, she studied immune checkpoint regulators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She joined the MCB graduate program in 2020 and is investigating the latent allostery and biochemical signaling in MIF.
Adela Herce - Undergraduate - Adela is a rising senior concentrating in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Brown and studying the molecular mechanism of GMCSF in the lab.
Aditya Rao - Undergraduate - Aditya is concentrating in Biochemistry and studying the role of the Cas9 recognition (Rec) domain in its biological function. He was awarded a 2021 UTRA fellowship to conduct this work over the summer.
Jon Scalabrini - Undergraduate - Jon is a rising senior at Brown, concentrating in Biochemistry and Public Health. In the lab, Jon studies the molecular mechanisms of MIF family proteins.
Lab Alumni
Allison Gallagher - Undergraduate - 2019
Estelle Han - Undergraduate - 2019
Samuel Croes - Undergraduate - 2019 - 2021 - Subsequent position: Life Sciences Consultant, Ascel Health
Nadia Goldberg - Undergraduate - 2019 - 2021
J.P. Moise - Undergraduate - 2020 - 2021 - Subsequent position: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Helen Belato - Graduate Student - Helen received a B.S. in molecular & cell biology from the University of Connecticut and is an MPP Ph.D. student investigating the allosteric pathways within Cas9. She received an NIH T32 training award in Pharmacological Sciences and the NSF GRFP in 2020.
Emily Chen - Graduate Student - Emily received a B.S. in biochemistry from Brandeis University. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the MCB program studying the structural basis of MIF-2 in disease. She received an NIH T32 training award in Respiratory Research.
Jennifer Cui - Graduate Student - Jenn received a B.S. in biochemistry from Queen's University and M.S. from McMaster University, while also conducting research at the University of Ottawa, the Matrix Biology Institute, and Harvard Medical School. She joined the MCB Ph.D. program in 2019 and is investigating the structure, dynamics, and function of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs).
Erin Skeens - Graduate Student - Erin received a B.S. in biology from Tufts University and prior to joining the lab, she studied immune checkpoint regulators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She joined the MCB graduate program in 2020 and is investigating the latent allostery and biochemical signaling in MIF.
Adela Herce - Undergraduate - Adela is a rising senior concentrating in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Brown and studying the molecular mechanism of GMCSF in the lab.
Aditya Rao - Undergraduate - Aditya is concentrating in Biochemistry and studying the role of the Cas9 recognition (Rec) domain in its biological function. He was awarded a 2021 UTRA fellowship to conduct this work over the summer.
Jon Scalabrini - Undergraduate - Jon is a rising senior at Brown, concentrating in Biochemistry and Public Health. In the lab, Jon studies the molecular mechanisms of MIF family proteins.
Lab Alumni
Allison Gallagher - Undergraduate - 2019
Estelle Han - Undergraduate - 2019
Samuel Croes - Undergraduate - 2019 - 2021 - Subsequent position: Life Sciences Consultant, Ascel Health
Nadia Goldberg - Undergraduate - 2019 - 2021
J.P. Moise - Undergraduate - 2020 - 2021 - Subsequent position: West Virginia University School of Medicine
