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Mentor
Dr. Tom Smithgall
Education
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 2009
BS in Biology, Erskine College, 2003
Research
My research focuses on (1) the structure-function relationship of the HIV-1 accessory protein Nef and (2) the development of cell-based fluorescent assays to enable high-throughput screening of large chemical libraries for new lead compounds that interfere with specific protein-protein interactions.