Andrew Miranker, Ph.D.

Andrew Miranker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

B.S. Carnegie Mellon University 1986
Ph.D. Harvard University 1992

Research Interests

Research in our laboratory is focused on conformational changes in proteins which give rise to a special class of protein complex known as amyloid fibrils.

Representative Publications

Morgan, C., Gelfand, M., Atreya, C. and Miranker, A. D. (2001) Kidney dialysis-associated amyloidosis: a molecular role for copper in fibril formation J. Mol. Biol. 309:339-345

Padrick, S. Miranker, A. D. (2001) Islet amyloid polypeptide: Identification of long range contacts and local order on the fibrillogenesis pathway J. Mol. Biol. 308:783-794

Larson, J. L., Ko, E. Miranker, A. D. (2000) Direct measurement of islet amyloid polypeptide fibrillogenesis by mass spectrometry Protein Science 9:427-431