Category: Li

Interdisciplinary structural studies of iron homeostasis in cardiovascular health

January 22nd, 2021 – Weikai Li, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, along with Michael L. Gross, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Immunology, and Medicine, and Michael J. Greenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, received a new three-year grant award from American Heart Association for their research entitled “Interdisciplinary structural studies of iron homeostasis in cardiovascular health”.

Regulation of normal and malignant B cells by the tetraspanin CD53

January 17th, 2020 – Weikai Li, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, along with Laura Schuettpelz, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, received an Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives grant award from the Children’s Discovery Institute for their work entitled “Regulation of normal and malignant B cells by the tetraspanin CD53”.

New chemical probes enable Mass Spectrometry-based footprinting of human protein structure in lipid membranes and cells

January 31st, 2019 – Weikai Li, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, along with Michael L. Gross, PhD, professor of chemistry, immunology, and medicine, received a new four year grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for their research entitled “New chemical probes enable Mass Spectrometry-based footprinting of human protein structure in lipid membranes and cells”.

Terminal coupling enabled structure determination of human membrane proteins at atomic resolution

December 27th, 2018 – Weikai Li, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, along with Rui Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics received a new three year, grant award from the W. M. Keck foundation for their research entitled “Terminal coupling enabled structure determination of human membrane proteins at atomic resolution”.

Structural basis of Schnyder corneal dystrophy

February 26th, 2018 – Weikai Li, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, along with Jayne S. Weiss, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, LSU Health Sciences Center received a new two year, grant award from the National Eye Institute for his research entitled “Structural basis of Schnyder corneal dystrophy”.