Associate Professor Sigurd Wilbanks

Research

Our lab employs a variety of biophysical techniques to study protein conformational changes and enzyme mechanisms. We have a primary interest in the structure and function of molecular chaperones, the cell's main defense against stress-induced protein misfolding and aggregation. In recent years our research has expanded to include investigation of splicing mechanisms for protein inteins, cytochrome c, cysteine dioxygenase, Wilms' Tumor 1 protein, and Psb27, a component of photosystem II.