| Webb Group | |
| Research | People | Links | Pictures | Publications |
 Webb Group, Fall 2011
Left-to-Right: Lauren Webb, Kjell Schroder, Christina Ragain, Andrew Ritchie, Jason Dugger, David Walker, Wenhui Hu, Nicholas Albanesi, Ignacio Gallardo Physical Chemistry of Biological Interfaces Research in the Webb group seeks to understand and manipulate the mechanisms of interaction, organization, and self-assembly of biological macromolecules that lead to the complex and emergent properties of living systems. We are interested in these topics for two principal reasons. First, understanding the organization of biological systems is of vital biomedical importance. Second, we seek to exploit the week but long-range interactions involved in noncovalent organization of biological macromolecules at prepared surfaces and interfaces with the ultimate goal of integrating biological and inorganic materials in a controlled and robust manner. Research in the Webb group is multidisciplinary and employes a variety of physical and analytical techniques. We study the physical chemistry of electrostatic fields at protein-protein interfaces using vibrational spectroscopy coupled with computational methods; and we prepare and characterize chemically modified surfaces that interact specifically with folded, functional proteins using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and surface spectroscopic techniques. Please visit our research page to learn more about specific projects underway in the Webb group. If you would like to learn more or are interested in joining the group, please contact Dr. Lauren Webb. |
Webb Group News: 2011: 10/1: Nick joins the lab. Welcome! 9/2: Lauren's Curcumin paper is accepted. 7/13: Wenhui's paper is accepted by J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7/13: Dan's paper is published in Proteins. 7/11: Lauren and Christina attend the Telluride Workshop on Protein Electrostatics. 6/24: Lauren attends the Iota Sigma Pi Triennial Convention. 6/20: Lauren presents a talk and David presents a poster at the Proteins Gordon Research Conference. 6/6: NSF REU scholar Navid Rivas joins the group. Welcome! 5/21: Ellen and Robert receive their BS and are off to graduate school. Congratulations, good luck, and keep in touch! 5/11: Wenhui receives a 2011 Summer Departmental Named Fellowship Award. Congrats! 5/10: Lauren receives the Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award. Thank you to Iota Sigma Pi! 5/6: Dan's paper is accepted by Proteins. 4/28: Lauren gives her 3rd year seminar. 4/20: Christina passes candidacy. Congrats! 4/8: Robert wins CNS Research Award for Excellence in Biochemical Research. Congratulations! 4/8: Wenhui passes candidacy. Congratulations! 4/5: Christina wins Paul Barbara Travel Scholarship to the Telluride Protein Electrostatics meeting. Congratulations! 3/27: Lauren presents at ACS Anaheim. 3/27: Amy and Robert present posters at ACS Anaheim. 2/5: Lauren gives a seminar at Notre Dame. 2010: 12/1: Ignacio's paper published in Langmuir. 11/1: Kjell, Jason, and Andrew join the group. Welcome! 10/1: Amy and Dan's paper published in J. Phys. Chem. B. 9/12: Lauren presents a poster at the Biointerface Science GRC. 8/1: Lauren presents a poster at the Infrared Spectroscopy GRC. 5/1: Huong joins the chemistry graduate program at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Congratulations, good luck, and keep in touch! 3/1: Dan joins the group. Welcome! 3/1: David pases candidacy. Congratulations! 2009: 11/1: Amy passes candidacy. Congratulations! Previous news |