Geoff Lippa
Education
- Post-doctoral studies: Structural Biology Hauptman Woodward Medical Institute, 2015
- PhD: Biochemistry University of Rochester, 2013
- BS: Chemistry (Biochemistry) Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2007
Specialties / Areas of Interest
- Biochemistry, Protein Engineering, Virology, Toxicology, Structural Biology, Molecular Biology
Courses Taught
- Biological Foundations
- Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids
- Junior Seminar
- Research Topics: Biochemical Techniques
- Toxicology
- Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolism
- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology I
- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology II
- General Chemistry I
- General Chemistry II
- Structure and Function of Organisms
Research, Publications, & Presentations
Presentations
- Probing Stability in adenosine deaminase using site-directed mutagenesis, 2023. Undergraduate Genetics Education Network Workshop.
Research & Publications
- Srivastava, Y., Bonn-Breach, R., Chavali, S.S., Lippa, G.M., Jenkins, J.L., and Wedekind, J.E. “Affinity and Structural Analysis of the U1A RNA Recognition Motif with Engineered Methionines to Improve Experimental Phasing.” Crystals (Basel). 2021 March; 11(3): 273.
- Zhu, J, Lippa, G.M., Gulick A.M., Tipton, P.A. "Examining Reaction Specificity in PvcB, a Source of Diversity in Isonitrile-containing Natural Products." Biochemistry. 2015, 54 (16) 2659-69.
- Salter, J.S.*, Lippa, G.M.*, Belashov, I.A., Wedekind, J.E. "Core-binding factor ß (CBFß) increases the affinity between Cullin5 and HIV-1 Vif within an E3 Ligase Complex." Biochemistry. 2012, 51 (44) 8702-8704. (*Shared first authorship)
- Lippa, G.M.*, Liberman, J.A.*, Jenkins, J.L.*, Krucinska, J., Salim, M., Wedekind, J.E. Crystallographic Analysis of Small Ribozymes and Riboswitches. In Ribozymes: Methods and Protocols; Hartig, Jorg S. Ed; Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 848,; Humana Press, 2012, p. 15984. (*Shared first authorship)
Affiliations & Memberships
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, United States
- Society for the Advancement of Biological Education Research, United States
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