Zongchao Jia

Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

Our lab is actively involved in three-dimensional structure characterization of macromolecules using X-ray crystallography as a primary tool, with an increasing emphasis on functional studies. We apply crystallographic, biophysical, biochemical and cell biology methods to study several classes of biologically important proteins. Current projects focus on kinases and phosphatases, effector proteins involved in pathogen-host interaction as well as proteins implicated in bacterial pathogenicity.