Group Members

Nina Bozhanova

Current Post-Doctoral Fellow

PhD Molecular Biology, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Russia
nbozhanova [ at ] gmail.com
Vanderbilt University - MBRIII 5140 Office Suite

Research Interests:

• Antibody structure prediction and antibody design
• Sequence-based prediction of antibody function
• Fluorogen-activating proteins (FAPs) design and development of novel FAPs-based research tools
• Function of lipocalin family proteins
• Fluorescent proteins
• Method development in Rosetta 

Collaboration with Crowe Lab: https://www.vumc.org/crowe-lab/

Project Description:

I am interested in combination of computational and experimental approaches to develop novel tools that can advance or revolutionize various areas of biological science. Currently I am working among an interdisciplinary team of scientists from both Drs. Jens Meiler and James Crowe laboratories to combine next-generation sequencing data, information about experimentally discovered and characterized antibodies, and computational methods to elucidate structural determinants of pathogen recognition. Bringing all these data together, I am looking to better understand the maturation process of broadly neutralizing or highly potent antibodies. I am also fascinated by visualization of molecular-level biological processes and work to develop protein and small molecules-based tools for fluorescent imaging, while also working to improve the computational design of these probes.

Publication Link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y8KTHhQAAAAJ&hl=en