RESEARCH
What we are working on...
Autophagy
Histone ubiquitylation
Chromatin Remodeling
Ubiquitin sensors
About Ubiquitin
Ubiquitous
Reversible
Signaling
Reversible
Signaling
Ubiquitin is a small protein of 76 amino acid. It is highly conserved among all eukaryotes. It is also the founding member of a large number of ubiquitin-like proteins that have been found across all three domains of life.
Visit our Research page to learn more about this fascinating protein and its involvement in diverse biological processes.
PEOPLE
We are from all over the world...
Tingting Yao
Professor
I grew up in Wuhan, China and came to Iowa, where I was introduced to the corn fields and the ubiquitin-proteasome world.
Robert E. Cohen
Professor
Yun-Seok Choi, Ph.D
Research Scientist
Francesco Scavone
Graduate Student
Sarah Bollinger
Graduate Student
Aixin Song, Ph.D
Research Scientist
Luisa Gomez
Graduate Student
Carolina Santos
Postdoc
Sharon Lian
BS/MS student
Logan McCoy
undergraduate
Zachary Hazlett
Graduate Student
Hobbes
Handsome and spoiled, Hobbes is an English cream Golden Retriever. His name comes from our favorite comic “Calvin and Hobbes”.
Affiliated Groups
We are affiliated with these Graduate Programs...
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chemical Biology Program
Cell and Molecular Biology Program