Dr. Steven Wilkinson
Professor
Specialties
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Education:
Post-Doctoral - University of California, San Diego, 2005-2008
Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Louisiana State University, 2005
B.S. - The College of William & Mary, 1995
Office: Baker Center - Bldg. 180 - 422
Phone: (805) 756-1624
E-mail: spwilkin@calpoly.edu
Research Interests
- Protein stabilization mediated by compatible solutes (osmolytes)
- Development of structure- and activity-based biochemical assays of protein stability
- Characterization of osmolyte-dependent protein stability for multiple protein models
- Investigation of stabilization mechanisms
- Biochemical characterization of transcriptional regulators from the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans
- Cloning, overexpression and purification of putative gene regulatory proteins
- Characterization of DNA- and ligand-binding properties
- Analysis of molecular mechanisms and gene regulatory functions.
