Established in 2012 at James Madison University in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,the lab is focused on the determining the enzymatic mechanism(s) of acyl transfer and the structural mechanism of viral tethering.
There are positions in the lab for undergraduate research assistants, please contact Dr. Berndsen if you are interested in more information.
You can also see what is going on with the lab via Twitter.
Summer research team in 2018
Summer research team in 2016
Information about Dr. Berndsen
Education
Post-Doctoral work: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2008 to 2012)
Ph.D.: Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, Madison, WI (2008)
B.S. Biochemistry, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA (2003)
Honors and Awards
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellow
