First Name
Lin
Middle Name
Last Name
Jiang
Organization
University of California, Los Angeles
Job Title
Associate Professor
Email
linjiang@mednet.ucla.edu
Research Summary
computational structural biology and drug design for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other degenerative disorders
Research Description
Current research in Jiang Lab at UCLA is driven by two key questions: How do unfolded or misfolded proteins self-associate into abnormal aggregates? How do these aggregates propagate and lead to disease? Ongoing research is to develop new therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative and other brain diseases, which includes: 1) design allosteric BACE inhibitor that specifically blocks the APP cleavage and Abeta production; 2) design protein inhibitor that blocks the prion-like transmission of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases; 3) design and test new protein that crosses the blood-brain barrier via carrier-mediated transport. The findings of the research will identify new drug targets, develop new therapeutics and design new therapeutic compounds or peptides for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. All of these will strengthen our ability of designing biological systems with desired properties, provide an alternative perspective for us to ultimately understand our living world, and promise solutions to some of the most pressing problems in human health.
Research Keywords
drugs,aggregation,fibrils,enzyme design
Working with Rosetta Since
2002