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Professor profile
Laura Itzhaki
University of Cambridge
· Biology
Protein engineering
design Protein-protein interactions Protein degradation
About
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Laura Itzhaki is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences. Her research focuses on tandem-repeat proteins, including ankyrin, HEAT, and ARM repeat proteins, which are implicated in diseases such as cancer. Her work involves protein engineering and design, protein-protein interactions, and protein degradation. She utilizes techniques such as protein engineering, fluorescence spectroscopy, and in silico protein structure modelling. Her research themes include structural pharmacology and the study of protein function in disease.