Welcome to London
Besides adding new content – articles on Jordan, Cognac, friends left behind over the years, and the world vs. home – I also changed the layout of my homepage slightly. Drop caps now mark the beginning of sections, the navigation bars fulfills its function even when the page is scrolled down, and a share button allows the reader to shout the glory of these pages into the void of the web. I hope all of this is helpful.
In 2004, I completed my Ph.D. in Chris Hill's lab at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. After just over two years as a Marie Curie fellow in Andrea Dessen's group at the Institut Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France, I moved to London in the summer of 2007. Imperial College will be my home for the foreseeable future.
After a foray into infectious diseases and membrane proteins, I am now safely back to regulated proteolysis and AAA-ATPases. My new home is the lab jointly run by Paul Freemont and Xiaodong Zhang where I'm trying to understand the function of p97 from a structural point of view. The proteins I work with are all soluble but that doesn't make them much easier to handle than membrane proteins.
London is a city that's in a league on its own. It far unlike any place I've ever lived. The energy pulsating through the streets at any hour of day or night is absolutely stunning. The possibilities for entertainment, culture and dining are unlimited. I'll need many years to scratch beyond the surface, but that's what I've come for. I won't miss out on things, and I promise not to miss the mountains too much.
