People in the lab enjoy a dynamic research environment and are encouraged to combine alternate approaches to gain insight into a variety of biomedical research areas. I am highly committed to the development of my students and make every effort to ensure they have the necessary facilities and space in which to get their scientific wings. Thanks to the generosity of CFI and OIT, the lab is exceptionally well equipped with state of the art equipment. We have a new X-ray Diffraction Facility and a recently renovated 300 sq.ft. Computer Graphics Room designated to structure determination and analysis. We have ample and rapid access to synchrotron sources (National Synchrotron Light Source, Advanced Photon Source) for data collection.
In addition to equipment, people benefit greatly from exposure to other excellent structure groups during daily interaction and shared group meetings. The Department of Biochemistry has made a strong commitment to developing the area of structural biology and now houses three labs dedicated to X-ray crystallography (Ling, Shilton, Junop), in addition to labs using NMR (Shaw, Choy), mass spectroscopy (Yeung, Konermann, Lajoie) and a variety of other well established biophysical techniques.
Junop Lab 