Masoud Jelokhani-Niaraki

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Professor Faculty of Science Chemistry and Biochemistry Waterloo, Ontario mjelokhani@wlu.ca Office: (154) 888-9381 ext. 3

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I received my PhD degree in Biological and Biophysical Chemistry from Saga University (Saga, Japan) in 1995.

After graduation, I worked as a lecturer in biochemistry in Saga University, pursued my research as a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Alberta, and taught organic chemistr...


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Bio/Research

I received my PhD degree in Biological and Biophysical Chemistry from Saga University (Saga, Japan) in 1995.

After graduation, I worked as a lecturer in biochemistry in Saga University, pursued my research as a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Alberta, and taught organic chemistry and biochemistry at Brandon University as an assistant professor.

I joined Laurier in 2001 as an assistant professor.

Research Interests
- Conformation and ion transport properties of the mitochondrial uncoupling proteins to elucidate their physiological roles.
- Mechanism of interaction of natural and synthetic cationic antimicrobial peptides, neuropeptides and antioxidant peptides with biological membranes as a crucial step in their biological activity.
- A combination of chemical, biochemical and biophysical techniques such as peptide synthesis, recombinant protein expression, fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, and patch clamp are used for these studies.


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