Sukenik Lab | UCMerced

WELCOME TO THE SUKENIK LAB

Developing solutions to control protein function in health and disease

ABOUT THE LAB

Our lab studies the interaction between proteins and their surrounding environment in the test tube and in cells using a combination of live cell imaging, spectroscopy, and computational modeling.

We are part of the Chemistry and Biological Chemistry program at UC Merced.

LAB NEWS

Oct 27 20 - The lab was featured in a UC Merced press release. See here:

Oct 22 20 - our lab hosted Dr. Erik Martin (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)

Oct 6 20 - David and Feng presented posters at Gibbs Annual Biothermodynamics Conference

Oct 2 20 - Karina and David won 1st place at the CCBM poster competition!

Oct 1 20 Lab seminar - the lab hosted Dr. Jose Alfredo Caro (Texas A&M)

Sep 12 20 Grant awarded! The Sukenik and Cuevas labs have been awarded UC-CONACYT bi-national grant to study the effect of disordered proteins in plants experiencing drought

Environmental Perturbation microscopy setup

U-2 OS cell under hyperosmotic stress. ER labeled with sec61b, actin fibers dyed with phalloidin-AF488

Cells under sudden hyperosmotic shock display vacuole-like deformations. Vinculin (red) and calcein (green)

isosurfaces of whole cell and nucleus before (top) and after (bottom) hyperosmotic challenge

U-2OS cells labeled with calcein AM (green) and lifeact-mCherry (red)