Çada D. Son

Biography

Çada D. Son "Education: Bachelor of Science [09/1993 to 06/1997] Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey •Biology Minor [09/1993 to 06/1997] Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey •Organic Chemistry Master of Science [09/1997 to 06/1999] Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey •Microbiology PhD. [08/1999 - 12/2004] University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN •Biochemistry Post Doc. [01/2005 - 05/2006] University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN •Receptor ligand interactions (GPCRs) Post Doc. [06/2006 - 01/2009] California Institute of Technology •Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Confocal Microscopy Description of research activities: Currently our research focused on the identification of protein-protein interactions by quantitative Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements as well as by florescence intensity ratio (FIR) analysis in live cells. We are interested in G-protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) dimerization, and effects of post-translational modifications and ligand interactions on receptor dimerization. " Çada D. Son "Education: Bachelor of Science [09/1993 to 06/1997] Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey •Biology Minor [09/1993 to 06/1997] Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey •Organic Chemistry Master of Science [09/1997 to 06/1999] Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey •Microbiology PhD. [08/1999 - 12/2004] University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN •Biochemistry Post Doc. [01/2005 - 05/2006] University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN •Receptor ligand interactions (GPCRs) Post Doc. [06/2006 - 01/2009] California Institute of Technology •Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Confocal Microscopy Description of research activities: Currently our research focused on the identification of protein-protein interactions by quantitative Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements as well as by florescence intensity ratio (FIR) analysis in live cells. We are interested in G-protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) dimerization, and effects of post-translational modifications and ligand interactions on receptor dimerization. "

Research Interest

Research Interest: Membrane proteins, Protein-protein interactions, GPCRs, nAChRs, Fluorescence proteins, Confocal microscopy, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence microscopy, FRET, HPLC, Mass spectrometry, MALDI-TOF, protein purification, Photo affinity cross-linking