Brian Slaughter
Molecular Microscopy
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
United States of America
Biography
Microscopist Brian Slaughter collaborates with Stowers investigators on the application of molecular imaging technologies to model organisms including budding yeast and Drosophila. Areas of expertise include fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), and single molecule methods. He has successfully applied these methods to examine protein interactions, protein dynamics, and stoichiometry of large protein complexes in living cells. He has extensive experience, as well, in in vivo gene tagging and in vitro fluorophore conjugation. Slaughter received a dual B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from William Jewell College and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Kansas. He completed postdoctoral studies at the Stowers Institute and has served the Institute as a research advisor since 2010. In 2015, he added the role of Co-Head of Microscopy.
Research Interest
Molecular Microscopy, Molecular Imaging Technologies, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
