Biography

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Lukasz Joachimiak received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000.  He received his Ph.D. in 2007 working in the lab of David Baker at University of Washington where he established computational tools to define the energetic and structural principles that underlie protein-protein interactions.  He completed his postdoctoral work with Judith Frydman at Stanford University where he developed innovative approaches to understand the structure and mechanics of substrate interaction by the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT.

At UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Joachimiak's laboratory utilizes structural and biochemical approaches to dissect the role of chaperones and protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases.  His group is also interested in integrating experimental and computational methods to predict the structures of protein complexes not tractable by classical structural biology techniques.

 

 

 

Education

Undergraduate
Uni of Wisconsin-Madison (2001), Biochemistry
Graduate School
University of Washington (2007), Biochemistry

Research Interest

  • Chaperone structual biology
  • Molecular recognition and specificity
  • Protein (mis)folding in neurodegenerative diseases

Publications

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Saturation mutagenesis of α-synuclein reveals monomer fold that modulates aggregation.
Chlebowicz J, Russ W, Chen D, Vega A, Vernino S, White CL, Rizo J, Joachimiak LA, Diamond MI, Sci Adv 2023 Oct 9 43 eadh3457
Anti-tau antibodies targeting a conformation-dependent epitope selectively bind seeds.
Hitt BD, Gupta A, Singh R, Yang T, Beaver JD, Shang P, White CL, Joachimiak LA, Diamond MI, J Biol Chem 2023 Sep 105252
Hydrostatic Pressure Sensing by WNK kinases.
Humphreys JM, Teixeira LR, Akella R, He H, Kannangara AR, Sekulski K, Pleinis J, Liwocha J, Jiou J, Servage KA, Orth K, Joachimiak L, Rizo J, Cobb MH, Brautigam CA, Rodan AR, Goldsmith EJ, Mol Biol Cell 2023 Aug mbcE23030113

Honors & Awards

  • Endowed Scholar Award
    (2016-2020)