Deborah Wuttke
Professor of Biochemistry

Office: B222
Lab: B280

Lab Phone: 303-492-2369
Lab Fax: 303-492-5894

PhD: Caltech 1993
Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Scripps Research Institute 1993 - 1996

Honors and Awards: NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, NSF Career Award, University of Colorado Junior Faculty Development Award, Beckman Young Investigator, Research Corporation Young Investigator Award

Research Interests: Structural biology, NMR, telomere biology and biochemistry, viral replication, action of the estrogen receptor, small molecule screening

Teaching Interests: Honors General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry with Biological Applications, Graduate Core Biochemistry, Graduate Biophysics

Our research program at the University of Colorado is poised at the interface of biochemistry, biophysics and biology. Our lab aims to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms behind important biological processes. Recently, we have focused our efforts on telomere biology, attempting to understand the structural and biochemical basis for the maintenance of the ends of chromosomes. Disruption of telomere maintenance is catastrophic for the cell, and telomere processes are linked to both cancer and aging. We are also studying viral replication in the picornavirus family and the ligand binding properties of the estrogen receptor. A common theme is bringing sophisticated structural and biochemical tools to complex biological systems.