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Name: |
Jason Hurlbert |
| Title: |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| Education:
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Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Florida
M.S., Biochemistry, University of Florida
B.S., Agriculture and Microbiology, University of Florida
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| Office: |
301B Sims Science Building |
| Phone: |
803/323-4928 |
| E-mail: |
hurlbertj@winthrop.edu |
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| Area(s):
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Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry, Protein Structure and Function
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Dr. Hurlbert is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Physics and Geology at Winthrop. His doctoral work focused in the enzymological and solution structural analyses of proteins and carbohydrates. He then went on to perform postdoctoral research in x-ray crystallography in the Department of Structural Biology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
His research is centered on studying the structure/function relationships of proteins. Hurlbert uses a variety of techniques to accomplish goals, and the research spans the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics. Typically, proteins in bacterial systems are cloned and expressed, recombinant proteins are purified and characterized, conditions suitable for crystallization are identified, and then the structure of the crystallized protein is solved. The variety of techniques used provides plenty of opportunities for undergraduates to learn techniques that they will need in whatever post-baccalaureate path they choose.