Research with Dr. Rizk

Research with Dr. Rizk

Ph.D. 2006 - Duke University

Biochemistry

Dr. Rizk’s research is in the area of protein engineering with the goal of rescuing enzymes affected by disease-causing mutations. Work in the Rizk lab also aims to develop engineered proteins for reversible self-assembly of nanostructures and biosensors for environmental pollutants. For more information about Dr. Rizk and his research, please visit his official IU website.


Dr. Rizk mentoring a biochemistry major (currently at IU School of Medicine) to engineer proteins to self-assemble into nanomaterials in response to their environment. 


Recent publications

N’Guetta PY, Fink MM, Rizk SS. Engineering a fluorescence biosensor for the herbicide glyphosate, Protein Engineering - Design and Selection, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzaa021

Mukherjee S, Griffin DH, Horn JR, Rizk SS, Nocula- Lugowska M, Malmqvist M, Kim SS, Kossiakoff AA. Engineered synthetic antibodies as probes to quantify the energetic contributions of ligand binding to conformational changes in proteins, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018

https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA117.000656

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