If you didn’t get a chance to tune into this weeks interview, be sure to download this pod cast!
It was my pleasure to interview Dr. Joseph Zaia!!
Education.
Dr. Zaia received his B.S. In Chemistry, Bates College, Lewiston ME. He received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With a dissertation title: Improvements in the Tandem Mass Spectrometric Sequencing of Peptides and Chemically Modified Peptides.
Research Initiatives.
Dr. Zaia is now a professor and researcher at Boston University School of medicine and is also the Director of the mass spectrometry resource. Dr. Zaia`s research focuses on Structural biochemistry of Proteoglycans, Glycosaminoglycans and Glycoprotein’s. As quoted from Dr. Zaias research page . “The diverse nature of Glycosaminoglycans structure renders them difficult to purify and hinders attempts to discover both structural determinants for the binding of proteins ligands and discoloration constants” That being said , Dr. Zaia utilizes cutting edge mass spectrometric technology to detail functionally relevant Glycosaminoglycan sub structures. Some of his in lab projects include.
Glycomics of Glycosaminoglycan expression in the C elegans model organism
Development of a model glycosaminoglycan expression of mammalian organ and organ sub structures. Extension of tumor states in mammalian organs.
Assignment of biological function to specific glycosaminoglycan domains based on binding to growth factors of cardiovascular interest and ability to mediate cell signaling.
And much more….
Be sure to listen to the interview of Dr. Zaia as I know you will find it just as fascinating as I did.
Here are a few links of interest or Dr. Zaia.
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-bi/researchfaculty/joseph-zaia/
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/pgsl
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/msr/
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/pgsl/recent-publications/
