Howard S. Young, PhD

Howard Young is a Professor at the 伊人直播 in the Department of Biochemistry. His research is focused on disorders of membrane transport, covering a broad range of pathologies including heart disease and muscle wasting diseases. He is also an expert in structural biology, with an emphasis on determining protein function using X-ray crystallography and cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM). His team has helped solve the structures of 14 antiviral derivatives bound to the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, the first of which is currently being developed for human clinical trials.
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