Protein Engineering (Ph.D. Only)

This area of study includes developing useful and valuable proteins, creating their structure and developing a function. The two general strategies for protein engineering include 'rational' protein design, and directed evolution. Protein Engineering can serve as a useful tool for research and new drug development. Currently, the majority of research work is conducted at UT Southwestern under Professor Sally Ward. A limited number of students are admitted into this program/track. Please inquire regarding the availability by emailing be@uta.edu.

Research Faculty in this area:

Sally Ward | Faculty profile
Paul and Betty Meek-FINA Professorship in Molecular Immunology
UT Southwestern

• Antibody engineering
• Development of therapeutics for cancer and autoimmunity
• Study of novel therapeutics on the cellular level and in-vivo
• Molecular basis for pharmacokinetics and FcRn
• Single molecule microscopy, development of novel methodologies
• Multifocal plane microscopy
• Signal and image processing with biomedical applications
• Surface plasmon resonance for biomolecular interactions
• Systems biology