Popa, Ionel

Building Nanofluidic Devices Using 3D Printing

College of Letters & Science, Mentor, Physics, Popa, Ionel, Poster Presentation, Project, Saitis, Florin, School and College, Student

Florin Saitis, “Building Nanofluidic Devices Using 3D Printing” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Poster #154 This project focused on using 3D printing technology to create fluid chambers with nanofluidic channels for single-molecule magnetic tweezers experiments. The project involved designing various channel…… Read More

Constructing a Fluorescence-Based Technique to Model Protein Unfolding

College of Letters & Science, Mentor, Oral Presentation, Outstanding Presentation Award, Physics, Popa, Ionel, Project, Raicu, Naomi, School and College, Student

Naomi Raicu, “Constructing a Fluorescence-Based Technique to Model Protein Unfolding” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Oral Presentation Block 1 The unfolding and refolding of protein domains is a phenomenon which frequently occurs inside the human body. Protein misfolding is related to…… Read More

Creating a Streptavidin-meGFP Protein Construct

College of Letters & Science, Malik, Suha, Mentor, Physics, Popa, Ionel, Poster Presentation, Project, School and College, Student

Suha Malik, “Creating a Streptavidin-meGFP Protein Construct” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Poster #25 Streptavidin [alive] (SAA) is a homo-tetramer protein with high affinity for biotin. Biotin is a cofactor necessary for metabolic enzymes such as carboxylases and decarboxylases, which produce…… Read More