Malhotra Lab WWW Server

Research Areas

• Sigma54 Based Transcription Initiation in Prokaryotes


• Exoribonucleases

People

• Arun Malhotra, Associate Professor
  malhotra@miami.edu ; CV (pdf - NIH format)
• Yuhong Zuo, Assistant Scientist
  y.zuo@umiami.edu ; CV (pdf - NIH format)
• Rajendra Singh, Postdoctoral Associate
  rajendra84@hotmail.com
• Yong Wang, Technician
  wbrave@hotmail.com
• Lucy Zhang, Technician
  lucy.zhang@lycos.com
• Yusuf Kaya, Graduate Student (Malhotra/Ofengand Lab)
  y.kaya@umiami.edu
• Andy Larrea, Graduate Student (Malhotra/Myers Lab)
  alarrea@molbio.med.miami.edu
• Claudiu Nelersa, Graduate Student
  cnelersa@newssun.med.miami.edu
• Claudia Recinos, Graduate Student
  crecinos@umsis.miami.edu
• Adviye Ayper Tolun, Graduate Student
  atolun@molbio.med.miami.edu
• Pavan Vaidyanathan, Grad Student
  p.vaidyanathan@umiami.edu

Contact Info

• Laboratory: Gautier, Room 105, Ph: 305-243-2890
• Malhotra Office: Gautier, Room 105A, Ph: 305-243-2826
• Fax: 305-243-3955
• Mailing Address: PO Box 016129, Dept. of Biochemistry (R-629), Miami, FL 33101-6129
• Shipping Address: Malhotra Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Gautier Bldg, Room 105, 1011 NW, 15th Street, Miami, FL 33136-1015

Recent Publications

Local Online Manuals

Equipment & Facilities

Teaching

• BMB407/507 - Proteins & Enzymes
  Updated for spring 2007
  Course Materials


• BMB509 - Molecular Biology of the Gene
  Section on Transcription
  Updated for fall 2007
  2007 Class Notes
  Old 2003 Class Notes
  2003 Exam with Key (PDF format)


• IBS601 Section on Protein Folding
  Updated for fall 2006
  Class Notes


• BMB615 - Structure & Function of Biological Macromolecules
  Updated for spring 2009
  
  Selected Slides
  
  DNA Polymerases
  Section Outline
  Related PDB files
  
  RNA & RNP structure
  Section Outline
  Example PDB files
  EM methods in Structural Biology
  Section Outline
  

Other Activities

• Information Resources Committee


• Methods issue on Ribosome Structure


• Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposia
  2002: Structural Biology
  2003: 50 Years on: From the Double Helix to Molecular Medicine

Funding

• Startup Funds - Markey Foundation & Department of Biochemistry, University of Miami School of Medicine
• Initial Investigatorship Award - American Heart Association, FL Affiliate (07/2001-06/2004)
• New Investigator Award - Florida Biomedical Research Program, Florida Department of Health (06/2001-06/2004)
• Research Grant R01 - GM69972 - NIGMS, National Institutes of Health (09/2003-08/2008)