CSB Research Spotlight: Wankowicz Lab – How protein movement influences function

Posted by daviskd2 on Monday, April 28, 2025 in News.

Understanding how proteins get from point A to point B is top of mind for Stephanie Wankowicz, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics.

The Wankowicz lab conducts research on how entropy, a measure of the tendency toward disorder or randomness within a system, shifts when a protein binds to a drug or another protein.

Read more about how this research work lays the groundwork for future breakthroughs on the Research News website.