Home Department: Chemistry
Supported by: Dean of Research
Mentor: Justin du Bois, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Zahra is a rising senior working with professor Justin Du Bois in the chemistry department. Her research involves using derivatives of guanidinium toxins, a class of potent neurotoxins found throughout nature, as molecular probes for studying the structure and function of voltage-gated sodium channels. This summer, her work is focused on the design, synthesis and biological testing of toxin-fluorophore conjugates for use in dynamic and kinetic studies of these channels.
Zahra Harati Taji1, Arun Thottumkara1, Darren Finkelstein1, Justin Du Bois1
[Department of Chemistry1, Stanford University]
Home Department: Chemistry
Supported by: Bio-X
Mentor: Justin Du Bois, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Zahra is a rising junior from Iran, majoring in Chemistry. This summer in Justin Du Bois’s lab, she is working on the synthesis of GTX-3 analogues, which can be used to study the structure and function of voltage-gated sodium ion channels. In addition, she is working on the synthesis of fluorescent compounds that can be used to further study these channels.
Zahra Harati Taji1, James Walker1, Arun Thottumkara1, Justin Du Bois1
[Department of Chemistry1, Stanford University]