Andrew Goring

Research

Andrew is working on elucidating the pathway of the tau protein’s aggregation into fibers, the cause of neurodegenerative diseases known as Tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease. He assists with DEER spectroscopy distance measurements, ThT fluorescence, and small peptide production using molecular biology. In addition, he is in charge of creating tau mutants via site-directed mutagenesis, expressing and purifying these mutants, and preparing them for magnetic resonance experiments. One of his interests lies in optimizing spin-labelling efficiency for doubly spin-labelled IDPs, which could cut the time of DEER experiments in half. In doing this, he models the kinetics for, and studies the effects of solvent conditions on, multiple chemical reactions.

Education

• 2013 - 2018: B.S., Biochemistry, University of California - Santa Barbara (Advisor: Prof. Songi Han)

Award

• 2016 - 2017: STEM Summer Student Support Fund, University of California - Santa Barbara