Feimeng Zhou

California State University, Los Angeles

Projects

Characterization of Novel DNA/Semiconductor Nanoconjugates

Lead Institution

California State University, Los Angeles

Principal Investigator

Feimeng Zhou

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed study is to develop a controllable methodology by which the inorganic compounds can be evenly grown along the DNA template at molecular level and investigate the impact of various…

Using electron paramagnetic resonance to study iron binding sites with alpha-synuclein, a protein marker for Parkinson's disease

Lead Institution

California State University, Los Angeles

Principal Investigator

Feimeng Zhou

Project type

Exploratory Research

In Parkinson's disease, the brains of affected patients were found to contain aggregated alpha-synuclein (a-syn) protein and high levels of iron (Fe2+ and Fe3+). Iron was found to binding a-syn,…