Orlando, Ron

Ron Orlando
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Solving biological/biomedical problems with mass spectrometry.
Solving biological/biomedical problems with mass spectrometry.
Biochemistry, molecular, and structural biology of mammalian glycoprotein biosynthesis and catabolism.
Biosynthesis and function of the plant cell wall polysaccharide pectin. Anti-cancer effects of pectin.
Understanding intracellular and intercellular heme transport.
The mechanisms of metalloproteins involved in radical generation, oxidative stress protection, as well as heme synthesis, sensing, aquisition and transport.
Evolutionary systems biology; protein kinase signaling in plants, pathogens and microbes. Evolution and classification of glycoenzymes.
Retrovirus-like transposons in budding yeast, control of transposition, restriction factors.
Ecology of macroinvertebrates in freshwater wetlands and streams.