Lorena S. Beese

Lorena S. Beese
Born
Alma mater
SpouseHomme Hellinga
Scientific career
FieldsCancer Research, DNA replication, DNA mismatch repair
InstitutionsDuke University School of Medicine
Academic advisorsThomas A. Steitz

Lorena Beese is a James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry and Duke Cancer Institute Member. Her research involves structural mechanisms underlying DNA replication and repair, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and microbial pathogenesis; X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy; structure-based drug design; protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions, enzyme mechanisms, chemical biology, protein structure and function.