Lorena S. Beese
Lorena S. Beese | |
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| Spouse | Homme Hellinga |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer Research, DNA replication, DNA mismatch repair |
| Institutions | Duke University School of Medicine |
| Academic advisors | Thomas 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.