Chemist Who Explores Cells’ Protein Interactions With Light To Join UF Scripps Biomedical Research

Promising new drugs sometimes fail when they reach clinical trials despite strong early data. A new scientist joining UF Scripps Biomedical Research aims to address this problem with new chemistry tools that map interactions within cells.

Scientists need better mapping tools to illuminate basic biology and answer fundamental questions about how communication within cells occurs, interaction by interaction, says Ciaran Seath, Ph.D. He uses specific wavelengths of visible light to map protein interactions in the cell and thus create a better understanding of how drugs or disease affect them.

Seath will start his lab at UF Scripps in July, following a postdoctoral research position at Princeton University with recent Nobel laureate Dave MacMillan, Ph.D.

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