Associate Professor

Specialty

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics

Education

B.S. Biology - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton - 1996
Ph.D. Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2003
Post-doctoral - Brandeis University

Office: Faculty Offices East (Bldg. 25) - 222

Phone: (805) 756-1666

E-Mail: agoodman@calpoly.edu

Research Interests

• Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton:
  1) Reconstitution of actin assembly in yeast cell-free extracts
  2) Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting
  3) Chemical-genetic approach to dissection of the signaling pathways
  4) Development of a fluorescent assay for actin assembly in extracts
• Structure-function analysis of actin-bundling proteins:
   1). Site-directed mutagenesis
    2) Protein purification
    3) Actin binding and bundling assays
    4) In vivo localization and function