Division of Biology and Medicine
Therapeutic Sciences Graduate Program

Alexandra Deaconescu

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry

Biography

Research in the Deaconescu lab is centered on bacterial mechanisms involved in responses to stress signals, particularly DNA damage. We utilize a combination of biochemical and biophysical methods coupled with structural analyses by X-ray crystallography and electron cryo-microscopy. Our work is relevant to pathogen-host interactions and the development of antibiotic resistance.