Dr. Dan Kahne

Biography

Dan Kahne is the Department Chair and Higgins Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses on antibiotic resistance and the development of new approaches to treat resistant bacterial infections. Kahne's work emphasizes the role of protein machines that assemble the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, which protects against toxic molecules. He aims to identify the components of these machines and elucidate their functions. His long-term goal is to discover molecules that interfere with the assembly of the outer membrane. His research interests encompass protein translocation, trafficking, the assembly of lipopolysaccharides, beta-barrel proteins, and cell wall biosynthesis.

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