Dr. Raquel Lieberman

Biography

Raquel Lieberman holds the Sepcic-Pfiel Chair at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the PEW Scholar in Biomedical Sciences and the NSF CAREER Award. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that allow cells to survive by recognizing and responding to intracellular signals. Lieberman's interests include studying the mechanisms that eukaryotic cells employ to maintain homeostasis, and how misregulations in these systems can lead to diseases such as Alzheimer's and glaucoma. A significant focus of her work involves the protein myocilin, which plays a role in the regulation of eye pressure and whose genetic mutations lead to early-onset glaucoma. Furthermore, she investigates intramembrane proteases and their implications in protein maturation and neurodegenerative diseases. Lieberman's methods include protein crystallography and biophysical characterization, with the aim of discovering small molecular inhibitors that could modulate disease processes. She has completed her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. from prestigious institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

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