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Rutilio 'Rudy' Fratti is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Illinois University, with additional involvement in Biophysics & Quantitative Biology. He earned his B.S. from California State University, Long Beach in 1992, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2002. Following his doctorate, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School from 2002 to 2006. His research primarily focuses on Membrane Ion Channel Biology and Protein Biogenesis, Structure, and Function. The Fratti lab investigates the fundamental principles of protein-lipid interactions and membrane dynamics, particularly how they relate to various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. They employ yeast models to study lipid regulation in processes like membrane fusion, revealing insights into how specific lipids influence protein functions and cellular signaling pathways. By manipulating lipid environments in synthetic vesicles, the lab aims to elucidate the role of lipids in membrane fusion pathways, thus highlighting the importance of lipid dynamics in cellular function and disease progression.
University of Illinois • Urbana, IL
Teaching and research in the Department of Biochemistry.
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