Draft:Naima G. Sharaf

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Naima Gabriela Sharaf is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Stanford University[1]. She is a structural biologist who specializes in proteins in the bacterial cell envelope, including lipoproteins and membrane proteins

Early Life and education[edit]

Naima G. Sharaf
Born
Naima Gabriela Sharaf Palma

1986
Quito, Ecuador
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniveristy of North Carolina, Chapel hill, University of Pittsburgh
SpouseChristopher O. Barnes
ChildrenTwo sons
Scientific career
Academic advisorsGary Peilak, Angela Gronenborn, Doug Rees

Dr. Sharaf was born in Quito, Ecuador, and spent her early years there before relocating first to Australia and subsequently to the United States. She completed her high school education at North Andover High School in the U.S. Dr. Sharaf comes from a family of five, including her parents and three siblings. She is married to scientist Christopher Barnes, and they have two sons.

Education[edit]

Dr. Sharaf earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Biochemistry track) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[2]. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016[3], where she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Angela Gronenborn , studying HIV-1 reverse transcriptase using solution NMR techniques[4]. After that, she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Doug C. Rees at the California Institute of Technology, studying the methionine ABC transporter from Neisseria meningitidis.[5]

External Links[edit]

Lab website.

https://profiles.stanford.edu/naima-sharaf

  1. ^ "Naima G. Sharaf's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu.
  2. ^ "67 UNC students receive academic, service, leadership awards". UNC News Archives. 16 April 2008.
  3. ^ "University of Pittsburgh". www.somgrad.pitt.edu.
  4. ^ Sharaf, NG; Ishima, R; Gronenborn, AM (19 July 2016). "Conformational Plasticity of the NNRTI-Binding Pocket in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase: A Fluorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study". Biochemistry. 55 (28): 3864–73. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00113. PMC 4955860. PMID 27163463.
  5. ^ Sharaf, NG; Shahgholi, M; Kim, E; Lai, JY; VanderVelde, DG; Lee, AT; Rees, DC (19 August 2021). "Characterization of the ABC methionine transporter from Neisseria meningitidis reveals that lipidated MetQ is required for interaction". eLife. 10. doi:10.7554/eLife.69742. PMC 8416018. PMID 34409939.