David Jurkowitz

April 27, 2023 00:03:29
David Jurkowitz
Thesis Thursday
David Jurkowitz

Apr 27 2023 | 00:03:29

/

Show Notes

Hello! My name is David Jurkowitz and I am a junior studying biochemistry and Hebrew. I work in the Wheeler lab, which applies computational biology tools to genomics, biological sequence annotation, and drug discovery. My current project looks at computationally predicting binding pockets in proteins, which is done through comparing measurements of amino acid sequence conservation with known or predicted structural data. Through my lab, I have learned to code in Python, manipulate protein structures with pymol, and run scripts on the university's high performance computing cluster. When not in classes or lab, I am often at the Hillel building or Olami house, two of the Jewish centers on campus, on a hike or bike ride, or planting trees around the city with Tucson Clean and Beautiful.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

April 07, 2022 00:03:43
Episode Cover

Parker Geffre

Geffre, a Tempe native, is a UA junior pursuing a double-major in Biochemistry and Molecular Cellular Biology. As an undergraduate researcher at the Meredith...

Listen

Episode

September 04, 2019 00:02:57
Episode Cover

The Making of Thesis Thursday

    Thesis Thursday is produced at KXCI, with two hosts, and two new episodes each week. As we are currently in the midst of our...

Listen

Episode

January 09, 2020 00:04:39
Episode Cover

Rajesh Khanna

Original air date: JUNE 15, 2017 About Dr. Khanna: Rajesh Khanna, PhD, has a 20-year career in Neuroscience and Pharmacology. He was a doctoral...

Listen