Daniel A. Landfried

Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biophysics
110 Jenkins Hall
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
phone: (410) 516-
email: dlandfr1@jhu.edu

Current Position

  • Graduate student in Biophysics

Education

  • Ph.D. program. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
  • Ph.D. program. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
  • M.S. Chemistry. Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 2003.
  • B.A. Chemistry. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2001.

Research

2007–present:
Graduate Research Assistant in the Lecomte Research Group, Johns Hopkins University
Advisors: Juliette T.J. Lecomte and George D. Rose

2003–2007:
Graduate Research Assistant in the Lecomte Research Group, The Pennsylvania State University
Advisor: Juliette T.J. Lecomte

2001–2003:
Graduate Research Assistant in the Smiley Research Group, Youngstown State University
Advisor: Jeffrey A. Smiley, Department of Chemistry
Thesis Title: Iso-Orotate Decarboxylase: Progress Toward Protein Isolation, Gene Screening, and the Non-Enzymatic Decarboxylation Mechanism.

1998–2001:
Undergraduate Research in the Minto Research Group, Miami University
Advisor: Robert E. Minto

Publications

  • Landfried, D.A., Vuletich, D.A., Pond, M.P., and Lecomte, J.T.J. (2007) Structural and Thermodynamic Consequences of b Heme Binding for Monomeric Apoglobins and Other Apoproteins. Gene,  398:12–28. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2007.02.046.
  • Smiley, J.A., Kundracik, M., Landfried, D.A., Barnes, V.R. Sr., and Axhemi, A.A. (2005) Genes of the thymidine salvage pathway: thymine-7-hydroxylase from a Rhodotorula glutinis cDNA library and iso-orotate decarboxylase from Neurospora crassa. Biochimica Biophysica Acta, 1723:256–264.  doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.02.001.

Affiliations

  • American Chemical Society
  • Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society

Poster Presented

  • Landfried, D.A. and Lecomte, J.T.J. The Role of the Heme Group in the Structure of b Hemoproteins: The Sensory PAS Domain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum FixL. Penn State Annual Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology. University Park, PA, June, 2006
  • Mukhopadhyay, K., Landfried, D.A. and Lecomte, J.T.J. The Consequences of Heme Binding in Hemoproteins. Annual Meeting of the Protein Society. Boston, MA, August, 2005.
  • Landfried, D.A., Barnes, V.R., and Smiley, J.A. Progress Toward the Purification of Iso-Orotate Decarboxylase by Affinity Chromatography. 124 th National Meeting. The American Chemical Society. Boston, MA, 2002.

Awards

  • Dan Waugh Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, 2006
  • Penn State Chemistry Department Travel Award, 2004

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant (CHEM 36.B: Bioorganic Chemistry Lab). The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 2003-2004.
  • Teaching Assistant (CHEM 3719L: Organic Chemistry Lab I). Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 2003.
  • Teaching Assistant (CHEM 3785L: Biochemistry Lab). Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 2002.
  • Teaching Assistant (CHEM 3705L: Nutritional Biochemistry Lab). Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 2002.
  • Teaching Assistant (CHEM 1516L: General Chemistry Lab II). Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 2002.
  • Teaching Assistant (CHEM 1515L: General Chemistry Lab I). Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. 2001.