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Allison Didychuk is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at the Yale School of Medicine. She holds joint affiliations with Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS), Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics, Microbiology, and the Yale Cancer Center. Her research focuses on understanding herpesvirus replication and molecular mechanisms using structural biology, molecular virology, single-molecule biophysics, and functional genomics approaches.
Education:
- B.S. in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics (2012), University of Jamestown, North Dakota
- Ph.D. in Biophysics (2017), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Postdoctoral Research (2022), University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Her lab investigates herpesvirus replication machinery, including viral packaging motors, DNA processing enzymes, and transcriptional regulation. Key areas include:
- Viral gene expression regulation
- Mechanisms of viral DNA packaging
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Structural characterization of viral proteins
Awards & Funding:
- AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award (2024)
- NIAID New Innovators Award (2022)
- Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist Award (2022)
Lab & Collaborations: The Didychuk Lab at Yale’s Bass Center focuses on integrating structural and functional studies of viral systems. Collaborations include work with the Stephen & Denise Adams Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research and the Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS).
