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Tarjani Thaker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on structural biology, biochemistry, and biophysics of membrane protein complexes, particularly investigating allosteric regulation mechanisms and signaling pathways. She holds a BS from the University of Delaware (2007), a PhD from Vanderbilt University (2013), and completed postdoctoral training at the University of California San Francisco (2014–2018) before joining the University of Arizona as a Scientist IV (2018–2023) and transitioning to her current faculty role in 2024.
Her specialties include X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM, and the study of ABC transporters, receptor tyrosine kinases (HER2/HER3), and metabolic enzymes like PGAM5 and COQ8B. Key research areas involve understanding drug resistance mechanisms, oncogenic mutations in signaling pathways, and the structural basis of protein interactions in cellular processes.
Dr. Thaker’s work bridges fundamental structural insights with biomedical applications, including drug discovery and understanding genetic disorders such as kidney diseases linked to COQ8B mutations. She is currently accepting graduate students for collaborative projects in structural biology and membrane protein research.
