Michael Washburn
University of Kansas Medical Center
Biography
Michael Washburn graduated from Grinnell College, Iowa in 1992. He then received his PhD in Biochemistry/Environmental Toxicology from Michigan State University in 1998 under the direction of Professor William W Wells. He was a post-doctoral fellow with Professor John Yates, III at the University of Washington from 1999-2000.
He then worked in industry at the Torrey Mesa Research Institute until 2003. In 2003 Washburn joined the Stowers Institute for Medical Research where he is the Director of Proteomics. He also is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Centre. His research interests lie in the development and application of tools to study of protein complexes and protein interaction networks.
His group uses a variety of technologies to accomplish this including quantitative proteomics, computational network analysis, microscopy, and biochemistry. On the biological side, they are particularly interested in the discovery of novel protein-protein interactions with well characterised chromatin complexes, the proteomic-based analysis of the dynamics of epigenetics regulatory complexes, and the characterisation of protein interaction networks.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Molecular Omics