Constance Jeffery, PhD

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Research Program

Cancer Biology (CB)

Phone: 312-996-3168

Email: [email protected]

Constance Jeffery, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). She joined UIC in 1999. Her lab, the C Jeffery Lab, studies the connections between protein sequences, structures and functions, using a combination of biochemical and biophysical methods, computer-based bioinformatics and X-ray crystal structural analysis. She also serves on the Biophysical Society Committee for Professional Opportunities for Women (CPOW) and the UIC Department of Biological Sciences Diversity Committee. Her research group has included many members from groups that are underrepresented in STEM, and she also mentors undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in STEM who come to UIC to participate in research programs. Trainees from her lab successfully continue in academic and industry jobs.

Education

PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Disease Focus

Gastrointestinal; Colorectal

Research Keywords

Protein Structure; Protein Function; Moonlighting Proteins; Pseudoenzymes; Metamorphic Proteins; Protein Evolution; Disease-associate Mutations; Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Published Research

PubMed Search

Other Link(s)

Department Webpage

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