B.A., Chemistry, University of Washington Ph.D., Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Member, American Society for Cell Biology

Dr. Draper’s research interests are the molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking in eukaryotic cells and applications of molecular and cell biology to the emerging field of bionanotechnology. Biology projects currently underway include the use small interfering RNA (siRNA) fragments to suppress proteins involved in membrane traffic and the study of coat protein that function in the Golgi complex. Bionanotechnology projects include interfacing proteins with carbon nanotubes and the use of nanoelectrodes to study neural function.

Zorbas, V.; Ortiz-Acevedo, A.; Dalton, A.B.; Yoshida, M.M.; Dieckmann, G.R.; Draper, R.K.; Baughman, R.H.; Yacaman, M.J.; Musselman, I.H. “Preparation and Characterization of Individual Peptide-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2004) 126: 7222-7227.

Chen, A., R.J. AbuJarour and R.K. Draper. 2003. Evidence that the transport of ricin to the cytoplasm is independent of both Rab6A and COPI. Journal of Cell Science. 116:3503-3510.

Dieckmann, G.R., A.B. Dalton, P.A. Johnson, J. Razal, J. Chen, G.M. Giordano, E. Munoz, I.H. Musselman, R.H. Baughman and R.K Draper. 2003. Controlled Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes by Designed Amphiphilic Peptide Helices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125:1770-1777.

Dalton, A.B., A. Ortiz-Acevedo, V. Zorbas, W.M. Sampson, S. Collins, J. Razal, M.M. Yoshida, R.H. Baughman, R.K. Draper, I.H. Musselman, M.J. Yacaman and G.R. Dieckmann. 2004. Hierachial Self-Assemby of Peptide-Coated Carbon Nanotubes. In press.