Nicholas C. Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry| Postdoctoral Research | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Principal Investigator | Wu Lab @ UIUC
“Understanding How the Immune System Responds to the Flu”
Dr. Wu’s research attempts to interpret the complexity of the human antibody repertoire, with the potential to shift the paradigm of antibody discovery and characterization.
The binding specificity and epitope of an antibody are determined by its structure, which in turn is determined by its amino acid sequence.
Dr. Wu will develop a high-throughput platform for screening antibody-antigen interactions. He will then use the platform to identify the epitope for each antibody and determine sequence features to enable epitope prediction.
Dr. Wu’s research sits at the convergence of high-throughput biology, molecular biology, structural immunology, and bioinformatics and has the potential to significantly advance vaccine and therapeutic design.
“My motivation in research is driven by the curiosity about nature. Scientists are still very far from comprehending the full complexity of immunology. I am extremely excited to be part of this exploration process.”
About Nicolas C. Wu:
Dr. Wu studied Biochemistry at the University of Virginia and completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2015.
After a postdoctoral fellowship in Structural Chemistry at Scripps Research Institute, he is now an Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.