Fenfei Leng
Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biomolecular Sciences Institute
Office: AHC4 222
Phone: 305-348-3277
Email: lengf@fiu.edu
Dr. Leng's laboratory focuses on studying how transcription affects DNA structural changes and activates or inhibits nearby promoters. Using defined protein systems and in vivo E. coli cells, they have found that transcription is a major chromosome remodeling force in bacteria at
Research Areas
- Transcription-Coupled DNA Supercoiling
- Protein-DNA Interactions
Education
- Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, BS, Biochemistry
- The University of Mississippi Medical Center, PhD, Biochemistry
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Johns Hopkins University