Kwaku T. Dayie, Ph.D. Assistant Staff Department of Molecular Genetics Lerner Research Institute / NE20 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone : (216) 445-0637 Fax : (216) 445-1466 dayiek@ccf.org Secondary Appointment: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

Area of general research interest:

Structural biology of RNA and proteins involved in catalysis and gene regulations, structure-guided drug discovery, and NMR methodology development.

Current program

• Structural Mechanisms of Group II Ribozymes
• RNA as Drug Targets
• NMR Drug Discovery
• Methodology for Large Protein/RNA Assemblies
  

Collaborators

• Dr. Paul Fox, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cell Biology Department, Cleveland, OH
• Professor David Fushman, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Dr. Richard A. Padgett, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Molecular Genetics Department, Cleveland, OH
• Dr. Robert Silverman, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cancer Biology Department, Cleveland, OH