Byram H. Ozer
3rd year medical student
Biomolecular Chemistry
7th year of MSTP

EDUCATION

• B.A. 2002, New College of Florida
  Biology, Chemistry

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm, Germany, 2002-2003
  Advisors - Charl F.J. Faul, PhD and Markus Antonietti, PhD
  Project - Supramolecular organization of biotectons via stepwise noncovalent interactions
• New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, 2001-2002
  Thesis Advisor - Katherine Walstrom, PhD
  Project - A Phenotypic Examination of RNA Helicase A-1 and its Potential Interactions with Developmentally Relevant Proteins in a Caenorhabditis elegans model
• New College of Florida and Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001-2002
  Thesis Advisor - Malkiat Johal, PhD
  Project - Polymer-Surfactant Interactions During Electrostatic Self-Assembly Onto Thin Film Surfaces
• Whitney Laboratory of the University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL, 2000
  Advisor - Dietmar K�ltz, PhD
  Project - Examining the Role of GADD45 in Osmosensory Signal Transduction

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am considering joining a project in which we use liquid crystal/antibody arrays to detect mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor with the long-term goal of being able to rapidly identify biopsy samples that may be sensitive to kinase inhibitors in the context of non small cell lung carcionmas (NSCLC).

CAREER GOAL

Physician-scientist studying the mechanisms of gene therapy and developing potential drug delivery devices

PUBLICATIONS

• Ozer BH, Smarsly B, Antonietti M, Faul CFJ. DNA-analogous structures from deoxynucleophosphates and polylysine by ionic self-assembly. Soft Matter 2:329-36, 2006.
• Johal MS, Ozer BH, Casson JL, St. John A, Robinson JM, Wang HL. Coadsorption of sodium dodecyl sulfate and a polyanion onto poly(ethylenimine) in multilayered thin films. Langmuir 20:2792-2796, 2004.

PRESENTATIONS

• Ozer BH, Faul CFJ, Antonietti, M. Biomimetics: Stepwise Noncovalent Interactions. Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanotechnology, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, 2002.