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Albert Lau

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

School of Medicine

Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Natural Sciences

Program in Molecular Biophysics

Albert Lau is currently serving as a Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

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Johns Hopkins University

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neuroscience biophysics structural biology molecular biology neurology molecular biophysics receptors protein science neurochemistry structural molecular biology protein structure molecular neuroscience membrane biology molecular neurobiology enzymes electrophysiology receptor (biochemistry) biological chemistry biomolecular structure conformational studies molecular regulation experimental biophysics computational biophysics nmda receptor free energy landscapes glutamate receptor structural chemistry molecular science molecular physiology protein chemistry membrane transport human alkyladenine glycosylase druggable sites conformational changes ligand binding nanoparticle research molecular cell biology cellular biochemistry genome biology enzyme inhibition nuclear science cellular physiology quantum chemistry condensed matter cancer genetics protein genetics brain science neural science brain imaging clinical neuroscience novel interface neurotransmitters antibody engineering cellular structure biomolecular interactions protein function multi-protein assembly charge transport biological significance biological function rna biology mutagenesis molecular substrates molecular basis molecular base neuroinformatics protein phosphorylation self-assembling protein microarrays human alkylbase-dna repair missense mutations protein folding defects hidden energetics conformational analysis wavelength sensitivity photoswitchable iglur structural studies

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Substrate Binding and Activation Mechanism of the Essential Bacterial Septal Cell Wall Synthase Ftsw. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

enzymesbiomolecular structuremicroorganismsmolecular microbiologybiochemistrymicrobiologybacteriamolecular biologybacteriologystructural molecular biologymicrobial pathogenesis

Mechanisms of Ion Permeation in the Ampa Receptor Ion Channel. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

biophysicsphysiologymembrane transportelectrophysiologycellular physiologymembrane permeationreceptors

Allosteric Competition and Inhibition in Ampa Receptors. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2024)

W. Dylan HaleAlejandra Montaño RomeroCuauhtemoc U. GonzalezVasanthi JayaramanAlbert Y. LauRichard L. HuganirEdward C. Twomey

molecular and cellular biologyampa receptorsprotein sciencestructural chemistryneurosciencebiochemistrymolecular physiologymolecular biologyallosteric competitionstructural molecular biologystructural biology

Conformational Changes in the Essential E. Coli Septal Cell Wall Synthesis Complex Suggest an Activation Mechanism. Biophysical Journal (2024)

Brooke M. BrittonRemy A. YovannoSara F. CostaJoshua McCauslandAlbert Y. LauJie XiaoZach J. Hensel

biophysicsactivation mechanismconformational changescell biologymicrobiologycell wallmolecular biophysicscell wall synthesis

Inhibition of Ampa-Subtype Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors. Biophysical Journal (2024)

William D. HaleAlejandra Montaño RomeroLucas DillardAlbert Y. LauRichard HuganirEdward C. Twomey

biophysicsneurologyneurochemistryneuropharmacologyelectrophysiologybiophysical chemistryneurosciencemolecular neurobiologymolecular biophysicsexperimental biophysicsreceptors

Molecular Basis of Processive Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Ftswi. Biophysical Journal (2024)

Martin YepesNicolas N. YehyaBrooke BrittonRemy YovannoJie XiaoAlbert Y. Lau

biophysicsphysiologymolecular biophysicsprocessive peptidoglycan synthesismolecular biologybiophysical chemistry

Sars-Cov-2 3Clpro Dihedral Angles Reveal Allosteric Signaling. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Daniel EvansSamreen SherazAlbert Lau

biophysicsdihedral anglescell signalingsars-cov-2pharmacologymolecular biologysignal transductionallosteric signaling

Naturally Mutagenic Sequence Diversity in a Human Type II Topoisomerase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023)

Afif F. BandakTim R. BlowerKarin C. NitissRaveena GuptaAlbert Y. LauRia GuhaJohn L. NitissJames M. Berger

enzymesmutagenesisepigeneticsgenomicsgenome biologybiochemistrymolecular geneticsmutagenic sequence diversitymolecular biologyrna biologygenetics

Phosphorylation at Ser65 Modulates Ubiquitin Conformational Dynamics. Structure (2023)

Remy A. YovannoAlvin YuTyler J. WiedAlbert Y. Lau

biophysicsprotein phosphorylationbiochemistrymolecular biologyprotein structurestructural molecular biologystructural biology

Sodium/Iodide Symporter Metastable Intermediates Provide Insights Into Conformational Transition Between Principal Thermodynamic States. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2023)

Mayukh ChakrabartiL. Mario AmzelAlbert Y. Lau

principal thermodynamic statestheoretical inorganic chemistrytheoretical chemistrysodium batterybiophysical chemistrysolid-state chemistrycondensed mattercondensed matter physicschemical thermodynamicsconformational transitionthermodynamicsbiophysicsmetastable intermediateschemical physicsprotein sciencequantum chemistryphysical chemistryapplied physicsmaterials science

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Albert Lau

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

School of Medicine

Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Natural Sciences

Program in Molecular Biophysics

Albert Lau is currently serving as a Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Albert Lau

Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Substrate Binding and Activation Mechanism of the Essential Bacterial Septal Cell Wall Synthase Ftsw. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)

enzymesbiomolecular structuremicroorganismsmolecular microbiologybiochemistrymicrobiologybacteriamolecular biologybacteriologystructural molecular biologymicrobial pathogenesis

Mechanisms of Ion Permeation in the Ampa Receptor Ion Channel. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

biophysicsphysiologymembrane transportelectrophysiologycellular physiologymembrane permeationreceptors

Allosteric Competition and Inhibition in Ampa Receptors. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2024)

W. Dylan HaleAlejandra Montaño RomeroCuauhtemoc U. GonzalezVasanthi JayaramanAlbert Y. LauRichard L. HuganirEdward C. Twomey

Conformational Changes in the Essential E. Coli Septal Cell Wall Synthesis Complex Suggest an Activation Mechanism. Biophysical Journal (2024)

Brooke M. BrittonRemy A. YovannoSara F. CostaJoshua McCauslandAlbert Y. LauJie XiaoZach J. Hensel

biophysicsactivation mechanismconformational changescell biologymicrobiologycell wallmolecular biophysicscell wall synthesis

Inhibition of Ampa-Subtype Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors. Biophysical Journal (2024)

William D. HaleAlejandra Montaño RomeroLucas DillardAlbert Y. LauRichard HuganirEdward C. Twomey

biophysicsneurologyneurochemistryneuropharmacologyelectrophysiologybiophysical chemistryneurosciencemolecular neurobiologymolecular biophysicsexperimental biophysicsreceptors

Molecular Basis of Processive Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Ftswi. Biophysical Journal (2024)

Martin YepesNicolas N. YehyaBrooke BrittonRemy YovannoJie XiaoAlbert Y. Lau

biophysicsphysiologymolecular biophysicsprocessive peptidoglycan synthesismolecular biologybiophysical chemistry

Sars-Cov-2 3Clpro Dihedral Angles Reveal Allosteric Signaling. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Daniel EvansSamreen SherazAlbert Lau

biophysicsdihedral anglescell signalingsars-cov-2pharmacologymolecular biologysignal transductionallosteric signaling

Naturally Mutagenic Sequence Diversity in a Human Type II Topoisomerase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023)

Afif F. BandakTim R. BlowerKarin C. NitissRaveena GuptaAlbert Y. LauRia GuhaJohn L. NitissJames M. Berger

enzymesmutagenesisepigeneticsgenomicsgenome biologybiochemistrymolecular geneticsmutagenic sequence diversitymolecular biologyrna biologygenetics

Phosphorylation at Ser65 Modulates Ubiquitin Conformational Dynamics. Structure (2023)

Remy A. YovannoAlvin YuTyler J. WiedAlbert Y. Lau

biophysicsprotein phosphorylationbiochemistrymolecular biologyprotein structurestructural molecular biologystructural biology

Sodium/Iodide Symporter Metastable Intermediates Provide Insights Into Conformational Transition Between Principal Thermodynamic States. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2023)

Mayukh ChakrabartiL. Mario AmzelAlbert Y. Lau

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