Wazo Myint

Contact Information:

Email: wzm2@pitt.edu

Undergraduate
University of Richmond, VA 2006
Major: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Minor: History

Graduate
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Entering 2006
Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph. D. Program

Research, Training, and Related Work
Fall 2004- Organic Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Fall 2005- Physical Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Spring 2006- Organic Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Spring 2006- Physical Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry
Gottwald Science Center
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Summer 2004- University of Richmond Summer Research Fellow,
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Conducted Biochemistry research in the laboratory of Dr. Ellis Bell.

Summer 2005- National Institutes of Health Summer Intern in Biomedical
Research,
Laboratory of Molecular Biology NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 5, Room 338
Bethesda, MD 20892-8030
Conducted Structural Biology Research in the laboratory of Dr. David Davies.

Summer 2005- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellow.

Presentations
-Poster Presentations:
2004, November- Virginia Commonwealth Union Undergraduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA
2005, August- NIH Summer Research Symposium, Bethesda, MD
2005, November- Virginia Commonwealth Union Undergraduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA
2006, April- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology National Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2008, March- Experimental NMR Conference, Asilomar, CA

-Research Presentation:
2005, September- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Symposium,
Richmond, VA


Professional Memberships and Honers
2003-Present: American Chemical Society- Student Affiliate
2005-Present: American Chemical Society
2004-Present: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2006-Present: Gamma Sigma Epsilon- Chemistry Honor Society
2006 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program Senior Research Award
2009-2010 Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows Program

Research:
I’m currently using NMR, Fluorescence, and Circular Dichroism spectroscopies to study the effect of natural mutations on the dynamics of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) N-terminal domain. SERCA is a Ca2+ pump that is important in muscle contraction and its dysfunction has been implicated in Brody’s disease and Darier disease

PhD Advisor:
Dr. Rieko Ishima

Research Advisor:
Dr. Rieko Ishima
Dr. Sandy Asher
Dr. Yan Xu

Publications:
Myint, W. Gong, Q. Ishima, R. (2009) Practical Aspects of 15N CPMG Transverse Relaxation Experiments for Proteins in Solution. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A. 34A: 63-75.

Myint, W. Ishima, R. (2009) Chemical exchange effects during refocusing pulses in constant-time CPMG relaxation dispersion experiments. J Biomol NMR. 45:207-216