Alan Waring

            Professor of Medicine-UCLA

            Department of Medicine

            UCLA School of Medicine

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            Phone:                                                                         (310) 794-7228

            Fax:                                                                              (310) 206-8766

            E-mail:                                                                          awaring@mednet.ucla.edu

            Office Address:

            Factor Health Sciences Building, Room B-261

            Mail Address:

            Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

            UCLA School of Medicine

            Center for the Health Sciences, CHS-37-055

10833 Le Conte Avenue, Box 951736

            Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736

            Biography                                                                                                                     PDB 1SSZ

            UC Davis -  BS

            SF State  -  MA

            UCLA      -  PhD

            Research Interests - Structural Biology

Current research focus is the study of membrane protein-lipid interactions involved  in antimicrobial host defense, pulmonary surfactant activity, and the fusion of enveloped viruses. These studies aim to provide a solid foundation for molecular therapies in diseases such as the respiratory distress syndrome, as well as bacterial, fungal and viral infections.

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Recent Publications (Pubmed)

            Recent Protein Structures (PDB)