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Professor Il-Hyung 'Eli' Lee received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Before coming to Montclair State, Professor Lee was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Researcher at Berkeley and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Puget Sound. Dr. Lee’s research is on the biophysical understanding of lipid membrane-protein interactions. He has a distinguished research record with publications in premier journals. His work with cutting-edge, single-molecule imaging and fluorescence spectroscopy has revealed the organization of living cell membranes involved in brain function. Dr. Lee plans to develop more advanced imaging methods, which have therapeutic applications in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
Research interests
Biophysical understanding of lipid membrane-protein interactions.
Scholarly Interests
Biophysical chemistry of lipid membrane-protein interaction. Skilled in Fluorescence imaging, Membrane-protein interaction reconstitution and Simulation model analysis.
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Expert on biophysical chemistry, fluorescence imaging, and lipid membrane-protein interactions.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Phase Separation Clustering of Poly Ubiquitin Cargos on Ternary Mixture Lipid Membranes by Synthetically Cross-Linked Ubiquitin Binder Peptides
Kim, S., Okafor, K. K., Tabuchi, R., Briones, C. & Lee, I. H., 18 Mar 2025, In: Biochemistry. 64, 6, p. 1212-1221 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spontaneous transfer of small peripheral peptides between supported lipid bilayer and giant unilamellar vesicles
Efodili, E., Knight, A., Mirza, M., Briones, C. & Lee, I. H., Feb 2024, In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes. 1866, 2, 184256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intelligent fluorescence image analysis of giant unilamellar vesicles using convolutional neural network
Lee, I. H., Passaro, S., Ozturk, S., Ureña, J. & Wang, W., Dec 2022, In: BMC Bioinformatics. 23, 1, 48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Membrane Cargo Density-Dependent Interaction between Protein and Lipid Domains on the Giant Unilamellar Vesicles
Ureña, J., Knight, A. & Lee, I. H., 19 Apr 2022, In: Langmuir. 38, 15, p. 4702-4712 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lipid Raft Phase Modulation by Membrane-Anchored Proteins with Inherent Phase Separation Properties
Lee, I. H., Imanaka, M. Y., Modahl, E. H. & Torres-Ocampo, A. P., 10 Apr 2019, In: ACS Omega. 4, 4, p. 6551-6559 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access43 Scopus citations