Tarun Kapoor
Pels Family Professor, Head of Laboratory
kapoor(at)rockefeller.edu
Our main research areas are:
Since its inception in 2001, the Kapoor laboratory has worked at the intersection of chemistry, cell biology, and cancer.
Central to our work is the discovery and structure-guided design of chemical inhibitors, which can serve as fast-acting probes for dynamic cellular processes. Our studies with these chemical inhibitors can also catalyze the development of new chemotherapeutics. We focus on mechanoenzymes (e.g. motor proteins, unfoldases and helicases) and key proteins required for essential processes such as cytoskeleton organization during cell division. We use cutting-edge live cell microscopy, X-ray, cryo-EM and chemistry-based approaches to analyze biology at resolutions ranging from atoms to single human cells.
We are an inclusive, creative, and collaborative research group that is mindful of the impact of our work on society. We are leveraging our expertise in a collaborative chemical biology project to develop therapeutics for COVID-19.
PEOPLE
Adam Cohen
Graduate Student
acohen01(at)rockefeller.edu
Noa Dahan
Graduate student
ndahan(at)rockefeller.edu
Tyler Heiss
Postdoctoral Fellow
theiss(at)rockefeller.edu
Arielle Kolodzinski
Graduate Student
akolodzins(at)rockefeller.edu
Nikolay Kornakov
Postdoctoral Associate
nkornakov(at)rockefeller.edu
Lily Kronenberg
Research Assistant
lkronenberg(at)rockefeller.edu
Leandro Pimentel
Graduate Student
lpimentel(at)rockefeller.edu
Yadira Polanco
Laboratory Support Specialist
Rebecca Tam
Postdoctoral Associate
rtam(at)rockefeller.edu
Leishemba K. Thoidingjam
Postdoctoral Fellow
lthoidingjam(at)rockefeller.edu
Lily Yu
Postdoctoral Associate
xyu02(at)rockefeller.edu
Amy Vonk
Administrative Coordinator
kapoorlabadmin(at)rockefeller.edu
