Research in the Thompson lab lies within the context of mechanistic enzymology and protein structural/biophysical chemistry. In essence, we will use a chemistry approach to address key problems in biology and biophysics. Students and postdocs in our group will receive training in a combination of biochemical and biophysical techniques, chemical biology, spectroscopy (Raman and EPR), and structural biology (X-ray and neutron crystallography). We are currently interested in a number of projects ranging from antibiotic resistance to protein electron transfer.