George M. Helmkamp, Jr.   Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  University of Kansas Medical Center  913.588.6958  ghelmkam@kumc.edu

Education & Experience

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (B.S., 1965)

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Ph.D., 1970)

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, Texas (Postdoctoral Research, 1970-1973)

Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Postdoctoral Fellow, 1973-1975)

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas (1975- present)

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Visiting Faculty, 1991-1992)

Major Research Interests

• Structural characterization and molecular biology of phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins
• Denaturation and refolding of native and mutant forms of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein
• Regulated expression of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein in cultured mammalian cells
• Isolation and characterization of bioactive lipids from renal cyst fluids

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