People

Ruth  Hüttenhain

Ruth Hüttenhain

Postdoctoral Fellow / Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

Ruth received her Ph.D. in the laboratory of Reudi Aebersold at ETH Zurich. Ruth joined the Krogan lab in 2013. Expertise: targeted proteomics strategies using single reaction monitoring (SRM) and data-independent acquisition technologies; quantitative protein-protein interaction analysis.

Jeffrey  Johnson

Jeffrey Johnson

MS Core Director / Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease

1650 Owens St., Room 214 San Francisco, CA 94158

Jeff Johnson is the director of the Mass Spectrometry lab. Jeff received his Ph.D. from The Scripps Research Institute under the mentorship of John  Yates. Prior to joining the Krogan Lab at UCSF, Jeff was a Protein Chemistry postdoctoral fellow at Genentech, Inc. Expertise: global studies of post-translational modifications (particularly phosphorylation, ubiquitylation, and acetylation); pathway analysis.

Robyn  Kaake

Robyn Kaake

Postdoctoral Scholar / Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

Robyn received her Ph.D. from the University of California Irvine in the laboratory of Lan Huang using chemical cross-linking to structurally characterize protein interactions. Robyn joined the Krogan lab in 2014. Expertise: chemical crosslinking MS to identify transient protein interactions and structural contacts.

Nevan  Krogan

Nevan Krogan

Senior Investigator / Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

1650 Owens St. San Francisco, CA 94158

Nevan Krogan is the faculty adviser for the Mass Spectrometry Core. Nevan is an Associate Investigator in the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UCSF. More information about the Krogan lab can be found on the Krogan lab website.

Billy  Newton

Billy Newton

Associate Specialist / Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

Billy received his Ph.D. from the Texas A&M University in the laboratory of Arul Jayamaran. Billy joined the Krogan lab in 2012. Expertise: methods development for global characterization of post-translational modifications and protein abundance.

Edward Tang

Assistant Specialist / Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

Edward received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California Davis. Edward joined the lab in 2012 and manages day-to-day operations of mass spectrometers in the lab. Expertise: instrument operation; affinity purifcation MS analysis.