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Norbert Reich

Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone:
+1 805-893-8368
Email:
reich@chem.ucsb.edu
Office:
1142D Chem

Biography

Norbert received his B.S. (‘75) in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley, and his Ph.D. (’86) in Medicinal Chemistry at UC San Francisco under the supervision of Prof. Paul Ortiz de Montellano. He was an NIH post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Herbert Boyer (UCSF).

Research

We are interested in the study of enzyme function, primarily at the levels of catalytic and specificity mechanisms, with a long term goal of developing enzyme inhibitors with potential therapeutic application. The current focus is on both bacterial and mammalian enzymes involved in the epigenetic process of DNA methylation and on telomerase. We also work on the development of new methods and technologies to investigate cell-biological, biochemical and biomedical questions.