Julianne Gibbs-Davis

Professor, Faculty of Science - Chemistry

Personal Website: https://gibbs.chem.ualberta.ca

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Science - Chemistry
Email
julianne.gibbs@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-7140
Address
E3-52A Chemistry Centre - East
11227 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2G2

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

DNA chemistry Surface spectroscopy


About

BA Arizona State University
PhD Northwestern University


Research

Molecular Recognition at Buried Solid/Liquid Interfaces

Many systems, from the cellular environment to biosensors and heterogeneous catalysis, involve noncovalent interactions between species in solution and those confined to a membrane or solid. Directly monitoring such binding events is difficult because few techniques are sensitive to interactions at an interface and are instead overwhelmed by the sea of molecules in the bulk. However, using surface specific nonlinear optical techniques such as second harmonic generation (SHG) and sum frequency generation (SFG), we can selectively observe interfacial binding allowing us to characterize the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters governing these processes without the use of bulky labels, in situ and in real time.


 

 

Courses

CHEM 351 - Introduction to Chemical Biology

Introduction to chemical strategies used to analyze and manipulate biochemical systems. Topics may include chemical synthesis of biopolymers, protein-small molecule interactions, chemoenzymatic synthesis, enzyme-inhibitor kinetics, assay design, characterization of bioorganic samples, and various chemical biology methods. Prerequisites: CHEM 263 or 265; BIOCH 200. Students who have obtained credit for CHEM 451 cannot take CHEM 351 for credit.


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Featured Publications

Christine M.E. Kriebisch, Olga Bantysh, Lorena Baranda Pellejero, Andrea Belluati, Eva Bertosin, Kun Dai, Maria de Roy, Hailin Fu, Nicola Galvanetto, Julianne M. Gibbs, Samuel Santhosh Gomez, Gaetano Granatelli, Alessandra Griffo, Maria Guix, Cenk Onur Gurdap, Johannes Harth-Kitzerow, Ivar S. Haugerud, Gregor Häfner, Pranay Jaiswal, Sadaf Javed, Ashkan Karimi, Shuzo Kato, Brigitte A.K. Kriebisch, Sudarshana Laha, Pao-Wan Lee, Wojciech P. Lipinski, Thomas Matreux, Thomas C.T. Michaels, Erik Poppleton, Alexander Ruf, Annemiek D. Slootbeek, Iris B.A. Smokers, Héctor Soria-Carrera, Alessandro Sorrenti, Michele Stasi, Alisdair Stevenson, Advait Thatte, Mai Tran, Merlijn H.I. van Haren, Hidde D. Vuijk, Shelley F.J. Wickham, Pablo Zambrano, Katarzyna P. Adamala, Karen Alim, Ebbe Sloth Andersen, Claudia Bonfio, Dieter Braun, Erwin Frey, Ulrich Gerland, Wilhelm T.S. Huck, Frank Jülicher

Chem. 2025 February; 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.102399


Anantha S. Ealeswarapu, Nahida Akter, Julianne M. Gibbs

The Analyst. 2025 January; 10.1039/D5AN00047E


Nathaniel Tetteh, Shyam Parshotam, Julianne M. Gibbs

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024 September; 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01792


Nahida Akter, B. Safeenaz Alladin-Mustan, Yuning Liu, Jisu An, Julianne M. Gibbs

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024 July; 10.1021/jacs.4c04089


Anastasia G. Ilgen, Eric Borguet, Franz M. Geiger, Julianne M. Gibbs, Vicki H. Grassian, Young-Shin Jun, Nadine Kabengi, James D. Kubicki

Nature Communications. 2024 June; 10.1038/s41467-024-49598-y


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Research Students

Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.

Please email me with a copy of your unofficial transcripts expressing your interest in undergraduate research. I value students who are careful, thoughtful, and diligent and are excited to learn about how research operates in a chemistry lab.