Faculty & staff
- Dr. Vamsi K. Yadavalli
Assistant Professor - E-mail: vyadavalli@vcu.edu
- Phone: (804) 828-0587
- Fax: (804) 827-3046
- Address
- 601 West Main Street, Room 440
- P.O. Box 843028
- Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, The National Institutes of Health, 2004-2007
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2004
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1999
Research interests
- Single molecule biophysics
- Protein-protein and protein-surface interactions
- Optical Biosensors
- Functional Biomaterials
- Micro- and nano-fabricated devices
- Biophotonics
Selected publications
- "Functionalized self-assembled monolayers as a platform for single molecule force spectroscopy and imaging" - VK Yadavalli, JG Forbes, K Wang Langmuir 22(16) 6969-6975 August 2006
- "Coiled-coil nanomechanics and unfolding of the superhelix and a-helices of myosin" - DD Root*, VK Yadavalli*, JG Forbes*, K Wang [*- equal contributors] Biophys J 90 (8): 2852-2866 2006
- "Competitive binding assay for glucose based on glycodendrimer-fluorophore conjugates" - BL Ibey, HT Beier, RM Rounds, GM Cote', V Yadavalli, MV Pishko. Anal Chem. 77(21) 7039-7046 2005
- "Encapsulation of enzymes within polymer spheres to create novel optical micro-and nanosensors" -SH Kim, BS Kim, VK Yadavalli, MV Pishko. Anal Chem. 77(21) pp. 6828-7833 2005
- "A Monte Carlo simulation of photon propagation in fluorescent poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogel microsensors" - VK Yadavalli, RJ Russell, MV Pishko, MJ McShane, GL Cote' Sensors and Actuators B 105(2): pp. 365-377, March 2005
- "Binding assays in microfluidic channels using fluorescence polarization" - VK Yadavalli, MV Pishko. Analytica Chimica Acta 507 (1): 123-12 April 2004
- "Microfabricated protein-containing poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogel arrays for biosensing" - VK Yadavalli, WG Koh, GJ Lazur MV Pishko. Sensors & Actuators B 97(2-3): pp.290-297 Feb 2004