Derk Binns, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate
Department of Pharmacology, Cobb Lab

First UTSW job: Lab technician in the Center for Human Nutrition.

Best part of my job: I have consistently been given the freedom to explore my own ideas in the projects I have worked on.

Best memory: The day I received my Ph.D. in biochemistry.

How co-workers describe me: Friendly and industrious.

Recipe for success: My tenacity in dealing with difficult scientific problems.

What energizes me at work: The prospect of solving clinically relevant problems.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Biophysical characterization of protein interactions.

I’m really good at: Data analysis.

Claim to fame: Elucidating the kinetic pathway of the membrane-severing enzyme, dynamin.

Hobby: Reading.