Derk Binns, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate
Department of Cell Biology

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

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

How co-workers describe me: Friendly and industrious.

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

My proudest UTSW accomplishment: Elucidating the kinetic pathway of the membrane-severing enzyme, dynamin.

I’m really good at: Data analysis.

Hobby: Reading.

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