{"id":100748,"date":"2023-06-26T15:12:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=100748"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:40:56","slug":"meet-drpp-awardee-clifford-gee-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/06\/26\/meet-drpp-awardee-clifford-gee-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet DRPP Awardee: Clifford Gee, PhD\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name\/Title:<\/strong> Clifford Gee, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Creighton University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: <\/strong>San Jose, California <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year you joined the INBRE program:<\/strong> 2023 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research focus? <\/strong>Chemical biology\/biochemistry\/microbiology <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal of your research? <\/strong>To broaden the understanding of bacterial peptide-transporter proteins while training undergraduate students to be interdisciplinary researchers equipped with a wide range of chemical biology techniques.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your research will make a difference because? <\/strong>Antibiotic resistance is a tremendous issue that needs to be addressed. Research in the Gee lab will play a small but important part in exploring new protein targets to better understand how they work and how they might be exploited for therapeutic purposes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it important to mentor undergraduate students? <\/strong>I wouldn’t be where I am without the mentorship I received from my undergraduate teachers and mentors. College is formative time that can set the trajectory of a student’s future. I count it a great privilege to be able to mentor students to set them up for future success as best as possible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three things people may not know about you.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n