Jessica Fortin

Title:

Assistant Professor

PhD Granting Institution:

Université de Montréal

Contact:

Email Address: fortinj@purdue.edu
Office Phone: 765-494-7398
Lab Website Link: https://vet.purdue.edu/discovery/fortin/

Primary Training Group:

Chemical Biology

Secondary Training Groups:

Integrative Neuroscience

Research Areas:

The Fortin Drug Discovery Laboratory is working to discover new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson's disease, and type 2 diabetes. We design and evaluate the impact of small molecules on the conformational changes of prone-to-aggregate proteins.

Current Projects:

Alzheimer's Disease Drug discovery.