Welcome to the Tapia-Rojo Lab

Exploring Protein Folding Dynamics Across Biologically Relevant Forces and Timescales

We are an interdisciplinary research group based in the Physics Department at King’s College London.

We are interested in understanding how proteins fold under mechanical force and its impact to biological function.

We develop and employ high-resolution magnetic tweezers instrumentation. Our technique allows measuring single-protein dynamics at low forces during very long times—of several hours, or even days!

Check out some recent work showcasing this capabilitites!