Adams, Erin - Assistant ProfessorStructure and biochemistry of proteins involved in immunological recognition. Characterization of gamma delta T cell receptors and their ligands and activating and inhibitory receptors involved in the innate immune response.
Bezanilla, Francisco - ProfessorBiophysics and dynamics of ion channels
Crosson, Sean - Assistant ProfessorDeciphering the Structure, Function, and Topology of Microbial Signaling Systems
Dawson, Glyn - ProfessorLipid signalling pathways and progrd cell death in brain and tumors; inherited lysosomal storage diseases.
Friedmann, Herbert - Associate ProfessorBacterial enzymes; nucleotide, porphyrin, bile pigment, and corrinoid metabolism; bacterial delta-aminolevulinic acid synthesis and control.
Getz, Godfrey - ProfessorStructure and function of apolipoproteins in lipoprotein assembly, and in atherosclerosis and Alzheimers disease pathogenesis.
Goldwasser, Eugene - ProfessorBiochemistry of blood cell differentiation; mode of action of erythropoietin.
Greene, Geoffrey - ProfessorSteroid hormone regulation of gene networks in reproductive tissues and cancers. Structure and function of nuclear receptors.
Haselkorn, Robert - ProfessorCellular differentiation in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; acetyl CoA carboxylase in plants and humans.
Keenan, Robert - Assistant ProfessorStructural biology and directed evolution.
Kent, Stephen - ProfessorApplication of chemistry to the study of proteins. Chemical protein synthesis. Protein mass spectrometry. Functional Proteomics. Mechanism of enzyme catalysis.
Koide, Shohei - Associate ProfessorProtein engineering and design. Peptide self-assembly mechanism and folding. Structural biology of signaling proteins. NMR spectroscopy.
Kossiakoff, Anthony - ProfessorStructure and function of hormone-receptor interactions, enzyme-inhibitor interfaces, and synthetic proteins.
Kovar, David - Assistant ProfessorMolecular mechanisms of actin assembly in fission yeast: molecular genetic to in vitro single filament studies.
Liao, Shutsung - ProfessorSex hormone action; mechanism of cancer progression and suppression; modulation of cholesterol, molecular aaction of herbal medicine.
Makinen, Marvin - ProfessorElectron magnetic resonance; enzyme mechanisms; metalloenzymes; molecular dynamics; structural basis of enzyme action.
Meredith, Stephen - Associate ProfessorLipid-protein interactions; lipoprotein structure; surface phenomena in biology.
Moffat, Keith - ProfessorSynchrotron radiation; time-resolved macromolecular crystallography; light-sensitive proteins
Pan, Tao - Associate ProfessorRNA genomics, RNA epigenetics, RNA folding
Perozo, Eduardo - ProfessorStructure and Dynamics of Ion Channels and transporters
Piccirilli, Joseph - Associate ProfessorChemistry/biochemistry of nucleic acids; structure and mechanism of ribozymes (catalytic RNA); bioorganic chemistry.
Rice, Phoebe - Associate ProfessorWe study mechanisms of DNA recombination and protein-DNA recognition, combining the tools of biochemistry and x-ray crystallography.
Rock, Ronald - Assistant ProfessorMolecular motors; cytoskeletal organization; single-molecule biophysics
Roizman, Bernard - ProfessorHerpes simplex viruses, gene function and regulation, mechanisms of latent infection, vectors for gene therapy.
Roux, Benoit - ProfessorTheoretical and computational studies of the structure, dynamics and function of biological macromolecular systems.
Scanu, Angelo - ProfessorGenetic mechanisms in dyslipoproteinemias in humans; metalloproteinases and kringle-containing proteins; proteoglycans in atherogenesis.
Schwartz, Nancy - ProfessorTranscriptional control of ECM expression during chondrogenesis and neurogenesis; regulation of sulfate activation; skeletal dysplasias.
Shapiro, James - ProfessorGenome reorganization and multicellular regulatory systems in bacteria populations.
Sosnick, Tobin - ProfessorProtein and RNA/ribozyme folding; biological structure and thermodynamics as basis for understanding function.
Steck, Theodore - ProfessorMembrane cholesterol biochemistry and cholesterol homeostasis.
Steiner, Donald - ProfessorBiosynthesis and evolution of pancreatic islet hormones; protein precursor processing mechanisms; development and function of the islet alpha (glucagon) and beta (insulin) cells.
Taylor, Edwin - ProfessorMolecular mechanism of muscle contraction, nonmuscle actomyosin, cell motility, microfilaments, and microtubules
Wool, Ira - ProfessorStructure and function of eukaryotic ribosomes; RNA structures; RNA-protein interaction.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
- Copyright © 2007 University of Chicago Biological Sciences. All rights reserved