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