Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology includes a strong group of researchers investigating nucleic acid biochemistry at the molecular level. Using the tools of chemistry, molecular biology, genomics, and structural biology we study catalytic RNA, splicing, RNA folding, RNA modification, DNA recombination and repair, and the ribosome.
Haselkorn, Robert - ProfessorCellular differentiation in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; acetyl CoA carboxylase in plants and humans.
Pan, Tao - Associate ProfessorRNA genomics, RNA epigenetics, RNA folding
Rice, Phoebe - Associate ProfessorWe study mechanisms of DNA recombination and protein-DNA recognition, combining the tools of biochemistry and x-ray crystallography.
Roizman, Bernard - ProfessorHerpes simplex viruses, gene function and regulation, mechanisms of latent infection, vectors for gene therapy.
Sosnick, Tobin - ProfessorProtein and RNA/ribozyme folding; biological structure and thermodynamics as basis for understanding function.
Wool, Ira - ProfessorStructure and function of eukaryotic ribosomes; RNA structures; RNA-protein interaction.