Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Faculty
Baserga, Susan
Research Interests:Ribosome biogenesis; rRNA processing; U3 RNP structure and function; RNA helicases; Polymerase I transcription and processing
Biederer, Thomas
Research Interests:Biochemistry of membrane proteins; molecular and cellular neuroscience; synapse formation
Brudvig, Gary
Research Interests:photosystem II; EPR spectroscopy; metalloproteins; artificial photosynthesis
Crothers, Donald
Research Interests:DNA bending; RNA conformation; RNA-protein interactions; characterization of DNA-drug interactions
De La Cruz, Enrique
Research Interests:Cytoskeleton; RNA helicases; Kinetics; Thermodynamics; Polymer Mechanics; Processivity
DiMaio, Daniel
Research Interests:Molecular Biology of Tumor Viruses; Mechanisms of Viral Carcinogenesis; Molecular Basis of Cell Growth Regulation and Senescence; Manipulating Cells and Viruses with Artificial Transmembrane Proteins; Oncogenes; Senescence ; Signal Transduction; Trans-membrane Proteins; Tumor Suppressor Genes; Virology; Virus
Engelman, Donald
Research Interests:Helix Interactions; Lipid Bilayers; Membranes; Physical Biochemistry; Protein Folding; Proteins
Garen, Alan
Research Interests:Development; Genetics; Medical Sciences; Molecular Biology
Gerstein, Mark
Research Interests:Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Biophysics; Computational Biology; DNA; Genomics; Molecular Simulation; Proteins; Sequence Alignment; Structural Biology
Grindley, Nigel
Research Interests:Serine recombinases; site specific recombination; mechanisms of protein-DNA transactions; DNA polymerases
Hochstrasser, Mark
Research Interests:Adenosinetriphosphatase; Cell Growth Regulation; Chemical Cleavage; Chemical Conjugate; Chimeric Protein; Enzyme Activity; Enzyme Complex; Enzyme Mechanism; Enzyme Structure; Fungal Genetics; Gene Deletion Mutation; Immunoelectron Microscopy; Isozyme; Mass Spectrometry; Mutant; Proteasome; Protein Degradation; Protein Purification; Proteinase; Protooncogene; Saccharomyces Cerevisiae; Transcription Factor; Ubiquitin
Joyce, Catherine
Research Interests:DNA polymerase pathway; Dbh polymerase
Koelle, Michael
Research Interests:C. Elegans; G Protein; Neurotransmission; RGS Protein; Serotonin; Molecular Genetics; Neurobiology; Neurotransmitters; Proteins and Macromolecules; Receptors
Koleske, Anthony
Research Interests:Neuronal morphogenesis and degeneration; stress; schizophrenia; cell migration; cancer; metastasis; adhesion receptors
Konigsberg, William
Research Interests:Blood Coagulation; DNA Replication; Genetics; Proteins and Macromolecules
Lengyel, Peter
Research Interests:p200 family proteins; mammalian differentiation; cell proliferation; interferons
Miller, I George, Jr
Research Interests:Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV); Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV); Tumor virology
Clinical Interests:Viral diseases; Hodgkin's Disease; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma
Miranker, Andrew
Research Interests:Conformational changes in proteins which give rise to a special class of protein complex known as amyloid fibrils
Modis, Yorgo
Research Interests:Bacterial Infections; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Disease Resistance; Immune System; Immune System Disorders; Immunology; Infectious Diseases or Agents; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Natural Processes Health Safety Medical; Pathogenesis; Receptors; Structural Biology; Structure or Function (Health or Safety or Medical); Vaccine
Moore, Peter
Research Interests:RNA Structures
Pollard, Thomas
Research Interests:Cytokinesis; cellular motility; role of actin filaments and myosin motors
Regan, Lynne
Research Interests:Mental retardation; protein-protein interactions; Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP); protein-based nanomaterials
Rhoades, Elizabeth
Research Interests:Protein-Protein Interactions; Disordered Proteins; Protein Aggregation; Protein Folding; Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Schlieker, Christian
Research Interests:Alternative nuclear transport (nuclear egress), Protein quality control and its relation to viral pathogenesis, DYT1 Dystonia
Shulman, Robert
Research Interests:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); metabolic pathways in vivo
Simon, Matthew
Research Interests:Chemical biology; Large non-coding RNAs; Epigenetic regulation; Histone modifications
Snyder, Michael
Research Interests:cell division; cell morphogenesis; sex specific gene expression; human genome characterization
Soll, Dieter
Research Interests:Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis; Functional Genomics; Life Science Biological; Mechanism of Translation
Solomon, Mark
Research Interests:Cell cycle; Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis; Anaphase-promoting Complex
Steitz, Joan
Research Interests:Autoantibodies; Gene Expression; RNA; RNA Processing; SnRNPs; Viral Transformation
Steitz, Thomas
Research Interests:Protein Structure; Proteins and Macromolecules; Protein Nucleic Acid Complexes; X-ray Crystallography
Strobel, Scott
Research Interests:Antibiotics; Nucleic Acid Bioorganic Chemistry; Ribosome; Ribozyme; RNA Catalysis; RNA-Protein Interaction; Translation; Riboswitches, Biofuels; Endophytes; Natural Product Discovery
Summers, William
Research Interests:History of molecular biology; Development of target theory; History of Manchurian Plague, 1910-1911
Sung, Patrick
Research Interests:Repair of DNA double-strand breaks; repair by homologous recombination; repair by DNA end-joining
Wang, Hongwei
Research Interests:Cryo-electron microscopy; cytoskeleton dynamics; RNA quality control; RNA interference
Williams, Kenneth
Research Interests:protein profiling; phosphoproteomics; protein posttranslational modification
Wolin, Sandra
Research Interests:noncoding RNAs; RNA surveillance, RNA damage; autoimmune disease; environmental stress
Xiong, Yong
Research Interests:Innate immune systems; HIV; fatty acid synthase (FAS); polyketide synthase (PKS); Viral vectors
