Cell Cycle and Transcriptional Regulation

Alan Garen

Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Research Interests:Development; Genetics; Medical Sciences; Molecular Biology

    Mark Hochstrasser

    Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

    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

      I George Miller, Jr

      John F. Enders Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
      Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

      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

      • Office:(203) 785-4758
      • Appt:(203) 785-4730

      Thomas Pollard

      Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
      Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

      Research Interests:Cytokinesis; cellular motility; role of actin filaments and myosin motors

      • Office:(203) 432-3565
      • Lab:(203) 432-3194

      Matthew Simon

      Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
      Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (starting next year)

      Research Interests:Chemical biology; Large non-coding RNAs; Epigenetic regulation; Histone modifications

      • Office:(203) 737-3274

      Michael Snyder

      Senior Research Scientist in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

      Research Interests:cell division; cell morphogenesis; sex specific gene expression; human genome characterization

        Mark Solomon

        Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

        Research Interests:Cell cycle; Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis; Anaphase-promoting Complex

        • Office:(203) 436-9053

        Thomas Steitz

        Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry
        Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

        Research Interests:Protein Structure; Proteins and Macromolecules; Protein Nucleic Acid Complexes; X-ray Crystallography

        • Office:(203) 432-5617
        • Lab:(203) 432-5627

        Hongwei Wang

        Research Scientist in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

        Research Interests:Cryo-electron microscopy; cytoskeleton dynamics; RNA quality control; RNA interference