IU STARS Mentors - Biochemistry
Carl Bauer
Molecular biology and gene regulation in photosynthetic bacteria.
Yves Brun: Mechanisms and regulation of bacterial development; cell division; gene regulation; cell biology; genetic engineering; microscopy.
Peter Cherbas: Studies of how hormones regulate genes during development using biochemistry, genetics, and cell culture.
Lingling Chen: Biochemistry studies of microbial communication, microbe-host interaction, and molecular chaperon-assisted protein folding.
Pranav Danthi
Studies to elucidate the molecular basis of viral disease
Jim Drummond: Biochemistry of DNA repair and metabolism
Viola Ellison
Human chromosome duplication and maintenance of genome integrity.
Pat Foster
Mutagenesis, DNA Replication and Recombination. Mutations, heritable changes in an organism’s genome, are crucial for evolution but also impact human health. Using the bacterium Escherichia coli as a model system, we employ genetic and molecular techniques to investigate the mechanisms by which mutations arise.
Clay Fuqua
Studies of how and why microorganisms communicate with each other when they do important things, such as cause disease.
Tai Min
Molecular mechanisms of Down syndrome, neurological disorders, and aging.
Kristi Montooth
Evolutionary physiological genetics; population genetics; biochemical adaptation.
Peter Ortoleva: Studies using computer modeling to understand the workings of the living cell and the virus. This research has fundamental, pharmaceutical, and biotechnical applications.
Sid Shaw
Microtubule dynamics and cellular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis.
Jeffrey Zaleski:Studies involving the use of various steady state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods including optical absorption, Raman, and circular dichroism to investigate the structure and kinetics of biologically relevant intermediates involved in enzyme and drug-related reaction mechanisms. This information is important in determining the pathways by which multi-step biochemical reactions occur.
Note: Many of these faculty members are also listed under Chemistry.
