Faculty
| Faculty Member | Contact | Research Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Bauer Chair Professor |
SI 305A 855-6595 Send Email |
The regulation of gene expression by environmental factors such as light and oxygen; Differentiation of bacteria into different cell types |
| Stephen Bell Professor |
SI 405A 856-2331 Send Email |
The study of the molecular and cellular biology of the Archaea, with particular interest in transcription, DNA replication and cell division. |
| Lingling Chen Associate Professor |
SI 400A 855-0491 Send Email |
Structural and biochemical studies on protein-protein interactions in GroEL-mediated protein folding and microbial communications |
| Jared Cochran Assistant Professor |
SI 405C 855-6935 Send Email |
Development of a metal switch for controlling the activity of P-loop NTPases; kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of unconventional kinesin-microtubule systems; high resolution structural and mechanistic studies of tubulin-protein interactions |
| Jim Drummond Director of Graduate Program Associate Professor |
SI 305C 856- 4184 Send Email |
Limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins: a minimalist approach to structure and function |
| Cheng Kao Professor |
SI 205C 856-1467 Send Email |
Biochemistry of RNA virus infection and innate immunity |
| Craig Pikaard Carlos O. Miller Professor |
Myers Hall 300 855-1874 Send Email |
Mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing and large-scale epigenetic control |
| Adam Zlotnick Professor |
SI 220A 856-1925 Send Email |
Biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures |
Adjunct Faculty
| Faculty Member | Contact | Research Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Bush Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology |
JH A311 855-1542 |
Define mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria; determine the susceptibility of resistant pathogens to new antibiotics. |
| Erin Carlson Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry |
SI 200B 855-3665 Send Email |
Define the mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis using proteomics and metabolomics; identify therapeutic agents through natural products discovery. |
| Charles Dann III Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry |
SI 320D 856-1704 Send Email |
Protein structure-based drug design targeting cells involved in epithelial cancer and autoinflammatory disease. Biochemical, mechanistic, and X-ray crystallographic analyses of regulatory RNAs; developing riboswitch-based molecular sensors |
| Richard DiMarchi
Professor, Department of Chemistry |
CH A508 856-1840 Send Email |
Structure-activity relationships of macromolecules |
| Bogdan Dragnea Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry |
CH C231B 856-0087 Send Email |
Virus-based biomaterials; biophotonics; biophysical chemistry of virus self-assembly; methodologies for measuring microscopic dynamics in supramolecular complexes. |
| David P. Giedroc Professor, Department of Chemistry |
SI 320A 856-5449 Send Email |
Metal sensor proteins in pathogenic bacteria; NMR structural studies of regulatory RNAs in mammalian RNA viruses. |
| Richard Hardy Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
SI 220E 856- 0652 Send Email |
Genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors |
| Tuli Mukhopadhyay Assistant Professor, Department of Biology |
SI 220C 856-3686 Send Email |
Structure and assembly of enveloped, RNA viruses Alphavirus Structure and Assembly |
| Martha G. Oakley Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry |
SI 320B 855-4843 Send Email |
Bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; phosphoinositide control of protein function; structure-function relationships |
Professionals
| Faculty Member | Contact | Research Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Joel Ybe Senior Research Scientist |
SI 405B 856-4882 Send Email |
Correlation between clathrin-mediated endocytosis and Huntington’s disease |
