Faculty Directory – Molecular and Structural Biology

Faculty Name Department Research Topics
Steve Ackerman  Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Eosinophil effector functions in inflammation and tissue remodeling in asthma and allergy, regulation of eosinophil development.
Elizaveta Benevolenskaya Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics The role of tumor suppressor pRB in differentiation through epigenetic mechanisms such as regulating histone demethylases.
Marlene Bouvier Microbiology and Immunology Our research activities are focused on the cell biology, immunology, and structural biology of class I MHC molecules
Michael Caffrey Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Biophysical Studies of Virus Entry
Konstantinos Chronis Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Molecular mechanisms controlling cell pluripotency and specification
Alan M. Diamond Pathology Role of selenium containing proteins in prostate cancer risk and outcome
Dawood Darbar Cardiology The assessment and management of patients with inherited heart rhythm disorders, including long QT syndrome and Brugada syndrome.
Xiaoping Du Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion, migration, signaling; platelets, thrombosis, inflammation; develop new drugs
Maxim Frolov Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Transcriptional programs controlled by the Retinoblastoma and Hippo pathways
Vadim Gaponenko Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Nissim Hay Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Metabolomics and signaling
Andrei Karginov Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Protein engineering and synthetic biology, Cell-cell interactions and cell migration
Amy L. Kenter Microbiology and Immunology
Jiyeon Kim Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Metabolic reprogramming in disease
Shafi Kuchay Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Regulation of protein degradation at cellular membranes via ubiquitylation
Arnon Lavie Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Alexander Mankin Pharmaceutical Sciences Molecular mechanisms of protein synthesis, Mechanisms of antibiotic action and resistance, Synthetic biology/ribosome engineering
Brad Merrill Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, Wnt Signaling, Stem Cell Biology, and Synthetic Biology
Gary Mo Pharmacology Visualization of compartmentalized live cell signaling at super-resolution. Imaging of complex tissue biochemical interplay in living organisms
Toru Nakamura Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Regulation of telomere maintenance mechanism
Christian J Peters Anatomy and Cell Biology The Peters lab is interested in the mechanisms by which the function, regulation and cellular distribution of neuronal ion channel proteins regulates nicotine seeking and avoidance behaviors.
Mrinalini C. Rao Physiology and Biophysics
Pradip Raychaudhuri Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics The Forkhead box family of transcription factors in human disease
Jalees Rehman Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Stem cell biology, organoid models of disease, viral and bacterial infections, innate immune responses, genomics, bioinformatics, blood brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease

Nava Segev Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Regulation of Intracellular Trafficking by Molecular Switches
Sojin Shikano Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Angela Tyner Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Tyrosine kinase signaling in normal tissues and disease
Xiaowei Wang Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, Bioengineering miRNAs are small noncoding RNAs that regulate thousands of genes. We combine computational and experimental methods for integrative analysis of miRNA functions