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
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| 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 |