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Connor, James  
  • Distinguished Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Neurosurgery
jrc3@psu.edu
717-531-6408
   (Hershey) 		Regulation of expression of iron-binding proteins in the nervous system.
Cosgrove, Daniel (Dan)  
  • Eberly Chair and Professor of Biology
dcosgrove@psu.edu
814-863-3892
   (University Park) 		Mechanism of plant growth. Function and evolution of expansins. Biochemistry and rheology of plant cell walls. Growth responses to light, hormones, and water stress and other stimuli.
Cyr, Richard  
  • Professor of Biology
rjc8@psu.edu
814-865-6416
   (University Park) 		Plant cell and developmental biology. Biochemical, genetic, molecular genetic and cell biology of the cytoskeleton. Mitosis, with emphasis on spindle assembly.
Hancock, William (Will)  
  • Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
wohbio@engr.psu.edu
814-863-0492
   (University Park) 		The detailed workings of motor proteins and their role in intracellular transport and cell motility.
Heikal, Ahmed  
  • Associate Professor of Bioengineering
aah12@psu.edu
814-865-8093
   (University Park) 		Energy metabolism and mitochondria anomalies. Model and natural biomembranes. Protein dynamics and protein-protein interaction. Theoretical modeling and technique development (biophotonics and biophysics approaches).
Luscher, Bernhard  
  • Professor of Biology
  • Interim Co-Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute
bxl25@psu.edu
814-865-5549
   (University Park) 		Development and regulation of GABAergic inhibitory synapses; neural substrates regulating anxiety and cognition.
Malone, Christian  
  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
cjm42@psu.edu
814-863-6668
   (University Park) 		Nuclear interactions with the cytoplasm.
Nixon, B. Tracy  
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
btn1@psu.edu
814-865-3679
   (University Park) 		Structural and functional basis of two component signal transduction. Structural basis for how AAA+ ATPases perform mechanical work to activate transcription by remodeling the sigma54-form of bacterial RNA polymerase.
Pugh, B. Franklin (Frank)  
  • Willaman Professor in Molecular Biology
bfp2@psu.edu
814-863-8252
   (University Park) 		Biochemical reconstitution and mechanistic studies on chromatin and the transcription machinery.
Sheets, Erin  
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry
eds11@psu.edu
814-863-0044
   (University Park) 		Development of nanofabricated tools for cell biology; spatiotemporal dynamics of cell surface phenomena; signal transduction; membrane structure and dynamics; quantitative fluorescence microscopy.
Tan, Song  
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
sxt30@psu.edu
814-865-3355
   (University Park) 		Structural biology of eukaryotic gene regulatory complexes.
Thomas, Graham  
  • Associate Professor of Biology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
gxt5@psu.edu
814-863-0716
   (University Park) 		Roles of the cytoskeleton at the cell membrane in epithelial cells, including issues of cell polarity and adhesion, cell signaling, and morphogenesis.