Faculty
Charles Anderson
Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology; Co-Director, Center for Biorenewables; Professor of Biology
In vivo imaging of plant cell wall dynamics. Molecular genetic analysis of genes involved in cell growth. Cell wall biosynthesis in dividing cells. Cell wall engineering for sustainable bioenergy production.
Jean-Paul Armache
Assistant Professor of of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The mechanisms and functions of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes and their place in gene regulation.
Stephen Benkovic
Evan Pugh University Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry
Philip Bevilacqua
Co-Director, Center for RNA Molecular Biology; Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RNA folding in vivo and genome-wide; RNA regulation of gene expression; Ribozyme Mechanism; roles RNA may have played in the emergence of life on early earth
Amie Boal
Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The structural differences between members of large metalloenzyme superfamilies that share common features but promote different reactions or use distinct cofactors.
David Boehr
Associate Professor of Chemistry
The role of protein dynamics in enzyme function, coordination and regulation
Amber Cesare
Assistant Teaching Professor of Science Education
Design and implementation of STEM education outreach programs that bridge cutting-edge science and engineering research and K-12 classrooms
Sung Hyun (Joseph) Cho
Co-Director, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility; Associate Research Professor
Ying Gu
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanism of cellulose biosynthesis in higher plants. Genetic modification of plant cell wall to scale-up biofuel production.
William Hancock
Professor of Bioengineering
The detailed workings of motor proteins and their role in intracellular transport and cell motility.
Mark Hedglin
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Deciphering how efficient and faithful replication of the human genome is achieved within the highly-complex, dynamic, and reactive environment of the nucleus. Identifying pathways for genomic instability in humans, identifying novel oncogenic drug targets, developing better chemotherapeutic treatments for human cancers caused by genomic instability.
Wen Jiang
Faculty Director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility; Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Joyce Jose
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Virus-host interactions involved in the pathogenesis of alphaviruses and flaviviruses. Analysis of virus induced structures and cytoskeletal modifications in mammalian host and insect vector using high-resolution live cell imaging and electron microscopy. Viral determinants of neurotropism, encephalitis, transmission and persistence in BSL-3 pathogens.
Andrey Krasilnikov
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of RNA and RNA-protein complexes
Scott Lindner
Co-Director, Center for Malaria Research; Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
RNA/protein complexes, translational control, and the specialized ribosomes of malaria parasites using sequencing, proteomics, and genetic approaches with a focus on the transmission stages of Plasmodium parasites between mammals and mosquitoes
Manuel Llinás
Co-Director, Center for Malaria Research; Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of gene regulation and metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum using functional genomics and metabolomics.
Katsuhiko Murakami
Director of the Center for Structural Biology; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural and Mechanistic Enzymology of Prokaryotic RNA Polymerases
Denise Okafor
Huck Early Career Chair in Biophysics, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural mechanisms of signaling and regulation in protein complexes.
Scott Showalter
Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biophysical Chemistry applied to solution NMR spectroscopy of partially disordered proteins. NMR studies of protein dynamics coupled with computational and theoretical studies of the coupling between nuclear spin relaxation and molecular motion.