Cellular Biochemistry
The following 29 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Bishop, Douglas K - ProfessorMeiotic recombination, recombinational DNA repair in yeast and mammalian cells.
Crosson, Sean - Assistant ProfessorDeciphering the Structure, Function, and Topology of Microbial Signaling Systems
Dawson, Glyn - ProfessorLipid signalling pathways and progrd cell death in brain and tumors; inherited lysosomal storage diseases.
Friedmann, Herbert C - Associate ProfessorBacterial enzymes; nucleotide, porphyrin, bile pigment, and corrinoid metabolism; bacterial delta-aminolevulinic acid synthesis and control.
Glick, Benjamin S - ProfessorBiogenesis of secretory pathway organelles in yeast and mammalian cells, and directed evolution of fluorescent proteins.
Glotzer, Michael - Associate ProfessorThe molecular mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells
Goldwasser, Eugene - ProfessorBiochemistry of blood cell differentiation; mode of action of erythropoietin.
Green, William N - Associate ProfessorCell Biology of neurotransmitter receptors.
Greene, Geoffrey L - ProfessorSteroid hormone regulation of gene networks in reproductive tissues and cancers. Structure and function of nuclear receptors.
Gupta, Mohan L - Assistant Professor Mechanisms that regulate microtubule functions / interactions; roles of motor proteins in controlling microtubule dynamics; approaches range from in-vivo live cell imaging and functional assays to in-vitro single molecule analysis.
Haselkorn, Robert - ProfessorCellular differentiation in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; acetyl CoA carboxylase in plants and humans and parasites.
He, Tong-Chuan - Associate ProfessorMolecular biology of bone and soft tissue tumors; BMP and Wnt signaling in stem cells; Regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation; Cancer microenvironment and bone metastasis; Gene therapy and regenerative medicine.
Holaska, James M. - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of gene expression, chromatin dynamics and nuclear architecture by nuclear envelope proteins: Implications for muscular dystrophy, heart disease and aging.
Jones, Richard B - Assistant ProfessorSystems-Level Analyses of Cancer Signaling
Kay, Brian - ProfessorMapping protein-protein interactions with combinatorial peptides, engineered proteins, and phage-display
Keenan, Robert J - Assistant ProfessorStructural biology and directed evolution.
Kovar, David - Assistant ProfessorBiochemical mechanisms of actin filament assembly.
Lamppa, Gayle K - Associate ProfessorChloroplast development; nuclear genes coding for chloroplast proteins; regulation of protein import and posttranslational processing.
Macleod, Kay F - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of cell cycle checkpoints and cell death in response to oxidative stress and DNA damage.
McNally, Elizabeth - ProfessorGenetics of heart and muscle development and disease in humans and mice.
Nash, Piers - Assistant ProfessorModular protein interaction domains in signal transduction and the cell cycle.
Pan, Tao - ProfessorRNA genomics, RNA epigenetics, RNA folding
Rebay, Ilaria - Associate ProfessorTranscriptional regulatory circuitries in development and disease; Receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction.
Rock, Ronald S - Assistant ProfessorMolecular motors; cytoskeletal organization; single-molecule biophysics
Rosner, Marsha R - ProfessorGrowth factor receptor signaling leading to cell growth, cell differentiation or cell death.
Schwartz, Nancy B - ProfessorTranscriptional control of ECM expression during chondrogenesis and neurogenesis; regulation of sulfate activation; skeletal dysplasias.
Staley, Jonathan P - Associate ProfessorPre-mRNA splicing: quality control, signal transduction, intron function and snRNA function. Approaches include genetics, genomics, cell biology and biochemistry in budding yeast.
Steck, Theodore L - ProfessorMembrane cholesterol biochemistry and cholesterol homeostasis.
Steiner, Donald F - ProfessorBiosynthesis and evolution of pancreatic islet hormones; protein precursor processing mechanisms; development and function of the islet alpha (glucagon) and beta (insulin) cells.