Chemical Biology
The following 16 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Crosson, Sean - Assistant ProfessorDeciphering the Structure, Function, and Topology of Microbial Signaling Systems
Greene, Geoffrey L - ProfessorSteroid hormone regulation of gene networks in reproductive tissues and cancers. Structure and function of nuclear receptors.
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.
Kent, Stephen B.H. - ProfessorApplication of chemistry to the study of proteins. Chemical protein synthesis. Protein mass spectrometry. Functional Proteomics. Mechanism of enzyme catalysis.
Kossiakoff, Anthony A - ProfessorStructure and function of hormone-receptor interactions, enzyme-inhibitor interfaces, and synthetic proteins.
Kovar, David - Assistant ProfessorBiochemical mechanisms of actin filament assembly.
Kron, Stephen J - Associate ProfessorSignal transduction, cell cycle control, and checkpoints. Technology for proteomics, drug discovery and systems biology.
Makinen, Marvin W - ProfessorElectron magnetic resonance; enzyme mechanisms; metalloenzymes; molecular dynamics; structural basis of enzyme action.
Meredith, Stephen C - ProfessorProtein aggregation and amyloid fibril structure; peptide synthesis; lipoprotein structure.
Nash, Piers - Assistant ProfessorModular protein interaction domains in signal transduction and the cell cycle.
Perozo, Eduardo - ProfessorStructure and Dynamics of Ion Channels and transporters
Piccirilli, Joseph A - Associate ProfessorChemistry/biochemistry of nucleic acids; structure and mechanism of ribozymes (catalytic RNA); bioorganic chemistry.
Rock, Ronald S - Assistant ProfessorMolecular motors; cytoskeletal organization; single-molecule biophysics
Roux, Benoit - ProfessorTheoretical and computational studies of the structure, dynamics and function of biological macromolecular systems.