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Ascano, Manuel, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Biochemistry
\nAssociate Professor:\u00a0Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
\nPost-transcriptional gene regulation in innate immunity and cellular stress<\/p>\n

Bachmann, Brian, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nSynthetic Biology, Organic Chemistry natural products, Mechanistic Enzymology<\/p>\n

Blind, Ray, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor: Medicine,\u00a0Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
\nMolecular design principles<\/p>\n

Boothby, Mark, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
\nWhat is the \u201cinternal milieu\u201d at a micro-anatomic scale and how does it impact differentiation and function of lymphocytes during immunity<\/p>\n

Brown, Breann, Ph.D.
\n<\/a>Assistant Professor: Biochemistry
\nThe Brown Lab is interested in understanding how aberrations in macromolecular protein assembly underlie human diseases.<\/p>\n

Brown, Jonathan, M.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
\nUnderstanding how chromatin-dependent signaling drives transcriptional programs that change cell state<\/p>\n

Buchanan, Lauren, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor: Chemistry
\nBiophysical methods to study protein dynamics<\/p>\n

Cassat, James, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Pediatrics \/Div. Infectious Disease
\nHost-Pathogen Interactions–Invasive Staphylococcal Infection & Musculoskeletal Biology<\/p>\n

Chazin, Walter, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nStructural Cell Biology- DNA replication, recombination and repair, ubiquitination, calcium signal transduction<\/p>\n

Cliffel, David, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nNanoparticle biomimics, electroanalytical chemistry, multianaltye microphysiometry<\/p>\n

Cortez, David, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nGenome maintenance by the DNA damage response<\/p>\n

Davies, Sean, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Pharmacology
\nLipid Mediators and Sustainable Therapeutic Interventions for Chronic Diseases<\/p>\n

Denison, Mark, M.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
\nCoronavirus \/ SARS replication; virus cell biology; emerging viruses in biodefense; synthetic biology<\/p>\n

Denton, Jerod, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Anesthesiology and Pharmacology
\nThe major focus of my lab is on developing the molecular pharmacology of inward rectifier potassium channels, and using these tools to explore the integrative physiology and “druggability” of Kir channels in various diseases.<\/p>\n

Eichman, Brandt, Ph.D<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biological Sciences
\nDNA Transactions at an Atomic Level<\/p>\n

Guengerich, Frederick, Ph.D<\/a>.
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nChemistry and enzymology of bioactivation and detoxication of foreign compounds<\/p>\n

Hadjifrangiskou, Maria, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
\nHow bacteria do the equivalent of \u201cthinking\u201d by using small sensory devices called two-component systems<\/p>\n

Iverson, Tina, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Pharmacology
\nStructural basis for molecular recognition<\/p>\n

Johnston, Jeffrey, Ph.D<\/a>.
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nSynthetic methodology, chemical synthesis<\/p>\n

Kim, Daria, Ph.D.<\/a>.
\nAssistant Professor: Chemistry
\nTo develop new small molecule strategies for effecting precise and site-selective transformations in complex, highly functionalized molecules<\/p>\n

Kojetin, Doug, Ph.D.<\/a>.
\nAssociate Professor:\u00a0Biochemistry
\nSynthetic methodology, chemical synthesis<\/p>\n

Lacy, Borden, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
\nHost-Pathogen Interactions–Structural biology of bacterial protein toxins and their host interactions<\/p>\n

Lannigan, Deborah, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
\nSignaling pathways\u00a0involved in mammary gland homeostasis and breast cancer<\/p>\n

Mchaourab, Hassane, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor, Louis B. McGavock Chair: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
\nStructure and dynamic basis for protein function.<\/p>\n

McLean, John, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nBioanalytical and biophysical chemistry<\/p>\n

Meiler, Jens, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nComputational structural biochemistry<\/p>\n

Merrikh, Houra, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nIdentification and characterization of the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication, repair, and mutagenesis in bacteria<\/p>\n

Nobis, William, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor: Neurology
\nSudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP),\u00a0evaluation of extended amygdala circuits relation to seizures and respiratory control<\/p>\n

Osheroff, Neil, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nFunction and biology of DNA topoisomerases<\/p>\n

Plate, Lars, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate\u00a0Professor: Biological Sciences and Chemistry
\nInterrogating how protein interaction networks are dynamically regulated in diverse cellular processes, such as protein quality control or virus infection<\/p>\n

Robinson, Ren\u00e3, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nOmics using mass spectrometry techniques<\/p>\n

Rosenthal, Sandy, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nNanocrystals, solar cells, and solid-state lighting<\/p>\n

Sanders, Charles, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nMembrane proteins, disease, Alzheimer’s, cardiac arrhythmias, kidney fibrosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative<\/p>\n

Schey, Kevin, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Biochemistry
\nProteomics analysis in development and disease; mass spectrometry technology development<\/p>\n

Schneider, Claus, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Pharmacology
\nBiochemistry of lipid signaling<\/p>\n

Schuppe, Alex, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor: Chemistry
\nSynthesis and Modification of Biologically Active Small Molecules<\/p>\n

Skaar, Eric, Ph.D., MPH<\/a>
\nProfessor: Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
\nThe pathogenesis of bacterial infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (Staph infections), Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax), and Acinetobacter baumannii (soft tissue infections)<\/p>\n

Spraggins, Jeffrey, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Cell & Developmental Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, & PMI
\nAdvanced imaging mass spectrometry and integrated multimodal molecular imaging technologies<\/p>\n

Sulikowski, Gary, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nTotal synthesis of complex natural products<\/p>\n

Townsend, Steven, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor: Chemistry
\nCarbohydrate Synthesis Peptide Synthesis Small Molecule Total Synthesis<\/p>\n

Walker, Allison, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor:\u00a0Biological Sciences & Chemistry
\nComputational methods for natural product discovery and engineering<\/p>\n

Wilson, John T., Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor: Chemical and Biolmolecular Engineering & Biomedical Engineering
\nCure, detect, treat, or prevent myriad disease through the design of novel molecularly engineered materials that interrogate the immune system in defined and specific manners.<\/p>\n

Yang, Zhongyue (John), Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor: Chemistry
\nDeveloping an approach to automatically predict function<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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