Professor of Practice, Biotechnology
Adjunct Professor
Research Interests
define mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria; determine the susceptibility of resistant pathogens to new antibiotics
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests
protein structure-based drug design targeting cells involved in epithelial cancer and autoinflammatory disease, biochemical, mechanistic, and X-ray crystallographic analyses of regulatory RNAs; developing riboswitch-based molecular sensors
Provost Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests
virus-based biomaterials; biophotonics; biophysical chemistry of virus self-assembly; methodologies for measuring microscopic dynamics in supramolecular complexes
Lilly Chemistry Alumni Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
metal sensor proteins in pathogenic bacteria; NMR structural studies of regulatory RNAs in mammalian RNA viruses
Professor, Biology
Associate Chair of Teaching
Research Interests
eukaryotic cell biology; cytoskeleton and signaling; virology; genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors
Associate Chair for Research and Facilities, Biology
Director, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression by epigenetic modifications
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
virus assembly and spread
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
specific recognition by proteins of biologically relevant ligands; bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; structure and function of condensins and other structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests
folding, processing, and quality control of integral membrane proteins in the cell; high–throughput characterization of rare mutations in disease-linked integral membrane proteins
Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
synthesis, study, and design of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis and bacterial cell morphology; development of HBV capsid-binding probes and assembly-directed antivirals; oxidized phospholipids in disease and diagnostics
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
physiology, molecular genetics, and pathogenesis of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus); genomics and bioinformatics, Microbial Cell Biology; environmental responses; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
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