Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of gene expression by environmental factors such as light and oxygen; differentiation of bacteria into different cell types
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
Microbial structure, function and mechanism; evolution of chaperonin Hsp60; cryo-EM studies of human mitochondrial Hsp60
Faculty Co-Director, Electron Microscopy Center
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
utilizes cryo-electron microscopy, x-ray crystallography, and bioinformatics to elucidate the structures of complex macromolecular assemblies and machines; virus structure and the general principles by which viruses self-assemble; how virus self-assembly strategies can be targeted in the design of anti-viral therapeutics and the construction of nanomachines
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
Replication mechanism of RNA viruses; Structure and function of viral RNA; Development of RNA scaffolds to facilitate structure determination by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Adjunct, Chemistry
Research Interests
biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology; development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures
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
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
virus assembly and spread
Professor, Biology
Adjunct Core Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
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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