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Biochemistry
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Dean R Appling Associate Dean, Professor Lester J. Reed Professorship in Biochemistry Regulation And Organization Of Metabolic Pathways |
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Karen S Browning Professor Mechanism And Regulation Of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. |
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Marvin L Hackert Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences William Shive Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry |
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Daniel J Leahy Department Chair, Molecular Biosciences, Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas T Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Associate Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Tanya T Paull Professor, Professor of Oncology Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair and oxidative stress signaling |
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Shelley M Payne Professor, Professor of Medical Education Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Jon D Robertus Professor Emeritus Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry Biochemistry: Structural Biology, Protein Engineering, And Drug Design |
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Jeff Schaub Graduate Research Assistant I am interested in studying the interactions between proteins and nucleic acids. |
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Gwendolyn M Stovall Assistant Professor of Practice Gwen Stovall leads the FRI Aptamer Stream, where students use biochemistry and molecular biology to develop tools made of RNA and DNA. |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant BIO PhD student researching metabolic engineering in plants. Currently my work focuses on natural rubber and omega-3 fatty acid biosynthesis. |
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Jamie Yelland Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant MBS Visualizing the steps of eukaryotic ribosome assembly NMS 1.246 Full Profile » |
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Yan Zhang Associate Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Biophysics
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Daniel J Leahy Department Chair, Molecular Biosciences, Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology |
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Andreas T Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Associate Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Jeff Schaub Graduate Research Assistant I am interested in studying the interactions between proteins and nucleic acids. |
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Yan Zhang Associate Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Birth Defects
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Dean R Appling Associate Dean, Professor Lester J. Reed Professorship in Biochemistry Regulation And Organization Of Metabolic Pathways |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
Cell Biology
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Janice A Fischer Professor, Director, Academic Program Genetics of the ubiquitin pathway in Drosophila |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Andreas T Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Kyle M Miller Associate Professor Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage responses and chromatin involved in cancer and its treatments |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Cancer
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Gregory C Ippolito Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Oncology Normal and malignant B-cell immunology. Antibody repertoires. |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Kyle M Miller Associate Professor Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage responses and chromatin involved in cancer and its treatments |
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Tanya T Paull Professor, Professor of Oncology Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair and oxidative stress signaling |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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Developmental Biology
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Z. Jeffrey Chen Professor D. J. Sibley Centennial Professorship in Plant Molecular Genetics Genomic and Epigenetic Bases of Polyploidy and Hybrid Vigor |
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Janice A Fischer Professor, Director, Academic Program Genetics of the ubiquitin pathway in Drosophila |
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Enamul Huq Professor Light signal transduction in plants witha a focus on mechanisms of light-regulated protein degradation and pre-mRNA splicing in Arabidopsis |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
Genes, Genetics & Genomics
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Z. Jeffrey Chen Professor D. J. Sibley Centennial Professorship in Plant Molecular Genetics Genomic and Epigenetic Bases of Polyploidy and Hybrid Vigor |
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Janice A Fischer Professor, Director, Academic Program Genetics of the ubiquitin pathway in Drosophila |
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Gregory C Ippolito Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Oncology Normal and malignant B-cell immunology. Antibody repertoires. |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Kyle M Miller Associate Professor Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage responses and chromatin involved in cancer and its treatments |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Shelley M Payne Professor, Professor of Medical Education Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant BIO PhD student researching metabolic engineering in plants. Currently my work focuses on natural rubber and omega-3 fatty acid biosynthesis. |
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Immunology
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Gregory C Ippolito Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Oncology Normal and malignant B-cell immunology. Antibody repertoires. |
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Jason McLellan Associate Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
Infectious Disease
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Rasika M Harshey Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology DNA transposition, Replicative repair, flagella motility and signaling, bacterial surface colonization |
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Gregory C Ippolito Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Oncology Normal and malignant B-cell immunology. Antibody repertoires. |
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Jason McLellan Associate Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Shelley M Payne Professor, Professor of Medical Education Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
Microbiology
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Rasika M Harshey Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology DNA transposition, Replicative repair, flagella motility and signaling, bacterial surface colonization |
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Andreas T Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Associate Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Shelley M Payne Professor, Professor of Medical Education Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant BIO PhD student researching metabolic engineering in plants. Currently my work focuses on natural rubber and omega-3 fatty acid biosynthesis. |
Molecular Biology
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Karen S Browning Professor Mechanism And Regulation Of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. |
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Z. Jeffrey Chen Professor D. J. Sibley Centennial Professorship in Plant Molecular Genetics Genomic and Epigenetic Bases of Polyploidy and Hybrid Vigor |
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Janice A Fischer Professor, Director, Academic Program Genetics of the ubiquitin pathway in Drosophila |
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Enamul Huq Professor Light signal transduction in plants witha a focus on mechanisms of light-regulated protein degradation and pre-mRNA splicing in Arabidopsis |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas T Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Associate Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Kyle M Miller Associate Professor Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage responses and chromatin involved in cancer and its treatments |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Tanya T Paull Professor, Professor of Oncology Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair and oxidative stress signaling |
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Shelley M Payne Professor, Professor of Medical Education Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Jon D Robertus Professor Emeritus Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry Biochemistry: Structural Biology, Protein Engineering, And Drug Design |
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Jeff Schaub Graduate Research Assistant I am interested in studying the interactions between proteins and nucleic acids. |
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Gwendolyn M Stovall Assistant Professor of Practice Gwen Stovall leads the FRI Aptamer Stream, where students use biochemistry and molecular biology to develop tools made of RNA and DNA. |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Caleb D Swaim Graduate Research Assistant I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant BIO PhD student researching metabolic engineering in plants. Currently my work focuses on natural rubber and omega-3 fatty acid biosynthesis. |
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Jamie Yelland Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant MBS Visualizing the steps of eukaryotic ribosome assembly NMS 1.246 Full Profile » |
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Yan Zhang Associate Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Plant Biology
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Karen S Browning Professor Mechanism And Regulation Of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. |
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Z. Jeffrey Chen Professor D. J. Sibley Centennial Professorship in Plant Molecular Genetics Genomic and Epigenetic Bases of Polyploidy and Hybrid Vigor |
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Enamul Huq Professor Light signal transduction in plants witha a focus on mechanisms of light-regulated protein degradation and pre-mRNA splicing in Arabidopsis |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant BIO PhD student researching metabolic engineering in plants. Currently my work focuses on natural rubber and omega-3 fatty acid biosynthesis. |
Stem Cells & Regenerative Biology
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Yan Zhang Associate Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Systems & Synthetic Biology
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas T Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor William and Gwyn Shive Endowed Professorship We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant BIO PhD student researching metabolic engineering in plants. Currently my work focuses on natural rubber and omega-3 fatty acid biosynthesis. |
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