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Biochemistry & Bioorganic Chemistry


Alice Barkan
- Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in the chloroplast, protein-facilitated RNA catalysis.

Andy Berglund - RNA-protein interactions, intron recognition and regulation of pre-mRNA splicing.

Victoria DeRose - Investigating chemical activity and structure in nucleic acids and proteins, with an emphasis on metal interactions.

James Hutchison - Ion and electron transport in biological systems and synthetic materials.

Kenneth Prehoda - Signal transduction, protein interaction networks, x-ray crystallography.

S. James Remington - Enzyme structure, mechanism and dynamics, x-ray crystallography, development of fluorescent protein biosensors.

Eric Selker - Epigenetics, DNA methylation, genome dynamics, gene silencing, position effects.

George Sprague, Jr. - Genetic regulatory mechanisms in yeast.

Tom Stevens - Membrane biogenesis, protein sorting, organelle assembly.

Peter von Hippel - Physical biochemistry of proteins and nucleic acids; gene expression.

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Alice Barkan
- Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in the chloroplast, protein-facilitated RNA catalysis.

Bruce Bowerman - Genetic analysis of the microfilament and microtubule cytoskeleton during early C. elegans embryogenesis.

Roderick Capaldi - Membrane structure and function, oxidative phosphorylation.

Chris Doe - Neural stem cells, cell polarity and CNS development in Drosophila.

Judith Eisen - Neural and neural crest development, neuronal and glia cell fate specification, axonal pathfinding.

Karen Guillemin - H. pylori mechanisms of pathogenesis, bacterial-host interactions in development.

Tory Herman - Neural target selection and synapse formation in Drosophila.

Eric Johnson - Hypoxia, genomics, gene regulation.

Clifford Kentros - Cellular and molecular studies of mammalian learning and memory.

Charles Kimmel - Pattern formation during development.

Andrew Marcus - Protein dynamics, intracellular transport.

Peter O'Day - Cellular signaling, retinal physiology, ion transport.

John Postlethwait - Genome evolution, evolution of development, developmental neurobiology.

Kenneth Prehoda - Signal transduction, protein interaction networks, x-ray crystallography.

William Roberts - Signal processing in sensory systems, synaptic transmission, calcium signaling.

Eric Selker - Epigenetics, DNA methylation, genome dynamics, gene silencing, position effects.

George Sprague, Jr. - Genetic regulatory mechanisms in yeast.

Tom Stevens - Membrane biogenesis, protein sorting, organelle assembly.

Joe Thornton - Molecular evolution and phylogenetics; hormones, receptors, and evolutionary genomics.

Nathan Tublitz - Neuropeptides, invertebrate neurobiology, neural basis of behavior.

Janis Weeks - Steroid hormone effects on synapses, neural circuits and neurodegeneration.

Monte Westerfield - Developmental genetics of neurons and muscle.

Hui Zong - Genetic analysis of gliomagenesis with a mosaic mouse model, lineage, stem cells and loss of tumor suppressor genes.

Developmental Biology


Alice Barkan - Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in the chloroplast, protein-facilitated RNA catalysis.

Bruce Bowerman - Genetic analysis of the microfilament and microtubule cytoskeleton during early C. elegans embryogenesis.

Chris Doe - Neural stem cells, cell polarity and CNS development in Drosophila.

Judith Eisen - Neural and neural crest development, neuronal and glia cell fate specification, axonal pathfinding.

Karen Guillemin - H. pylori mechanisms of pathogenesis, bacterial-host interactions in development.

Eric Johnson - Hypoxia, genomics, gene regulation.

Charles Kimmel - Pattern formation during development.

John Postlethwait - Genome evolution, evolution of development, developmental neurobiology.

George Sprague, Jr. - Genetic regulatory mechanisms in yeast.

Joe Thornton - Molecular evolution and phylogenetics; hormones, receptors, and evolutionary genomics.

Monte Westerfield - Developmental genetics of neurons and muscle.

Hui Zong - Genetic analysis of gliomagenesis with a mosaic mouse model, lineage, stem cells and loss of tumor suppressor genes.

Molecular Biology & Genetics


Alice Barkan - Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in the chloroplast, protein-facilitated RNA catalysis.

Andy Berglund - RNA-protein interactions, intron recognition and regulation of pre-mRNA splicing.

Bruce Bowerman - Genetic analysis of the microfilament and microtubule cytoskeleton during early C. elegans embryogenesis.

Roderick Capaldi - Membrane structure and function, oxidative phosphorylation.

Beatrice Darimont - Nuclear receptor signaling pathways, protein structure-function, vertebrate development.

Chris Doe - Neural stem cells, cell polarity and CNS development in Drosophila.

Judith Eisen - Neural and neural crest development, neuronal and glia cell fate specification, axonal pathfinding.

Karen Guillemin - H. pylori mechanisms of pathogenesis, bacterial-host interactions in development.

Diane Hawley - RNA polymerase, regulation of gene expression, protein-DNA interactions.

Tory Herman - Neural target selection and synapse formation in Drosophila.

Eric Johnson - Hypoxia, genomics, gene regulation.

Clifford Kentros - Cellular and molecular studies of mammalian learning and memory.

John Postlethwait - Genome evolution, evolution of development, developmental neurobiology.

Kenneth Prehoda - Signal transduction, protein interaction networks, x-ray crystallography.

Eric Selker - Epigenetics, DNA methylation, genome dynamics, gene silencing, position effects.

George Sprague, Jr. - Genetic regulatory mechanisms in yeast.

Franklin Stahl - Mechanisms of recombination.

Tom Stevens - Membrane biogenesis, protein sorting, organelle assembly.

Joe Thornton - Molecular evolution and phylogenetics; hormones, receptors, and evolutionary genomics.

Peter von Hippel - Physical biochemistry of proteins and nucleic acids; gene expression.

Philip Washbourne - Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation between neurons during development and repair.

Monte Westerfield - Developmental genetics of neurons and muscle.

Hui Zong - Genetic analysis of gliomagenesis with a mosaic mouse model, lineage, stem cells and loss of tumor suppressor genes.

Structural Biology & Biophysics


Andy Berglund - RNA-protein interactions, intron recognition and regulation of pre-mRNA splicing.

Roderick Capaldi - Membrane structure and function, oxidative phosphorylation.

Victoria DeRose - Investigating chemical activity and structure in nucleic acids and proteins, with an emphasis on metal interactions.

Diane Hawley - RNA polymerase, regulation of gene expression, protein-DNA interactions.

Hiner Linke -Quantum ratchets, motor proteins, semiconductor nanostructures

Shawn Lockery - Parallel and distributed processing in simple biological networks.

Andrew Marcus - Protein dynamics, intracellular transport.

Brian Matthews - Protein structure and function; protein folding; X-ray crystallography.

Raghuveer Parthasarathy - Material properties of biological membranes, mechanisms of protein organization, advanced microscopy techniques

Kenneth Prehoda - Signal trandusction, protein interaction networks, x-ray crystallography.

S. James Remington - Enzyme structure, mechanism and dynamics, x-ray crystallography, development of fluorescent protein biosensors.

William Roberts - Signal processing in sensory systems, synaptic transmission, calcium signaling.

Peter von Hippel - Physical biochemistry of proteins and nucleic acids; gene expression.

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