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Participating Units
Biology
Chemistry
Center for Biochemistry and Biophysics
Center for Neuroscience Research
Research Technologies
 Genomics - Proteomics
- Bioinformatics
- Spectroscopy
Life Sciences Researchers
Bioinformatics
Dr.
George Berg
Computational methods of protein structure analysis
Molecular Biology
Dr.
Robert Osuna
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Gene Regulation
Dr. Sho-Ya Wang
(also part of the Neuroscience group)
Structure-Function Studies of Sodium Channels
Dr.
Richard Cunningham
DNA repair in cellular survival
Dr. Richard Zitomer
Genetic regulation of gene expression in yeast
Dr. Albert Millis
Gene regulation in vascular cells and tissues; Receptor-ligand regulation of differentiation and disease.
Dr.
David Shub
Origin and function of self/splicing introns;
catalytic RNA and gene regulation; homing endonucleases
and unidirectional gene conversion.
Dr.
Min-Ho Lee
RNA metabolism and translational regulation of
gene expression, germline development, C.elegans
and closely related nematodes
Dr.
Hua Shi
Molecular and cellular biology of transcription and signal transduction, Forward engineering in anti-viral and cancer drug discovery and development
Evolutionary Molecular Biology
Dr. Caro-Beth Stewart
(also part of bioinformatics group)
Molecular basis of adaptive evolution; primate genomics
Dr. Ing-Nang Wang
Experimental evolution, cellular targets of phage lysis proteins, bacteriophages
Neuroscience
Dr. Gregory Lnenicka
Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development and plasticity in Drosophilia
Dr. Ben Szaro
Neurofilaments and the molecular biology of vertebrate axon outgrowth and regeneration
Dr.
Cheryl Frye
Sex steroids' behavioral effects and mechanisms of action
Dr.
Christine Wagner
Progesterone receptor expression
Dr.
Li Niu
Mechanism of signal transmission and transduction
Dr.
Jamie Rusconi
(also part of the Molecular Biology group)
Programmed cell death in Drosophila Development
Spectroscopy
Dr. Igor Lednev
Structure and dynamics of proteins in cellular signaling processes
Dr.
Alexander Shekhtman
Structural biology and protein NMR
Dr.
Carolyn MacDonald
X-ray optics in imaging and structural analysis of protein and macromolecular crystals
Dr.
Charles Scholes
Structure and function of proteins
Dr.
Jayanti Pande
Investigating vision related problems, such as
cataracts and glaucoma, at the molecular level
Organic Chemistry
Dr.
Rabi Musah
Zinc Finger Proteins and Organosulfur Natural Products Chemistry
Prof.
Eric Block
Prof.
John Welch
Other Cutting-Edge Initiatives
School of Nanosciences and Nanoengineering
University's Center for Functional Genomics
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