Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program

Faculty

Gordon G. Carmichael, Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, B.S., Duke University, Ph.D., Harvard University. Regulation of viral gene expression and function.

John H. Carson, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., Reed College, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RNA transport in cells of the nervous system.

Ann E. Cowan, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology; Deputy Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology; B.Sc., Queen's University, M.S., Yale University, Ph.D., University of Colorado. Plasma membrane proteins in sperm.

Asis K. Das, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. University of Calcutta. Genetics, genomics and mechanisms of bacterial adaptive response; genetic control of bacteriophage lysogeny and lysis; and non-coding RNAs in prokaryotic development.

Betty Eipper, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, B.S., M.S., Brown University, Ph.D., Harvard University. Biosynthesis and secretion of peptides by neurons and endocrine cells.

Shlomo Eisenberg, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Ph.D., McGill University. Biochemistry of DNA replication in yeast.

Henry M. Furneaux, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, Scotland. The structure and function of microRNAs.

Michael Gryk, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology. B.S., M.S., University of Connecticut, Ph.D., Stanford University. Three dimensional structure and function of proteins involved in DNA repair.

Arthur Günzl, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis. Transcription and antigenic variation in the mammalian parasite Trypanosoma brucei.

Bing Hao, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Understanding how the cell cycle is regulated by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis using x-ray crystallography as a primary tool.

Christopher Heinen, Assistant Professor of Medicine, B.Sc., Northwestern University, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Biochemical and cellular defects of the DNA mismatch repair pathway during tumorigenesis.

Jeffrey Hoch, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, Director of Gregory P. Mullen NMR Structural Biology Facility; Ph.D., Harvard. Biophysical chemistry of proteins.

Stephen M. King, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.Sc., University of Kent, Ph.D., University of London. Structure and function of microtubule-based molecular motor proteins.

Lawrence A. Klobutcher, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Loyola University (Chicago), Ph.D., Yale University. DNA rearrangement in eukaryotic cells.

Dennis E. Koppel, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, A.B., Ph.D., Columbia University. Biophysical studies of membrane dynamics.

Mark Maciejewski, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology. Ph.D., Ohio State University. Utilizing NMR to characterize the three dimensional structure, function and dynamics of proteins from a wide range of important biological systems.

Mary Jane Osborn, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle). Biogenesis of the outer membrane of Salmonella.

Juris Ozols, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle). Isolation and primary structure of membraneous proteins.

Lawrence I. Rothfield, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, A.B., Cornell University, M.D., New York University. Membrane biology and biochemistry; bacterial cell division.

Peter Setlow, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., Swarthmore College, Ph.D., Brandeis University. Biochemistry of bacterial spore germination.

John D. Shanley, Professor of Medicine, M.D., University of California Los Angeles. Pathogenesis of viral infections, specifically those caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV).

Hung Ton-That, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Pilus assembly and sortase-mediated anchoring of surface proteins in Gram-positive bacteria.

Sandra K. Weller, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Stanford University, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Molecular genetics and biochemistry of herpes simplex virus DNA replication.

Changping Zou, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, Ph.D., University of Texas, Houston, M.D., Beijing Medical University. Molecular biology of gynecologic cancers with a focus on signaling pathways and biomarkers involved in chemoprevention.