Ph.D. in Biomedical Science: Thematic Research Areas
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Choukri Ben
Mamoun, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental
Biology. Cell signaling and transport of nutrients in the human malaria
parasite plasmodium falciparum.
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.
Shlomo
Eisenberg, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology,
B.S., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Ph.D., McGill University.
Biochemistry of DNA replication in yeast.
Arthur R. Hand, Professor of Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Pediatric Dentistry and Advanced Education in General Dentistry,
Division of Pediatric Dentistry, D.D.S., University
of California, Los Angeles. Study of gene expression in rodent salivary
glands during normal growth and development and in various experimental
conditions employing morphological, immunological and biochemical
methodology.
Bing Hao,
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial & 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.
Jeff
Hoch, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and
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; Ph.D.,
University College, London, 1982. Cell Biology, Structure and Function
of Molecular Motors, Dynein biochemistry and Cell Biology, Structural
Biology.
Dennis E. Koppel, Professor of Biochemistry; Ph.D., Columbia, 1973.
Application of biophysical techniques to membrane dynamics; mechanisms
by which specialized cell-surface domains are produced and maintained.
Leslie M. Loew,
Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Cornell, 1974. Spectroscopic methods
for measuring spatial and temporal variations in membrane potential;
electric field effects on cell membranes; membrane pores induced by
toxins and antibiotics.
William A.
Mohler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental
Biology. Developmental cell fusion; C. elegans genetics;
multidimensional imaging of developmental and cell biological processes.
Juris Ozols,
Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology,
B.S., Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle). Isolation and primary
structure of membraneous proteins.
Justin D.
Radolf, Professor of Medicine and Center for Microbial Pathogenesis,
M.D., University of California-San Francisco. Molecular pathogenesis and
immunobiology of spirochetal infections.
Martin R.
Schiller, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. Ph.D., Utah State
University. Spinal cord injury, neuronal morphology, peptide
neurotransmitters, secretory pathway.
Peter Setlow,
Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A.,
Swarthmore College, Ph.D., Brandeis University. Biochemistry of
bacterial spore germination.
Pramod K.
Srivastava, Professor of Medicine, Ph.D., Center for Cellular &
Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. Heat shock proteins as peptide
chaperones, roles in antigen presentation and applications in
immunotherapy of cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders.
Hung Ton-That,
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial & Structural
Biology, B.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Pilus
assembly and sortase-mediated anchoring of surface proteins in
Gram-positive bacteria.
Zhao-Wen Wang,
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release; potassium
and calcium channel function; Synaptic localization of potassium
channels.
Lixia Yue, Assistant Professor of
Cell Biology, Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Biology; Ph.D.,
McGill University, 1999. TRP channels and Ca2+ signaling mechanisms;
Physiological and pathological functions of TRP channels in heart,
brain, and kidney.
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