Graduate Biochemistry Group Faculty
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GBG Faculty Research Descriptions
Katsura Asano
Yeast genetics and biochemistry. Research interest in mechanism and control of eukaryotic translation initiation.
Jianhan Chen
Computer Modeling of Biomolecules
Lawrence Davis
Plant biochemistry and molecular biology; plant-based bioremediation; nitrogen fixation; science education.
Timothy Durrett
Biochemistry of triacylglycerol biosynthesis. Structure and function of membrane bound acyltransferases. Genetically modifying the physical properties of seed oils for industrial and biofuel applications.
Peying Fong
Regulation of sodium and chloride transport by epithelial cells, with a focus on the functional interactions between the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR).
Roman Ganta
Evaluation of surface antigen genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis and host immune response against the pathogens using experimental animal model systems.
Revathi Govind
Pathogenic microbiology and bacterial genetics.
Michael Kanost
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology. Structure and function of hemolymph serine proteinases, proteinase inhibitors, and antibacterial response proteins from insects. Biochemistry of insect cuticle sclerotization.
Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthi
Structural Biology; NMR studies of protein structure, dynamics, and stability in relation to function; serine proteinases and their protein inhibitors; signal transduction enzymes (plant phospholipase D domains).
Stella Lee
Intracellular protein trafficking in health and diseases; protein defects in lysosomal storage diseases.
Kristin Michel
Regulation of mosquito innate immunity, malaria parasite-mosquito interactions.
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan
Characterization of enzymes and genes involved in chitin metabolism and targeting them for insect control; enhancing disease and insect resistance of plants by genetic engineering.
Annelise Nguyen
Specific isoforms of Protein Kinase C (PKC) that are regulated connexins during cancer formation.
Om Prakash
Structural characterization and molecular recognition using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Computer Aided Molecular Design (CAMD).
Gerald Reeck
Molecular genetics of aphid salivary glands; hydrolases, proteases and protease inhibitors.
Jeroen Roelofs
Regulation of protein degradation by the proteasome.
Thomas Roche
Structure, function and regulation of mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
Kathrin Schrick
Plant Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Plant Sterols, START Domains, Sterols and Cellulose. Broadly focusing on deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying growth and development of flowering plants.
Bruce Shultz
Understanding physiological regulation of epithelial ion transport.
Paul Smith
Computer simulation of the structure and dynamics of peptides, proteins and nucleic acids. Cosolvent effects on peptides and proteins. Modeling of opioid peptides and their receptors.
John Tomich
Design and characterize atom of synthetic peptides for potential uses as drugs or renewable biomaterials. The lab employs a number of biologic, synthetic, analytic and physical methods to make these characterizations.
Philine Wangemann
Beta-adrenergic receptors, CGRP-receptors, endothelin receptors, Rho-kinase, KCNQ1-KCNE1 potassium channels, pendrin chloride/bicarbonate transporters, pharmacology, confocal microscopy and microfluorometry, immuno-FRET, micro-Ussing chamber and video-microscopy.
Qize Wei
Identification of downstream target genes and signaling pathways for Pitx2a.
Ruth Welti
Developing and implementing mass-spectrometry-based lipid profiling strategies to understand the roles of particular lipids, as well as genes and proteins involved in lipid metabolism and lipid signaling.
Anna Zolkiewska
Cell adhesion molecules and their role in cell growth and differentiation.
Michal Zolkiewski
Protein structure and function; protein folding, misfolding, and aggregation; AAA+ ATPases; molecular chaperones.
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