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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Faculty and research areas

Ancillary Faculty
Jianhan Chen Biomolecular modeling and simulation. Dr. Chen's lab	Lawrence Davis Nitrogen fixation mutants, structure-function relationships, associating macromolecules; environmental metabolic processes, bioremediation; science education.
Neal Dittmer Insect biochemistry and molecular biology; insect cuticle synthesis and sclerotization; insect multicopper oxidases	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.
Maureen Gorman Insect biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics; mechanisms of iron metabolism in insects; function of insect multicopper oxidases; insect innate immunity.	Yasuaki Hiromasa Proteomics; peptide/protein characterization; protein interaction; pegulation of protein complex.
Michael Kanost Insect hemolymph proteins: biochemistry and molecular biology, Structure and function of serine proteinases, proteinase inhibitors, and antibacterial response proteins from insect hemolymph. Dr. Kanost's lab	Phillip E. Klebba Iron acquisition by active transport through the cell envelopes of bacteria; Immunological approaches to bacterial pathogenesis; Biophysical analyses of bacterial membrane transport in living cells Dr. Klebba's lab
Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthi Structural Biology; NMR studies of protein structure, dynamics, and stability in relation to function; serine proteinases and their protein inhibitors; protein domains involved in signal transduction (plant phospholipase D domains; insect glucan-binding proteins).	Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan Characterization and manipulation of expression of defense genes to enhance plant resistance to fungal and insect pests.
Salete Newton Vaccine biotechnology; molecular biology of bacterial membrane proteins; biochemistry of iron uptake by bacteria.	Om Prakash Structural characterization and molecular recognition using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Computer Aided Molecular Design (CAMD). NMR lab
Xueying (Sharon) Qin Development of new single particle mass spectrometry such as ATOFMS, and understanding the chemistry and physics of aerosols in air polution, climate change and human health.	Gerald Reeck Biochemistry and molecular biology of insect digestive carbohydrases (e.g., amylases, pectinases) and inhibitors of these enzymes. Structure and function of proteinases and proteinase inhibitors.
John Tomich Amphipatic peptides as models for the pore-forming structures of ionic channels. Dr. Tomich's lab	Anna Zolkiewska ADAM proteins, Notch signaling, and cancer.
Michal Zolkiewski Protein folding, molecular chaperones, structure and function of the heat-shock proteins Hsp100.
Jeremy Schmit Theoretical Soft Condensed Matter and Biological Physics Dr. Schmit's Lab
Emeritus Faculty
Karl Kramer Insect biochemistry, cuticle sclerotization, molting, control, and metabolism.	Tom Roche Structure, function and regulation of mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Dolores Takemoto Biochemistry of proteins in the retina and lens of the eye, the mechanism of cell growth control and repair during diabetes, and identification of antioxidants in foods which are responsible for anticancer activity.