Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group Faculty
Housed across multiple K-State departments, the BMB Graduate Group faculty serve as graduate advisors and committee members while leading diverse, high-impact research programs in both basic and applied sciences. Interactions among the diverse research programs create an exciting and dynamic biochemistry and molecular biophysics research environment.
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Department or Unit |
Research description |
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Biology |
Regulation of protein biosynthesis; yeast genetics and biochemistry; molecular and cell biology of insects and cancer |
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USDA |
Molecular interactions between plant and parasites; host plant resistance; effectors and effector-triggered signaling pathways; wheat breeding and gene editing |
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BMB |
Biochemistry of triacylglycerol biosynthesis; structure and function of membrane bound acyltransferases; genetically modifying the physical properties of seed oils for industrial and biofuel applications |
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Anatomy & Physiology |
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) |
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BMB |
Lyme disease pathogenesis; mechanisms of bacterial immune evasion; protein structure-function; drug discovery |
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BMB |
Innate immunity; molecular basis of infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions; structural biology and molecular recognition |
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BMB |
Mechanisms that underlie muscle structure and function |
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Biology |
Pathogenic microbiology and bacterial genetics |
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BMB |
Understanding the mechanisms of aging and developing clinically relevant drugs to delay aging and enhance human health and longevity |
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Biology |
Regulation of mosquito innate immunity; malaria parasite-mosquito interactions |
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USDA |
Vector-microbe interactions and the molecular function of insect vectors |
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Entomology |
Stored product insects; genomic resources for the development of insects as feed |
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BMB |
Structural characterization and molecular recognition using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Computer Aided Molecular Design (CAMD) |
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Chemistry |
Synthetic organic chemistry; drug discovery and selective delivery; medicinal chemistry; chemical biology |
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Physics |
Biomolecule phase separation; amyloid fibril formation; systems biology; self-assembly |
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Biology |
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 |
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Anatomy & Physiology |
Understanding the physiological regulation of epithelial ion transport and barrier functions |
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Chemistry |
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 |
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| Health & Human Sciences |
Human papillomavirus; viral oncogenesis; DNA damage repair |
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Biology |
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 |