Huzoor Akbar, Associate Professor of Pharmacology. Biochemistry and molecular biology of signal transduction in platelets; role of methylation/demethylation and phosphorylation/ dephosphorylation of ras-related G proteins in cellular signaling.
Harvey E. Ballard, Jr., Assistant Professor of Plant Molecular Systematics and Evolution. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of populations, species and genera, especially in the Violet family; molecular data in conservation genetics, adaptive radiation and speciation processes.
Elisar Barbar, Assistant Professor of Biophysical Chemistry. Structure, folding, and assembly of cytoplasmic dynein motor protein complex, using NMR, circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy.
Mark Berryman, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Role of the actin cytoskeleton in epithelial cell morphogenesis; regulation of membrane-cytoskeletal interactions; characterization of a new family of human chloride channel proteins.
Bonita Biegalke, Assistant Professor of Microbiology. Molecular biology of herpesviruses; regulation of gene expression; mechanisms of pathogenicity.
Jack Blazyk, Professor of Biochemistry. Design and study of novel antimicrobial peptides.
Kenneth Brown, Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept. Structure, dynamics,bioinorganic chemistry and enzymology of vitamin B12, its coenzyme forms, and inorganic and organometallic derivatives, and simple organocobalt model systems using NMR, X-ray crystallography, mass spectroscopy, kinetic and thermodynamic methodology.
Anthony Brown, Assistant professor of Histology and Cell Biology. Cellular neurobiology; structure, organization, and function of microtubules and neurofilaments in nerve cells grown in tissue culture; axonal transport of cytoplasmic proteins; immunofluorescence light microscopy; computational digital image processing and analysis.
Mary Chamberlin, Associate Professor of Physiology. Insect biochemistry and physiology: regulation of mitochondrial metabolism; developmental changes in epithelial ion transport and metabolism.
Xiaozhuo Chen, Assistant Professor of Clinical Research.
Robert A. Colvin, Associate Professor of Pharmacology. Ca transport in cells; mechanisms of neural degeneration in Alzheimer's disease; receptor-ligand interactions and second messenger systems in the heart.
Peter Coschigano, Assistant Professor of Environmental Microbiology. Genetics and molecular biology of microorganisms that degrade toxic compounds, regulation of gene expression, elucidation of metabolic pathways.
Mario J. Grijalva, Assistant Professor of Immunology. Molecular diagnosis, immunology and epidemiology of Tropical diseases.
Kenneth J. Goodrum, Associate Professor of Immunology; Macrophage biology; immunological and inflammatory responses to microbial infections and products; signaling functions of CR3.
Tingyue Gu, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering.; Preparative and large-scale purification of recombinant proteins; dynamics of liquid chromatography; fermentation.
Robert S. Hikida, Professor of Anatomy and Developmental Biology. Effects of activity on skeletal muscle; exercise-induced muscle damage in humans.
Frank M. Horodyski, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology. Molecular biology of insect neuropeptides and their roles in development and metamorphosis.
Calvin B. L. James, Associate Professor of Virology. Molecular biology of adenoviruses: study of those aspects of signal transduction pathways relevant to both viral and cellular gene regulation.
Peter Johnson, Professor of Chemistry. Cytoskeletal structure and role of calpains and calpastatins in muscle protein degradation; Raman spectroscopy of protein structure; synthesis of novel cross-linking reagents for the study of protein-protein interaction.
John J. Kopchick, Professor Molecular and Cellular Biology. We are interested in the molecular and cellular events involved in growth, obesity, and diabetes. We use transgenic and gene disrupted mice to study these areas. Overall we would like to determine the mechanism of growth hormone action.
David Kurjiaka, Assistant Professor of Physiology. Gap junction communication in the vasculature and its' role in the pathophysiology of hypertension.
Mark McMills, Associate Professor of Chemistry. Synthesis of bioactive natural products; development of novel synthetic methodology.
John Mitchell, Professor of Cell Biology. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Development.
Malcolm C. Modrzakowski, Associate Professor of Microbiology. Molecular aspects of pathogenic bacteriology.
Felicia V. Nowak, Associate Professor. Gene regulation of growth factors; Transgenic models; Growth factor effects on mammalian brain development and plasticity; Effects of gender on brain development and function; Aging and neurodegeneration.
Ronald Portanova, Associate Professor of Physiology. Cellular mechanisms of the biosynthesis and release of mammalian pituitary hormones; characterization of endogenous substrates of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
William S. Romoser, Professor of Zoology. Morphogenesis, pathogenesis, and dissemination of arboviruses in mosquitoes and ticks; insect metamorphosis and alimentary physiology.
Linda Ross, Associate Professor of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology. Role of cell lineage and cell interactions in the development of the nervous system.
Edwin C. Rowland , Associate Professor of Immunoparasitology; Immunobiology of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in mice.
Allan M. Showalter , Professor of Plant Molecular Biology. Molecular biology and biochemistry of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins in plant cell walls; structure and function of arabinogalactan-proteins; molecular adaptations of halophytes to saline environments.
Soichi Tanda, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Gene regulation and signal transduction during Drosophila development; Drosophila hamatopoiesis; biological functions of pre-mRNA secondary structures.
Arthur T. Trese, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology. Molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions; nodulation of legumes with rhizobia; disease development in plants.
Martin T. Tuck, Associate Professor of Biochemistry. Enzymology and function of biological methylation reactions involving the methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine.
Morgan L. Vis, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology. Molecular systematics and population biology of freshwater algae.
Matthew M. White, Associate Professor of Ecology. Behavior, and Evolution; Population genetics; evolutionary genetics; protein and mtDNA variation; biochemical systematics of aquatic insects and fishes.
Sarah E. Wyatt, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology. Plant growth and development with an emphasis on the use of molecular and genetic tools to study plant responses to environmental stimuli.