Faculty & Research

Mike Caterina , M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience
Molecular mechanisms of pain, temperature, and mechanical sensation; function of ion channels in skin; mechanisms of ion channel ionic selectivity

Pierre Coulombe, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
Development, differentiation and homeostasis in complex epithelia

Susan Craig, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry
Cytoskeletal proteins and cell adhesion; Molecular and cellular biology of actin-associated cell junctions

Paul Englund, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Biochemistry and molecular biology of protozoan parasites

Stephen Gould, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of organelle biogenesis

Gerald W. Hart, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry
Roles of cytoplasmic and nuclear glycosylation in transcription, oncogene function, neurodegenerative disease, and in diabetes

M. Daniel Lane, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Hypothalamic control of adiposity; signals and genes that trigger adipose lineage commitment and differentiation

Mollie K. Meffert, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Neuroscience
The Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression in Health and Disease

Albert Mildvan, M.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Intercampus Program in Molecular Biophysics
Mechanisms of enzyme action; enzymes of DNA synthesis and hydrolysis; nuclear magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance; NMR studies of enzyme structure and enzyme-substrate interactions

Craig Montell, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Neuroscience
Molecular genetics of sensory signaling; Roles of TRP channels

Denise Montell, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry
Cell-cell signaling in cell migration and pattern formation in Drosophila development

Akhilesh Pandey, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Member of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
Global analysis of signal transduction pathways using mass spectrometry; Bioinformatics, sequence databases and annotation

Peter Pedersen, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Intercampus Program in Molecular Biophysics
Cell energetics: Its molecular and chemical basis and relationship to molecular medicine

Joel Pomerantz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Graduate Program in Immunology; Institute for Cell Engineering
Functional Specificity and Design of Signal Transduction Pathways

Daniel Raben, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Biological Chemistry
Biochemistry and chemistry of lipids and lipid metabolizing enzymes involved in signaling cascades

David Shortle, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry;Program in Molecular Biophysics
Protein folding; computational strategies for protein structure prediction and improving homology models

Barbara Sollner-Webb, Ph.D., Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry; Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
Eukaryotic gene expression; transcription by RNA polymerase I; rRNA processing in vertebrates and yeast; trypanosomal RNA editing

Natasha Zachara, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biological Chemistry
The role of nucleocytoplasmic glycosylation, O-GlcNAc, in regulating cell survival

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