IBBS Leadership
Deborah Jean Andrew, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Director for Faculty Development, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Cell Biology
James M. Berger, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Director, Cancer Chemical and Structural Biology Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Co-Director, Cancer Chemical and Structural Biology Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Alex Leo Kolodkin, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Svetlana Lutsenko, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Basic Science and Clinical Relations, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Medicine
IBBS Department Chairs
Namandje N. Bumpus, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology
Research Interests:
Antiviral drug-induced toxicity, Targeted metabolomics, Small molecule mass spectrometry, Drug metabolism and preclinical drug development, Modulation of cellular signaling pathways by reactive metabolites
Michael Jerry Caterina, M.D., Ph.D.
Solomon H. Snyder Professor
Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Interim Director, Department of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Interim Director, Department of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
TRP channel function in thermosensation, pain and inflammation
Andrew J. Ewald, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Cell Biology
Co-Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program (CIM)
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Co-Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program (CIM)
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Breast Cancer, Cancer, Fibrosis, Metastatic Disease
Research Interests:
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of epithelial growth, invasion and metastasis, focus on how clusters of cancer cells disseminate from the tumor, traverse the systemic circulation, and cooperate with resident stromal cells to colonize distant organs.
William B. Guggino, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Physiology
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Protein trafficking and localization, Epithelial cell biology, Polycystic kidney disease, Gene therapy, Ion channels, Cystic fibrosis
Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Brain Science Institute
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Biological Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Brain Science Institute
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Biological Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
Glutamate receptors, Regulation of neurotransmitter receptors and brain function in health and disease
Joseph Leonard Mankowski, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pathology
Research Interests:
Neuropathology, Retrovirology
Michael I. Miller, Ph.D.
Bessie Darling Massey Professor and Director, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Co-director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joint Appointment in Neuroscience
Co-director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joint Appointment in Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of visual system development, function and disease
Cynthia Wolberger, Ph.D.
Director of the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Research Interests:
Mechanism of ubiquitin signaling in transcription and the DNA damage response, Structural and biochemical studies of enzyme complexes involved in ubiquitin signaling and chromatin modification, cross-talk between histone modifications.