IBBS Directors
James M. Berger, Ph.D.
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
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 Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
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
Alex Leo Kolodkin, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Deputy Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Deputy Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
L. Mario Amzel, Ph.D.
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Director, Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Director, Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Research Interests:
Nudix hydrolases, PI3K, VP14, Structural enzymology of redox and phosphoryl-transfer enzymes, Selected areas of structural thermodynamics, MICAL, Redox and phosphoryl transfer enzymes, Three dimensional structure and mechanism of proteins
Deborah Jean Andrew, M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
Associate Director for Faculty Development, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Associate Director for Faculty Development, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests:
Drosophila, Developmental genetics of organ formation
Namandje N. Bumpus, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology
Director, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology
Director, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
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.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neuroscience
Solomon H. Snyder Professor
Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Interim Director, Department of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neuroscience
Solomon H. Snyder Professor
Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Interim Director, Department of Biological Chemistry
Research Interests:
TRP channel function in thermosensation, pain and inflammation
Peter N. Devreotes, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Isaac Morris and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Professor
Director, Department of Cell Biology
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Isaac Morris and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Professor
Director, Department of Cell Biology
Research Interests:
Genetic analysis of chemotaxis in eukaryotic cells, Dictyostelium
Carol Widney Greider, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Oncology
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Professor of Oncology
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Research Interests:
Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and age related degenerative disease
William B. Guggino, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Department of Physiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Department of Physiology
Research Interests:
Protein trafficking and localization, Epithelial cell biology, Polycystic kidney disease, Gene therapy, Ion channels, Cystic fibrosis
Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Biological Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Department of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Brain Science Institute
Joint Appointment in Biological Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Department of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Brain Science Institute
Research Interests:
Glutamate receptors, Regulation of neurotransmitter receptors and brain function in health and disease
Svetlana Lutsenko, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Basic Science and Clinical Relations, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Basic Science and Clinical Relations, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests:
Proteomics, Animal models for Wilson disease, Menkes disease, Redox biology, Metal biology (copper, iron, zinc), Ion transport, Membrane proteins biochemistry, trafficking assembly regulation
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.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joint Appointment in Neuroscience
Director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Center for Imaging Science, Whiting School of Engineering
Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor
Co-director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute
Joint Appointment in Neuroscience
Director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Center for Imaging Science, Whiting School of Engineering
Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor
Co-director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute