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Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences

Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry

The researchers in the Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry address fundamental biological problems at a mechanistic level, using cutting-edge tools including cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR, single molecule studies and computer modeling. Current areas of research include DNA replication and repair, chromatin dynamics, transcriptional regulation, translation, cell division, cell-surface receptors and the innate immune response. Faculty members participate in the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program and the Program in Molecular Biophysics, as well as several other School of Medicine graduate programs.

Director

Cynthia Wolberger, Ph.D.

  • Director of the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
  • Brown Advisory Colleagues Professor in Scientific Innovation
  • Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
  • Professor of Oncology
 
 

  • James M. Berger, Ph.D.

    • Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Michael and Ann Hankin and Partners of Brown Advisory Professor in Scientific Innovation
    • 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

  • Dominique Frueh, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry

  • Albert Y. Lau, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry

  • Chang Liu, Ph.D., M.S.

    • Assistant Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry

  • Jungsan Sohn, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
    • Associate Professor of Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

  • Edward C. Twomey, Ph.D., M.A., M.Phil.

    • Assistant Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
    • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

  • Bin Wu, Ph.D., M.Phil.

    • Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
    • Associate Professor of Neuroscience

  • Jie Xiao, Ph.D.

    • Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry