Department of biochemistry and Molecular biology
Faculty
 | Bastia, Deepak, PhD Professor Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Chair in Biomedical Sciences Analyses of (1) the mechanisms of initiation of DNA replication of prokaryotic plasmids and (2) the termination of DNA replication of plasmid, bacterial and yeast chromosomal, and human mitochondrial DNA. | |
 | Büllesbach, Erika, PhD Associate Professor Hormones of Insulin-Like Structure: | |
 | Chao, Julie, PhD Professor Serine Proteinase Structure-Function Relationship; | |
 | Chao, Lee, PhD Professor Nucleic Acid Biochemistry; | |
 | Cowart, Ashley, PhD Assistant Professor Regulation of sphingolipid synthesis in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. | |
 | Davies, Christopher, PhD Professor Director, Graduate Programs Structural basis for antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria and development of new antimicrobials. | |
 | Fernandes, Daniel, PhD Professor Molecular mechanisms of drug-induced gene amplification; | |
 | Hama, Hiroko, PhD Associate Professor Role of FA2H in myelination and glial cell signaling; Role of hydroxy sphingolipids in cell differentiation; Development of lipid therapeutics for FA2H deficiency. | |
 | Heise, Tilman, PhD RNA-binding proteins regulating the posttranscriptional control of gene expression. Our work is centered on the functional analysis of aberrant expressed RNA-binding proteins in cancer pathogenesis. | |
 | Hennig, Mirko, PhD Structural Studies of RNA-ligand complexes using NMR Spectroscopy | |
 | Howe, Philip H., PhD Professor and Chairman Hans and Helen Koebig Chair in Clinical Oncology Signaling pathways activated by transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) and Wnt and their potential cross-talk in cellular models of differentiation and cancer. | |
 | Hsu, Yi-Te, PhD Associate Professor Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis Bcl-2, Bcl-XL. | |
 | Krupenko, Natalia, PhD Assistant Professor Folate and Methyl Group Metabolism Glycine N-Methyltransferase (GNMT) | |
 | Krupenko, Sergey, PhD Professor Protein Structure and Function Enzyme Mechanisms and Regulation Folate Metabolism and Carcinogenesis | |
 | Lemasters, John , MD, PhD Professor Cellular and molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and necrosis; organ preservation for transplantation surgery; mitochondrial physiology and pathophysiology, including mitochondrial permeability transition, mitophagy and calcium homeostasis; oxidative stress; ischemia/reperfusion; confocal and multiphoton microscopy of living cells. | |
 | Ogretmen, Besim, PhD Professor and Eminent Scholar Roles of sphingolipid metabolism in cancer pathogenesis, chemotherapy-induced cell death, and drug resistance. | |
 | Schwabe, Christian, PhD, DDS Professor Protein Chemistry Biochemical Evolution Chemical Endocrinology | |
 | Sommer, Gunhild, PhD Assistant Professor The Role of RNA-binding Proteins in Cancer | |
 | Spicer, Eleanor, PhD Professor and Vice Chair Post Transcriptional Regulation of Bcl-2 Gene Expression; Regulation of human oncostatin M expression; mRNA stability. | |
 | Zhang, Yong-Mei, PhD Assistant Professor Bacterial quorum sensing network; Pseudomonas aeruginosa motility; Structures and functions of essential enzymes of bacterial pathogens. | |
| Research Faculty | ||
 | Bai, Aiping, PhD Research Assistant Professor Medicinal Chemistry, Computer-Aided Molecular Design; Enzyme inhibitors R&D; Bioactive Sphingolipids synthesis. | |
 | Bielawska, Alicja, PhD Research Professor Role of sphingolipids in signal transduction and cell regulation with emphasis on cancer biology. Specific interest is related to the regulatory function of ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate. Development of molecular and analytical tools to study mechanism of biological action of sphingolipids in relation to their physicochemical properties. | |
 | Bielawski, Jacek, PhD Research Associate Professor Sphingolipids in Signal Transduction Cell Regulation in Cancer Biology Development of new analytical protocols | |
 | Fedarovich, Alena, PhD Research Assistant Professor Structural and biochemical characterization of the proteins using X-ray crystallography, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering, fluorescent spectroscopy; Protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions; Development and application of the High-throughput screening assay of the inhibitors targeting transpeptidases for a rational drug design against pathogenic bacteria. | |
 | Ishimaru, Daniella, PhD Research Assistant Professor | |
 | Yong Jiang, PhD Research Assistant Professor | |
 | Mohanty, Bidyut K., PhD Research Assistant Professor Genome integrity; DNA replication arrest-dependent homologous recombination. | |
 | Oleinik, Natalia, PhD Research Assistant Professor | |
 | Song, Jin Hyang, PhD Research Assistant Professor | |
 | Szulc, Zdzislaw, PhD Research Associate Professor Chemical etiology of sphingolipids structure and functions. | |