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Faculty Member	Research Description	Areas of Research
Carson, John	RNA transport in cells of the nervous system.	Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Structural Biology Computational Biology and Biophysics Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology
Cowan, Ann	Plasma membrane proteins in sperm.	Computational Biology and Biophysics Cell Biology Membrane Biochemistry
Das, Asis	Gene control in bacterial adaptive response.	Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Protein Biochemistry
Eipper, Betty	Biosynthesis and secretion of peptides by neurons and endocrine cells.	Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology
Eisenberg, Shlomo	Biochemistry of DNA replication in yeast.	Protein Biochemistry Nucleic Acids Biochemistry
Furneaux, Henry	The regulation of gene expression by microRNAs.	Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Protein Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Gryk, Michael	Three dimensional structure and function of proteins involved in DNA repair.	Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Structural Biology Computational Biology and Biophysics Protein Biochemistry
Hao, Bing	Cell cycle regulation by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis using x-ray crystallography as a primary tool.	Structural Biology
Hoch, Jeffrey	Biophysical chemistry of proteins.	Structural Biology Computational Biology and Biophysics Protein Biochemistry
King, Stephen	Structure and function of microtubule-based molecular motor proteins.	Structural Biology Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology
Klobutcher, Lawrence	DNA rearrangement, programmed translational frameshifting, and phagocytosis in ciliated protozoa.	Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Cell Biology Microbial Physiology/Pathogenesis Development and Cellular Differentiation
Koppel, Dennis	Biophysical studies of membrane dynamics.	Computational Biology and Biophysics Membrane Biochemistry
Maciejewski, Mark	Enzymes of DNA replication, repair, and recombination.	Structural Biology Computational Biology and Biophysics Protein Biochemistry
Osborn, Mary Jane	Biogenesis of the outer membrane of Salmonella.	Membrane Biochemistry Microbial Physiology/Pathogenesis Cell Biology
Ozols, Juris	Isolation and structure of membraneous proteins.	Protein Biochemistry Membrane Biochemistry
Rothfield, Lawrence	Membrane biology and biochemistry; bacterial cell division.	Molecular Biology Cell Biology Microbial Physiology/Pathogenesis
Schiller, Martin	Neurotrophin signaling, neurite outgrowth, RhoGEFs, and bioinformatics.	Protein Biochemistry Structural Biology
Setlow, Peter	Biochemistry of bacterial spore germination.	Molecular Biology Structural Biology Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology Microbial Physiology/Pathogenesis
Weller, Sandra	Mechanisms of DNA replication and DNA encapsidation in Herpes Simplex Virus; virus host interactions.	Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology
Secondary Appointments
Faculty Member	Research Description	Areas of Research
Bonkovsky, Herbert	We are a translational research group, studying the liver in health and disease, currently focusing on heme, iron, and porphyrin metabolism and viral hepatitis.
Brewer, Molly
Carmichael, Gordon	Regulation of viral gene expression and function.	Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids Biochemistry
Dodge-Kafka, Kimberly	Molecular mechanism of signaling pathways in the heart.	Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology
Günzl, Arthur	Transcription and antigenic variation in the mammalian parasite Trypanosoma brucei.	Cell Biology
Heinen, Christopher	Biochemical and cellular defects of the DNA mismatch repair pathway during tumorigenesis.	Molecular Biology Nucleic Acids Biochemistry Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology
Hla, Timothy	Gene expression in endothelial cells as it relates to angiogenesis, G-protein-coupled receptor signaling, biology of cyclooxygenase-2.	Cell Biology Development and Cellular Differentiation
Tirnauer, Jennifer S.	Role of the microtubule cytoskeleton in cancer biology; molecular mechanisms of microtubule regulation.	Cell Biology Protein Biochemistry

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