Chair, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of gene expression by environmental factors such as light and oxygen; Differentiation of bacteria into different cell types
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
ecology and evolution of plants and fungi
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
maintenance of genomic integrity with a focus on DNA helicases and other factors involved in DNA replication, recombination, and repair; the evolution of DNA helicases
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
roles of transcription factors in tumor progression and metastasis
Adjunct Associate Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
MiRNA mediated mechanisms in aging and dietary restriction
Director of Graduate Studies, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
Microbial structure, function and mechanism; biology of molecular chaperone (chaperonin)
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
development of a metal switch for controlling the activity of P-loop NTPases; kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of unconventional kinesin-microtubule systems; high resolution structural and mechanistic studies of tubulin-protein interactions
Associate Professor, Medical Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
structure and organization of biological membranes; phospholipid transporters; effect of diabetes on membrane structure.
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins: a minimalist approach to structure and function
Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Medical Sciences
Research Interests
mechanisms of directed cell migration in C. elegans
Research Scientist, Environmental Resilience Institute
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of seasonal traits
Lilly Chemistry Alumni Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
metal sensor proteins in pathogenic bacteria; NMR structural studies of regulatory RNAs in mammalian RNA viruses
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Linda and Jack Gill Chair, Neuroscience
Research Interests
mechanisms of pain; novel pain therapies
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of transcription factor specificity in cancer
Chair, Mathematics
Professor, Mathematics
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
statistical genetics; phylogenetics; combinatorics; mathematical biology
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
post-transcriptional mechanisms of regulating gene expression
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Director, Biotechnology
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
biochemistry of RNA virus infection and innate immunity
Chair, History and Philosophy of Science
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Adjunct Professor, Philosophy
Affiliated Faculty Scholar, Kinsey Institute
Adjunct Faculty, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Linda and Jack Gill Chair, Neuroscience
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of neural circuitry, particularly in the neocortex; activity-dependent remodeling and mis-wiring in autism, dyslexia, schizophrenia, and congenital epilepsy; neuroprotective strategies
Director, Master of Science, Environmental Science Program
Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
single species; landscape scales
Assistant Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics
Adjunct, Biology
Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
evolutionary physiological genetics; population genetics; biochemical adaptation
Professor, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
cancer epigenetics; cancer stem cells; ovarian cancer; breast cancer, cancer biomarkers; cancer informatics; estrogen hormone action; microRNAs and cancer
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
detection and repair of DNA breaks with a focus on Homologous Recombination (HR) mediated DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair; interplay of DNA repair machinery and chromatin structures
Assistant Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms by which inflammation initiates cancer-specific epigenetic changes
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
specific recognition by proteins of biologically relevant ligands; bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; structure and function of condensins and other structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins
Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
bioremediation; environmental microbiology; biogeochemistry with a focus on the microbial reduction of iron oxides and nitrate; microbial iron oxidation, biotransformation of metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons; combined microbial;geochemical interactions
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Robert R. Shrock Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
Research Interests
vertebrate paleontology; comparative morphological variation at the level of the metapopulation; and the effects of Quaternary climate change on vertebrate faunas
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
molecular cellular basis of neuronal plasticity; learning and memory; functions of receptor tyrosine kinases in the central nervous system signal transduction; developmental neurobiology; neuronal and glial differentiation; functional roles of cell adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix proteins in morphogenesis
Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
aquatic biogeochemistry; water resources; nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers; water quality and nutrient standards
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of the nervous system; plasticity of neural structure and function
Professor, Informatics and Computing
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
algorithmic and statistical problems in bioinformatics, particularly in: repeats and segmental duplication in eukaryotic genomes; fragment assembly in DNA sequencing; mass spectrometry data analysis for proteomics, glycomics and glycoproteomics; gene regulatory analysis
Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
synthesis, study, and design of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis and bacterial cell morphology; development of HBV capsid-binding probes and assembly-directed antivirals; oxidized phospholipids in disease and diagnostics
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of chromosome segregation and aneuploidy; identification of new targets for therapeutic development
Professor Emeritus, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of behavior in animals and humans with a particular interest in how learning and species-typical experience affect ontogenetic and/or phylogenetic processes
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
deciphering the conformational dynamics of GPCR activation using biophysical, biochemical and cell-based approaches
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures
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