Biological systems and phenomena at various scales from proteins to organs are being investigated to unearth fundamental structure-function relationships and their modifications in infectious diseases, cancer, heart diseases, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and Alzheimer’s disease.
Biophysics and Structural Biology
Faculty
Blanca L. Barquera
bacterial metabolism, bioenergetics and membrane proteins, mechanistic enzymology, gut microbiota, microbial physiology
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Chris Bystroff
Professor
biochemistry, bioinformatics, biosensors, protein folding, protein design, population, contraception
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Susan P. Gilbert
Department Head
Cell Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry, Structure-Function Analysis of Kinesins
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Lee Ligon
Associate Dean of Science for Academic Affairs
Cell Biology, Neurosocience
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Robert J. Linhardt
Ann and John H. Broadbent, Jr. ’59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering
Glycoscience, Biocatalysis, Metabolic Engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Chemoenzymatic Synthesis, Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, Biotechnology and Biomaterials, Organic, Medicinal and Drug Discovery, Polymers, Materials and Energy
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George I. Makhatadze
Constellation Chair
bioinformatics, protein dynamics, protein folding, protein aggregation
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Catherine Royer
Constellation Chair
pressure effects on biomolecules, protein folding, protein interaction networks, live cell quantitative fluorescence imaging, transcription regulation
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Douglas Swank
Professor
Heart Disease, Muscle Disease, Cardiac Physiology, Muscle Physiology, Motor Proteins, Locomotion, Drosophila Genetics
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Deepak Vashishth
Director of Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor
Bone, osteoporosis, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Glycation, Diabetes, Glycation, Osteocalcin, Osteopontin, Collagen, Fracture, entrepreneurship, biotechnology
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Leo Q. Wan
Associate Professor
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David T. Corr
Associate Professor
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Eric Ledet
Professor
Orthopedics, Biomechanics, Spine
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Georges Belfort
Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Member, National Academy of Engineering
Membrane separation processes, Transport phenomena, Interfacial phenomena and rheology, Bioseparations and sensors, Protein misfolding and aggregation, Intein technology
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Shekhar Garde
Dean of School of Engineering, Elaine and Jack S. Parker Professor
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Angel Garcia
Professor of Physics and Senior Constellation Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics
Biological, Dynamics, Molecules, Physics, Structure, Theoretical
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Wilfredo Colón
Professor, Department Head
• biological roles of degradation-resistant proteins, • degradation-resistant proteins in amyloid diseases, • development and application of methods for the proteomics-level identification of hyper-stable proteins
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