Faculty Research
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology investigators include 25 faculty members who utilize state-of-the-art technology to study the biochemistry and molecular biology of cell and protein structure and function. The department has major strengths in the following areas: cancer biology, protein structural biology, signal transduction, and cell cycle/DNA repair.
Cancer Biology
- Alex Drohat, PhD
- Rich Eckert, PhD (tumor suppressors, carcinogenesis/ chemoprevention, cell survival)
- Tom Hornyak, MD
- Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
- Jiayuh Lin, PhD
- S. Saif Hasan, PhD
- Andrew Neuwald, PhD
- Jianfei Qi, PhD
- David Weber, PhD (S100 proteins, p53, melanoma)
- Gerald Wilson, PhD
Calcium Signaling in Heart and Muscle
DNA Repair and Processing
Epigenetics
- Alex Drohat, PhD
- Rich Eckert, PhD
- Tom Hornyak, MD
- Jianfei Qi, PhD
- Michal Zalzman, PhD
- Qun Zhou, PhD
Structure/Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
- Alex Drohat, PhD
- S. Saif Hasan, PhD
- Mariusz Karbowski, PhD
- Joseph Lackowicz, PhD
- Wuyuan Lu, PhD
- Leonid Medved, ScD, PhD
- Andrew Neuwald, PhD
- Krishanu Ray PhD
- David Weber, PhD
- Gerald Wilson, PhD
Structural and Computational Biology
Surface Epithelial Biology
- Rich Eckert, PhD
- Tom Hornyak, MD
Technology Development - Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Vascular and Inflammatory Disease
Virology and Immunology
- S. Saif Hasan, PhD
- Wuyuan Lu, PhD
- Krishanu Ray PhD
Cell Differentiation and Signal Transduction
- Rich Eckert, PhD (MAPK signaling, apoptosis, gene expression, transcription)
- Jianfei Qi, PhD
- Martin Schneider, PhD
- Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
Stem Cell Biology
- Rich Eckert, PhD (surface epithelial)
- Tom Hornyak, MD
- Michal Zalzman, PhD
- Qun Zhou, PhD
BioMedical Ethics
- Adil Shamoo