Mentors in Macromolecular Structure and Function

Gary  Balian,  Ph.D.

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Interests: Targeted delivery to cells and tissues

Ronald  H.  Bauerle,  Ph.D.

Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Structure, Function and Evolution of Allosteric Enzymes

John  H.  Bushweller,  Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Structural and Functional Basis for Oncogenesis; Targeted Drug Development; Structural Studies of Membrane Proteins

Zygmunt  S.  Derewenda,  Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Mechanisms of Intracellular Signal Transduction; X-ray Crystallography

Edward  H.  Egelman,  Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes Using Electron Microscopy

Salem  Faham,  Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Structural biology of membrane proteins; Structure/function and structure/stability relationships and the development of new tools for protein crystallization.

Adrian  R.L.  Gear,  D.Phil.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Blood-platelet function; Cardiovascular disease; Inflammation

Donald  F.  Hunt,  Ph.D.

University Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests: Analytical Biochemistry

Sepideh  Khorasanizadeh,  Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Biophysical Characterization of Epigenetic Signaling

Robert  H.  Kretsinger,  Ph.D.

Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Structure and Mechanism of Enzymes; Evolution of Ca-Modulated Proteins

Michael  B.  Lawrence,  Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Vascular and Molecular Engineering

Kevin  R.  Lynch,  Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests: Molecular Pharmacology of Lysophospholipid Mediators

Robert  K.  Nakamoto,  Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Structure-Function of Active Transporters

Fraydoon  Rastinejad,  Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests: Analysis of Nuclear Receptor Complexes with DNA and Ligands

Zhifeng  Shao,  Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Molecular Imaging and Single Molecule Biophysics

Gabor  Szabo,  Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Molecular interactions in G protein coupled signal transduction. Function of membrane proteins in pure lipid membranes. Role of ion channels in the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation.

Lukas  K.  Tamm,  Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Biomembrane Structure and Function; Membrane Fusion in Viral Cell Entry and Exocytosis; Lipid-Protein Interactions

Michael  C.  Wiener,  Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Structural biology (esp. crystallography) of integral membrane proteins; TonB-dependent active transport across the bacterial outer membrane; cancer-related membrane proteins; crystallization methods development

Jochen  Zimmer,  D. Phil.

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests: Mechanism of polysaccharide translocation across biological membranes