Structural Biology Faculty

Ronald  H.  Bauerle,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Structure, Function and Evolution of Allosteric Enzymes
Robert  G.  Bryant,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Chemistry

Research Interests:
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biophysics
John  H.  Bushweller,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Structural and Functional Basis for Oncogenesis; Targeted Drug Development; Structural Studies of Membrane Proteins
David  S.  Cafiso,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Chemistry

Research Interests:
Molecular Mechanisms for Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling
Zygmunt  S.  Derewenda,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Intracellular Signal Transduction; X-ray Crystallography
Edward  H.  Egelman,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests:
Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes Using Electron Microscopy
Sepideh  Khorasanizadeh,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests:
Biophysical Characterization of Epigenetic Signaling
Robert  H.  Kretsinger,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Structure and Mechanism of Enzymes; Evolution of Ca-Modulated Proteins
Wladek  Minor,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Structure-Function Relationships in Proteins; Structural Genomics; Bioinformatics
Fraydoon  Rastinejad,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Analysis of Nuclear Receptor Complexes with DNA and Ligands
Zhifeng  Shao,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Molecular Imaging and Single Molecule Biophysics
Lukas  K.  Tamm,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Biomembrane Structure and Function; Membrane Fusion in Viral Cell Entry and Exocytosis; Lipid-Protein Interactions
Judith  M.  White,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Virus Entry Into Cells; ADAMs in Early Development
Michael  C.  Wiener,  Ph.D.    [more information]
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