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CORE FACULTY
(Doctoral Faculty)
Lesa J. Beamer – email
Structural biology: X-ray crystallography of medically important proteins.
Susan L. Deutscher – email
Combinatorial biology applied to cancer detection and therapy.
David W. Emerich – email
Enzymology, physiology and genomics of biological nitrogen fixation and related metabolic activities.
William R. Folk – email
Gene expression and DNA replication of DNA tumor viruses; plant biotechnology and medical use.
Thomas Guilfoyle – email
Transcriptional control by auxins in plants; plant RNA polymerases.
Mark Hannink – email
The BTB-Kelch substrate adaptor family in development, oncogenesis and neurodegeneration.
Gerald Hazelbauer – email
Transmembrane receptors and sensory transduction in bacterial chemotaxis.
Michael Henzl – email
Biophysical characterization of EF-hand calcium-binding proteins; protein-ligand interactions.
Dennis B. Lubahn – email
Biochemical genetics and epigenetics of estrogens and related receptors.
Mark E. Martin – email
Transcriptional control in mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative stress.
Thomas P. Mawhinney – email
Carbohydrates in cancer and bacterial infection; cancer prevention and treatment; host-pathogen interactions in cystic fibrosis; analytical methodologies.
Bruce A. McClure – email
Cell-cell interactions in pollen recognition and rejection.
Scott C. Peck – email
Proteomics of protein phosphorylation and protein kinases; signaling and secretion during host-pathogen interactions.
Brenda A. Peculis – email
RNA processing, RNA stability, RNA turnover, RNA decapping enzymes, snoRNPs required for ribosome biogenesis.
Michael J. Petris – email
The regulation of metal nutrition and impacts on common human diseases.
Charlotte L. Phillips – email
Collagen in inherited and acquired diseases of bone and kidney; matrix metalloproteinases; medical genetics.
Thomas P. Quinn – email
Cancer diagnostics, radiopharmaceutical imaging and therapy; cell and molecular imaging.
Linda Randall
Molecular chaperones in protein export; analysis of protein-protein interactions.
Frank J. Schmidt – email
Combinatorial chemistry of RNA and antimicrobial peptides; the prebiotic RNA world.
Marcelle A. Siegel (Science Education) – email
Students' use of scientific evidence, instructional decision making, classroom assessment, English language learners, design of instructional materials.
Grace Y. Sun – email
Neurodegenerative diseases, Signal transduction, phospholipases A2, oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant botanical compounds
Chun Tang – email
Spatial and temporal characterization of macromolecular dynamics involved in protein complexes and signaling pathways
Jay J. Thelen – email
Proteomics and phosphoproteomics of seed development in oil seeds.
Peter A. Tipton – email
Mechanistic enzymology applied to agriculturally and medically important enzymes.
Richard Tsika – email
Transcriptional regulation in striated muscle during development, activity, and stress; transgenic mouse models.
Steven R. Van Doren – email
Structural biology: NMR investigations of protein structure, dynamics and protein-protein interactions, particularly proteins important in inflammatory diseases.
Judy D. Wall – email
Environmental microbiology; bioremediation of toxic metal; genetics and biochemistry of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Gary A. Weisman – email
Nucleotide receptors and signaling in inflammation, cardiovascular and autoimmune exocrine disease.
Shuqun Zhang – email
MAP kinases and signaling in plant defense responses.
Xiaoqin Zou – email
Protein-ligand interactions, computer-aided drug design and modeling of quantitative structure-function relationships of membrane proteins.
JOINT FACULTY
(Doctoral Faculty)
Donald H. Burke (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology) – email
Ribozyme mechanism and evolution and the Origin of Life; antiviral nucleic acid aptamers and the molecular basis of drug resistant HIV-1.
Shi-jie Chen (Physics) – email
Predicting RNA structures and structural changes; Computational studies of RNA thermal stability and folding kinetics.
Kent Gates (Chemistry) – email
Mechanisms of DNA damage by synthetic and naturally occurring antitumor agents, toxins, and mutagens.
Jan A. Miernyk (USDA) – email
Protein targeting and folding in plants, organelle biogenesis, posttranslational modifications.
R. Michael Roberts (Animal Science) – email
Reproductive biology: signaling between conceptus and uterus; stem cells.
Krishna K. Sharma (Ophthalmology) – email
Structure-function of crystallins, role of ocular proteases and molecular basis for cataract development.
Gary Stacey (Plant Pathology) – email
Functional genomics of plant-microbe interactions and plant development.
John J. Tanner (Chemistry) – email
X-ray crystallography of proline metabolic enzymes, bacterial virulence proteins and anti-DNA antibodies; structural bioinformatics of protein-bound water; molecular dynamics simulations of biological molecules.
PROFESSIONAL TRACK FACULTY
Instructional Track
Shari Freyermuth – email
Biochemistry education.
Virginia E. Peterson – email
Biochemistry education.
Research Track
Dwayne A. Elias – email
Bacterial bioremediation of radionuclides and elucidation of biochemical pathways in subsurface bacteria.
Laurie Erb – email
Molecular studies of nucleotide receptors.
Gretchen Hagen – email
Control of gene expression by plant growth regulators.
Antje Heese – email
Membrane trafficking in plant innate immunity.
Brian Mooney – email
Proteomics of protein expression and assembly; metabolic engineering.
Valeri Mossine – email
Carbohydrates and cancer.
Cheikh Seye – email
Nucleotide receptor signaling and cardiovascular disease.
Agnes Simonyi – email
Glutamate receptors in learning and memory; ischemic induction of inflammatory factors and treatment with polyphenols.
Joint
Joe Forrester (DNA Core) – email
EMERITUS FACULTY
Benedict J. Campbell – email
Medical education.
Milton S. Feather – email
Charles Gehrke
Roy O. Morris
Ezio A. Moscatelli – email
Medical education.
Boyd L. O'Dell – email
Biochemical and physiological function of trace elements: Metabolism and bioavailability of trace elements.
Edward E. Pickett – email
Joseph C. Polacco – email
Nitrogen and nitric oxide metabolism in plants.
Douglas D. Randall – email
Metabolism, signal transduction, protein kinases and phosphorylated proteins in plants.
Robert L. Wixom
JOINT EMERITUS FACULTY
Richard E. Hillman (Child Health) – email
Beryl J. Ortwerth (Ophthalmology) – email
Lens protein modification by ascorbic acid glycation; the role of UVA light in human cataract formation.
Wynn A. Volkert (Radiology) – email
Radiopharmaceuticals for therapy and imaging; nuclear medicine.
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Janice W. Edwards (Monsanto Co.)
Kenneth Gruys (Monsanto Co.)
Tim N. Oulmassov (Monsanto Co.)
Cleopas Samudzi (Coor. Board of Higher Education)
Donald E. Tillitt (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Faculty and Their Research
(Doctoral Faculty)
Lesa J. Beamer – email
Structural biology: X-ray crystallography of medically important proteins.
Susan L. Deutscher – email
Combinatorial biology applied to cancer detection and therapy.
David W. Emerich – email
Enzymology, physiology and genomics of biological nitrogen fixation and related metabolic activities.
William R. Folk – email
Gene expression and DNA replication of DNA tumor viruses; plant biotechnology and medical use.
Thomas Guilfoyle – email
Transcriptional control by auxins in plants; plant RNA polymerases.
Mark Hannink – email
The BTB-Kelch substrate adaptor family in development, oncogenesis and neurodegeneration.
Gerald Hazelbauer – email
Transmembrane receptors and sensory transduction in bacterial chemotaxis.
Michael Henzl – email
Biophysical characterization of EF-hand calcium-binding proteins; protein-ligand interactions.
Dennis B. Lubahn – email
Biochemical genetics and epigenetics of estrogens and related receptors.
Mark E. Martin – email
Transcriptional control in mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative stress.
Thomas P. Mawhinney – email
Carbohydrates in cancer and bacterial infection; cancer prevention and treatment; host-pathogen interactions in cystic fibrosis; analytical methodologies.
Bruce A. McClure – email
Cell-cell interactions in pollen recognition and rejection.
Scott C. Peck – email
Proteomics of protein phosphorylation and protein kinases; signaling and secretion during host-pathogen interactions.
Brenda A. Peculis – email
RNA processing, RNA stability, RNA turnover, RNA decapping enzymes, snoRNPs required for ribosome biogenesis.
Michael J. Petris – email
The regulation of metal nutrition and impacts on common human diseases.
Charlotte L. Phillips – email
Collagen in inherited and acquired diseases of bone and kidney; matrix metalloproteinases; medical genetics.
Thomas P. Quinn – email
Cancer diagnostics, radiopharmaceutical imaging and therapy; cell and molecular imaging.
Linda Randall
Molecular chaperones in protein export; analysis of protein-protein interactions.
Frank J. Schmidt – email
Combinatorial chemistry of RNA and antimicrobial peptides; the prebiotic RNA world.
Marcelle A. Siegel (Science Education) – email
Students' use of scientific evidence, instructional decision making, classroom assessment, English language learners, design of instructional materials.
Grace Y. Sun – email
Neurodegenerative diseases, Signal transduction, phospholipases A2, oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant botanical compounds
Chun Tang – email
Spatial and temporal characterization of macromolecular dynamics involved in protein complexes and signaling pathways
Jay J. Thelen – email
Proteomics and phosphoproteomics of seed development in oil seeds.
Peter A. Tipton – email
Mechanistic enzymology applied to agriculturally and medically important enzymes.
Richard Tsika – email
Transcriptional regulation in striated muscle during development, activity, and stress; transgenic mouse models.
Steven R. Van Doren – email
Structural biology: NMR investigations of protein structure, dynamics and protein-protein interactions, particularly proteins important in inflammatory diseases.
Judy D. Wall – email
Environmental microbiology; bioremediation of toxic metal; genetics and biochemistry of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Gary A. Weisman – email
Nucleotide receptors and signaling in inflammation, cardiovascular and autoimmune exocrine disease.
Shuqun Zhang – email
MAP kinases and signaling in plant defense responses.
Xiaoqin Zou – email
Protein-ligand interactions, computer-aided drug design and modeling of quantitative structure-function relationships of membrane proteins.
(Doctoral Faculty)
Donald H. Burke (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology) – email
Ribozyme mechanism and evolution and the Origin of Life; antiviral nucleic acid aptamers and the molecular basis of drug resistant HIV-1.
Shi-jie Chen (Physics) – email
Predicting RNA structures and structural changes; Computational studies of RNA thermal stability and folding kinetics.
Kent Gates (Chemistry) – email
Mechanisms of DNA damage by synthetic and naturally occurring antitumor agents, toxins, and mutagens.
Jan A. Miernyk (USDA) – email
Protein targeting and folding in plants, organelle biogenesis, posttranslational modifications.
R. Michael Roberts (Animal Science) – email
Reproductive biology: signaling between conceptus and uterus; stem cells.
Krishna K. Sharma (Ophthalmology) – email
Structure-function of crystallins, role of ocular proteases and molecular basis for cataract development.
Gary Stacey (Plant Pathology) – email
Functional genomics of plant-microbe interactions and plant development.
John J. Tanner (Chemistry) – email
X-ray crystallography of proline metabolic enzymes, bacterial virulence proteins and anti-DNA antibodies; structural bioinformatics of protein-bound water; molecular dynamics simulations of biological molecules.
Instructional Track
Shari Freyermuth – email
Biochemistry education.
Virginia E. Peterson – email
Biochemistry education.
Dwayne A. Elias – email
Bacterial bioremediation of radionuclides and elucidation of biochemical pathways in subsurface bacteria.
Laurie Erb – email
Molecular studies of nucleotide receptors.
Gretchen Hagen – email
Control of gene expression by plant growth regulators.
Antje Heese – email
Membrane trafficking in plant innate immunity.
Brian Mooney – email
Proteomics of protein expression and assembly; metabolic engineering.
Valeri Mossine – email
Carbohydrates and cancer.
Cheikh Seye – email
Nucleotide receptor signaling and cardiovascular disease.
Agnes Simonyi – email
Glutamate receptors in learning and memory; ischemic induction of inflammatory factors and treatment with polyphenols.
Joe Forrester (DNA Core) – email
Benedict J. Campbell – email
Medical education.
Milton S. Feather – email
Charles Gehrke
Roy O. Morris
Ezio A. Moscatelli – email
Medical education.
Boyd L. O'Dell – email
Biochemical and physiological function of trace elements: Metabolism and bioavailability of trace elements.
Edward E. Pickett – email
Joseph C. Polacco – email
Nitrogen and nitric oxide metabolism in plants.
Douglas D. Randall – email
Metabolism, signal transduction, protein kinases and phosphorylated proteins in plants.
Robert L. Wixom
Richard E. Hillman (Child Health) – email
Beryl J. Ortwerth (Ophthalmology) – email
Lens protein modification by ascorbic acid glycation; the role of UVA light in human cataract formation.
Wynn A. Volkert (Radiology) – email
Radiopharmaceuticals for therapy and imaging; nuclear medicine.
Janice W. Edwards (Monsanto Co.)
Kenneth Gruys (Monsanto Co.)
Tim N. Oulmassov (Monsanto Co.)
Cleopas Samudzi (Coor. Board of Higher Education)
Donald E. Tillitt (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Affiliated with the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the School of Medicine