Biochemistry

Enzymology, Nutrition and Metabolism faculty

• Donald H. Burke
  Ribozyme mechanism and evolution and the origin of life; antiviral nucleic acid aptamers and the molecular basis of drug resistant HIV-1.
• Peter V. Cornish
  RNA biochemistry, single molecule fluorescence, NMR, RNA folding and dynamics.
• David W. Emerich
  Enzymology, physiology and genomics of biological nitrogen fixation and related metabolic activities.
• Mark Hannink
  BTB-Kelch substrate adaptor family in development, oncogenesis and neurodegeneration.
• Gerald Hazelbauer
  Transmembrane receptors and sensory transduction in bacterial chemotaxis.
• Dennis B. Lubahn
  Biochemical genetics and epigenetics of estrogens and related receptors.
• Jan A. Miernyk
  Protein targeting and folding in plants, organelle biogenesis, posttranslational modifications.
• Brenda A. Peculis
  RNA processing, RNA stability, RNA turnover, RNA decapping enzymes, snoRNPs required for ribosome biogenesis.
• Michael J. Petris
  Regulation of metal nutrition and impacts on common human diseases.
• Joseph C. Polacco
  Nitrogen and nitric oxide metabolism in plants.
• Douglas D. Randall
  Metabolism, signal transduction, protein kinases and phosphorylated proteins in plants.
• Stefan Sarafianos
  Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and inhibition of HIV, SARS, and other viral and bacterial pathogens.
• Krishna K. Sharma
  Structure-function of crystallins, role of ocular proteases and molecular basis for cataract development.
• Grace Y. Sun
  Neurodegenerative diseases, signal transduction, phospholipases A2, oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant botanical compounds.
• John J. Tanner
  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.
• Jay J. Thelen
  Proteomics and phosphoproteomics of seed development and metabolism in oilseeds.
• Peter A. Tipton
  Mechanistic enzymology applied to agriculturally and medically important enzymes.
• Judy D. Wall
  Environmental microbiology; bioremediation of toxic metal; genetics and biochemistry of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
• Gary A. Weisman
  Nucleotide receptors and signaling in inflammation, cardiovascular and autoimmune exocrine disease.