Available research opportunities within the program
Computational Biology
- Jonas Almeida - Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- Patrick Barth - Signaling mechanisms across biological membranes by computational modeling, design and experimental biophysics
- Aladin Boriek - Respiratory muscle mechanics; computational models of tissue mechanics, mechanical role of structural proteins in skeletal and smooth muscles, mechanical signal transduction in skeletal and smooth muscles
- Jim Briggs - Computer-aided drug design; Molecular modeling; Computational biophysics
- Wah Chiu - Structural and Computational Biology of Biological Machines
- John W. Clark, Jr. - Cell Modeling; Engineering in Critical Care Medicine
- Cecilia Clementi - Theory of Protein Folding; Protein Modeling and Simulations; Folding/Function relationship
- Mauro Ferrari - Nanotechnology in Biomedical Applications
- George E. Fox - RNA structure, function & evolution; bioinformatics
- Dan Graur - Biology and Biochemistry
- Vincent J. Hilser - Experimental and theoretical studies of protein structure and dynamics.
- Lennart Johnsson - Computational Science
- Lydia E. Kavraki - Computation of Shape and Motion in Biology, Computer-Assisted Drug Design
- Olivier Lichtarge - Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways
- Steve Ludtke - electron cryomicroscopy, scientific image processing, structural biology, supercomputing
- Michael A. Mancini - Transcriptional analyses at the single cell level
- Aleksandar Milosavljevic - Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics
- Read Montague - Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neural economics
- Luay Nakhleh - Computational biology and bioinformatics
- Monte Pettitt - Development of methods for calculating structure and conformational equilibria of biomolecules in aqueous environments.
- B. V. Venkataram Prasad - Structural Basis of replication in RNA viruses
- Peter Saggau - Mechanisms and Modulation of Synaptic Transmission; Single Neuron Computation; Advanced Optical Imaging Techniques in Neuroscience
- Michael F. Schmid - Image Processing and Electron Crystallography of Macromolecular Machines
- Gadi Shaulsky - Genetics and Functional Genomics of Dictyostelium Development
- David J States - Multidisciplinary computational applications for biomedicine.
- Theodore Wensel - Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes
- Lynn Zechiedrich - DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance
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Structural Biology
- Patrick Barth - Signaling mechanisms across biological membranes by computational modeling, design and experimental biophysics
- Jim Briggs - Computer-aided drug design; Molecular modeling; Computational biophysics
- William Brownell - Cochlear biophysics and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility.
- Wah Chiu - Structural and Computational Biology of Biological Machines
- Cecilia Clementi - Theory of Protein Folding; Protein Modeling and Simulations; Folding/Function relationship
- Henry Epstein, M.D. - Structural biology of myosin filaments, molecular chaperones, and protein kinase complexes.
- Mary Estes - Molecular biology and structure of virus assembly.
- George E. Fox - RNA structure, function & evolution; bioinformatics
- Hiram F Gilbert - Protein folding and catalysis of disulfide formation during protein secretion in yeast
- Susan Hamilton - Calcium Release Channel Structure and Function
- Vincent J. Hilser - Experimental and theoretical studies of protein structure and dynamics.
- Olivier Lichtarge - Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways
- Steve Ludtke - electron cryomicroscopy, scientific image processing, structural biology, supercomputing
- Jianpeng Ma - Computational Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology
- Pawel A. Penczek - Structural Determinatin of Proteins and Molecular Assemblies
- Monte Pettitt - Development of methods for calculating structure and conformational equilibria of biomolecules in aqueous environments.
- James Pflugrath - New methods of macromolecular crystal data collection and structure determination
- Henry Pownall - Structures of Native and Model Plasma Lipoproteins
- B. V. Venkataram Prasad - Structural Basis of replication in RNA viruses
- Florante A. Quiocho - Protein Atomic Structure, Molecular Recognition and Function
- Michael F. Schmid - Image Processing and Electron Crystallography of Macromolecular Machines
- John Spudich - Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction / Microbial Rhodopsins
- Francis Tsai - Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes and Supramolecular Assemblies
- Theodore Wensel - Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes
- Lynn Zechiedrich - DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance
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Genomics
- George E. Fox - RNA structure, function & evolution; bioinformatics
- Richard Gibbs - The Human Genome Project; molecular basis of human genetic diseases; molecular evolution.
- Marek Kimmel - Informatics and statistical modeling of genome dynamics
- Ching C. Lau - Genomics and proteomics of cancer, bioinformatics, and development of targeted therapy.
- Olivier Lichtarge - Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways
- Aleksandar Milosavljevic - Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics
- Joel Morrisett - Imaging, Genomics, and Proteomics of Human Atherosclerosis
- Timothy Palzkill - Protein Structure-Function and Functional Genomics
- Gadi Shaulsky - Genetics and Functional Genomics of Dictyostelium Development
- John Spudich - Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction / Microbial Rhodopsins
- Lynn Zechiedrich - DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance
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Biophysics
- Patrick Barth - Signaling mechanisms across biological membranes by computational modeling, design and experimental biophysics
- Aladin Boriek - Respiratory muscle mechanics; computational models of tissue mechanics, mechanical role of structural proteins in skeletal and smooth muscles, mechanical signal transduction in skeletal and smooth muscles
- Jim Briggs - Computer-aided drug design; Molecular modeling; Computational biophysics
- William Brownell - Cochlear biophysics and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility.
- Wah Chiu - Structural and Computational Biology of Biological Machines
- John W. Clark, Jr. - Cell Modeling; Engineering in Critical Care Medicine
- Cecilia Clementi - Theory of Protein Folding; Protein Modeling and Simulations; Folding/Function relationship
- Anne Delcour - Molecular mechanisms of bacterial ion channels
- Henry Epstein, M.D. - Structural biology of myosin filaments, molecular chaperones, and protein kinase complexes.
- Hiram F Gilbert - Protein folding and catalysis of disulfide formation during protein secretion in yeast
- Ido Golding - Experimental biological physics; spatio-temporal dynamics in living cells—real-time studies having single-event resolution
- Susan Hamilton - Calcium Release Channel Structure and Function
- Vincent J. Hilser - Experimental and theoretical studies of protein structure and dynamics.
- Frank Horrigan - Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Ion Channel Function.
- Ching-Hwa Kiang - Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Biomolecules
- Olivier Lichtarge - Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways
- Steve Ludtke - electron cryomicroscopy, scientific image processing, structural biology, supercomputing
- Ellen Lumpkin - Neuroscience Molecular Physiology & Biophysics MH Genetics
- Jianpeng Ma - Computational Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology
- Michael A. Mancini - Transcriptional analyses at the single cell level
- Read Montague - Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neural economics
- Joel Morrisett - Imaging, Genomics, and Proteomics of Human Atherosclerosis
- Steen Pedersen - Allosteric mechanisms of ion channel function
- Monte Pettitt - Development of methods for calculating structure and conformational equilibria of biomolecules in aqueous environments.
- Paul Pfaffinger - Molecular Biology and Biophysics of Potassium Ion Channels
- Henry Pownall - Structures of Native and Model Plasma Lipoproteins
- B. V. Venkataram Prasad - Structural Basis of replication in RNA viruses
- Peter Saggau - Mechanisms and Modulation of Synaptic Transmission; Single Neuron Computation; Advanced Optical Imaging Techniques in Neuroscience
- Michael F. Schmid - Image Processing and Electron Crystallography of Macromolecular Machines
- John Spudich - Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction / Microbial Rhodopsins
- Francis Tsai - Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes and Supramolecular Assemblies
- Theodore Wensel - Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes
- Richard Willson - Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering; Biology & Biochemistry
- Sam Wu - Retinal Neurophysiology
- Lynn Zechiedrich - DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance
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Proteomics
- Wah Chiu - Structural and Computational Biology of Biological Machines
- Mauro Ferrari - Nanotechnology in Biomedical Applications
- Hiram F Gilbert - Protein folding and catalysis of disulfide formation during protein secretion in yeast
- Ching C. Lau - Genomics and proteomics of cancer, bioinformatics, and development of targeted therapy.
- Olivier Lichtarge - Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways
- Michael A. Mancini - Transcriptional analyses at the single cell level
- Joel Morrisett - Imaging, Genomics, and Proteomics of Human Atherosclerosis
- B. V. Venkataram Prasad - Structural Basis of replication in RNA viruses
- Jun Qin - Network analysis proteomics; the human DNA damage signaling network
- David J States - Multidisciplinary computational applications for biomedicine.
- Francis Tsai - Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes and Supramolecular Assemblies
- Theodore Wensel - Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes
- Lynn Zechiedrich - DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance
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Bioengineering
- Patrick Barth - Signaling mechanisms across biological membranes by computational modeling, design and experimental biophysics
- Aladin Boriek - Respiratory muscle mechanics; computational models of tissue mechanics, mechanical role of structural proteins in skeletal and smooth muscles, mechanical signal transduction in skeletal and smooth muscles
- William Brownell - Cochlear biophysics and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility.
- John W. Clark, Jr. - Cell Modeling; Engineering in Critical Care Medicine
- Cecilia Clementi - Theory of Protein Folding; Protein Modeling and Simulations; Folding/Function relationship
- Anne Delcour - Molecular mechanisms of bacterial ion channels
- Mary E. Dickinson, Ph.D. - In vivo optical microscopy; Analysis of vascular networks; Role of mechanical forces in vertebrate development
- Mauro Ferrari - Nanotechnology in Biomedical Applications
- George E. Fox - RNA structure, function & evolution; bioinformatics
- Lydia E. Kavraki - Computation of Shape and Motion in Biology, Computer-Assisted Drug Design
- Olivier Lichtarge - Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways
- Jianpeng Ma - Computational Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology
- Peter Saggau - Mechanisms and Modulation of Synaptic Transmission; Single Neuron Computation; Advanced Optical Imaging Techniques in Neuroscience
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Neuroscience
- Hugo Bellen - Genetic and molecular analysis of neurotransmitter release and nervous system development in Drosophila
- William Brownell - Cochlear biophysics and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility.
- John W. Clark, Jr. - Cell Modeling; Engineering in Critical Care Medicine
- John Dani - Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Communication and Plasticity
- Henry Epstein, M.D. - Structural biology of myosin filaments, molecular chaperones, and protein kinase complexes.
- Fabrizio Gabbiani - Biophysics of information processing in the nervous system
- Ellen Lumpkin - Neuroscience Molecular Physiology & Biophysics MH Genetics
- Read Montague - Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neural economics
- Steen Pedersen - Allosteric mechanisms of ion channel function
- Paul Pfaffinger - Molecular Biology and Biophysics of Potassium Ion Channels
- Peter Saggau - Mechanisms and Modulation of Synaptic Transmission; Single Neuron Computation; Advanced Optical Imaging Techniques in Neuroscience
- Theodore Wensel - Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes
- John Wilson - Instability of trinucleotide repeats in human disease, gene therapy for diseases of the eye
- Sam Wu - Retinal Neurophysiology
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