Graduate School Bulletin

Spring 2024

Faculty of Biochemistry and Structural Biology Graduate Program

Distinguished Professors

Dill, Ken, Ph.D., 1978, UCSD, Computer modeling of protein molecules and theory and principles of the machine mechanisms and evolution of cells 

London, Erwin1, Ph.D., 1979, Cornell University: Membrane protein structure/translocation/folding. Structure and function of sphingolipid/ cholesterol rafts in membranes.

Sampson, Nicole4, Ph.D., 1990, University of California, Berkeley: Structure and function of enzymes in mycobacterial sterol metabolic pathways and their role in pathogenesis; Chemical biology of mammalian fertilization; new polymer synthesis

Professors

Bahou, Wadie, F., MD, Genetic disorders of bleeding and thrombosis

Bahar, Ivet1, Ph.D., Structural and computational biology, protein dynamics

Boon, Elizabeth M.4, Ph.D., 2003, California Institute of Technology: Nitric oxide signaling in bacteria

Davuluri, Ramana V.9, Ph.D., Bioinformatics; Cancer Genomics; Isoform-level Gene Regulation; Epigenetics; Alternative Promoters and Alternative Splicing

Garcia-Diaz, Miguel2, Ph.D., 2003, UAM University (Madrid, Spain): Structural enzymology of eukaryotic DNA/RNA transactions

Gergen, J. Peter1, Ph.D., 1982, Brandeis University: Transcriptional regulation in development; structure and function of Runt domain proteins

Green, David, F.6, Ph.D. 2002, MIT: Protein design; computational glycobiology; specificity of protein interaction networks

Holdener, Bernadette1, Ph.D., 1990, University of Illinois: The role of protein folding in WNT signal transduction and development

Hollingsworth, Nancy1, Ph.D., Meiotic synapsis, recombination, and segregation in yeast

Hannun, Yusuf, 1,7, MD , Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics

Karzai, Wali1, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1995. Structure-Function studies of RNA-protein interactions

Miller, W. Todd3, Ph.D., 1989, Rockefeller University: Tyrosine phosphorylation and signal transduction

Neiman, Aaron1, Ph.D., 1994, University of California, San Francisco: Vesicle trafficking and intracellular signaling in yeast

Raleigh, Daniel P.4, Ph.D., 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Experimental studies of protein folding and amyloid formation.

Rizzo, Robert6, Ph.D., 2001, Yale University: Computational biology; drug design

Seeliger, Markus2  Ph.D., Cambridge University, 2003, Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

Simmerling, Carlos L.4, Ph.D., 1991, University of Illinois: Development of tools for efficient simulation of chemical systems and using them to study the structure and dynamics of molecules involved in biological processes

Smith, Steven O.1, Ph.D., 1985, University of California, Berkeley: Structure and function of membrane proteins.

Thomsen, Gerald H.1, Ph.D., 1988, Rockefeller University: Regulation of early vertebrate development by growth factor signals, ubiquitin modification, and T box family transcription factors

Tonge, Peter J.4, Ph.D., 1986, University of Birmingham, England: Tuberculosis pathogenesis and drug discovery; enzyme mechanisms and rational inhibitor design; fluorescent proteins

Wang Jin4, Ph.D., 1991 University of Illinois: Fundamental mechanism of biomolecular folding and recognition

Wollmuth, Lonnie, Ph.D. Structure-function, physiology, and pathophysiology of ligand-gated ion channels

Associate Professors

Airola, Michael1, Ph.D., 2010, Cornell University: Structure, function, and inhibition of lipid modifying enzymes

Bowen, Mark E.3, Ph.D., 1998, University of Ilinois, Chicago; Single molecule spectroscopy; signaling by the MAGUK family of scaffolds

Carrico, Isaac4, Ph.D. 2003, California Institute of Technology: Site-specific protein labeling; glycoproteins

Glynn, Steven1, Ph.D. 2005, University of Sheffield, UK., Mechanisms of mitochondrial proteostasis

Kim, Hyungjin2, Ph.D., 2009, Washington University in St. Louis: DNA repair systems and cancer

Luk, Edward1, Ph.D., Chromosome biology and genome regulation

Martin, Benjamin L.1, Ph.D., 2005, University of California, Berkeley: Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis

Pisconti, Dada. PhD 2003, University of Bari (Italy). Muscle stem cells and regeneration, muscular dystrophy.  

Seeliger, Jessica2, Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanisms of bacterial cell envelope assembly in infectious disease; development and application of novel biochemical methods to mycobacteria

Assistant Professors

Chowdhury, Saikat1, Ph.D. Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation, cryo-electron microscopy and cell biology

Hu, Chi-Kuo1, Ph.D., 2011, Harvard University: Biology of dormancy during development and aging, with the African killifish as the main research organism.

Kaczocha, Martin8, Ph.D., Stony Brook University: Role of fatty acid binding proteins and endocannabinoids in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies.

Serebryany, Eugene3, Ph.D., Protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and conformation-phenotype relationships; disulfide bonds and protein chemistry; single-molecule protein sequencing; protein and peptide libraries

Sharma, Stuti1, Ph.D., 2018, State University of New York Upstate Medical University: Mechanisms of membrane transporters using cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical tools

Tan, Dongyan2, Ph.D. Structure and function of macromolecules involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression

 

Scientists

Liu, Chang-Jun5, Ph. D. 1999, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Miller, Lisa M.5, Ph.D.,1995, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: synchrotron imaging of cell and tissue composition; role of metal ions and protein misfolding in disease  

Qun Liu5, Ph.D., 2006, Cornell University: Structural biology of membrane proteins, Ca2+ signaling and X-ray crystallography. 

Schwender, Jörg5, Ph. D., 1999, University of Karlsruhe, Germany: Experimental and theoretical analysis of plant metabolic networks.

Shanklin, John5, Ph.D., 1988, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Structure-function relationships of lipid modification enzymes.

 

Number of teaching, graduate, and research assistantships, Fall 2018: 27

1) Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2) Department of Pharmacological Sciences

3) Department of Physiology and Biophysics

4) Department of Chemistry

5) Brookhaven National Laboratory

6) Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics

7) Department of Medicine

8) Department of Radiology

9) Department of Biomedical Informatics