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training faculty

Thirty-five faculty members from six departments in the College of Arts and Sciences and in the School of Medicine serve as mentors to students participating in the CBI training program. Links to each faculty members' home page are provided here.

Name Home Department Research Descripton
     
Richard Armstrong Biochemistry Structural and mechanistic enzymology
Brian O. Bachmann Chemistry Synthetic Biology, Organic Chemistry natural products, Mechanistic Enzymology
Randy Blakely Pharmacology Exploring structural domains that lead to neurotransmitter and antagonist specificity for 5HT and NE transporters
Alan Brash Pharmacology Mechanism of biosynthesis of oxygenated metabolites of arachidonic acid, and their role in pathophysiological processes
Alex Brown Pharmacology Understanding the roles of specific lipid molecular species and phospholipases in cellular functions and human disease
Walter Chazin Biochemistry Structural Cell Biology- DNA replication, recombination and repair, ubiquitination, calcium signal transduction
David Cliffel Chemistry Nanoparticle biomimics, electroanalytical chemistry, multianaltye microphysiometry
Roger Cone Molecular Physiology and
Biophysics
Regulation of Energy Homeostasis by the Central Nervous System; Biology of Melanocortin Peptides and Receptors
David Cortez Biochemistry Genome maintenance by the DNA damage response
Stephen Fesik Biochemistry Cancer drug discovery, fragment-based drug design, NMR, protein structure, RNAi
Frederick P. Guengerich Biochemistry Chemistry and enzymology of bioactivation and detoxication of foreign compounds
Heidi Hamm Pharmacology Understanding the molecular basis of signaling mechanisms mediated by G proteins
Eva Harth Chemistry Polymer chemistry, nanomaterials chemistry
Charles Hong Pharmacology Chemical Biology of vertebrate development and stem cell differentiation
Tina Iverson Pharmacology Investigation of transmembrane signaling processes, and development of methods for membrane protein crystallography
Jeff Johnston Chemistry Organometallic chemistry
Borden Lacy Microbiology and Immunology Host-Pathogen Interactions--Structural biology of bacterial protein toxins and their host interactions
Craig Lindsley Pharmacology Drug discovery and medicinal chemistry
Larry Marnett Biochemistry Cyclooxygenase-2 structure and function; chemistry and biology of DNA damage-dependent mutagenesis and signaling
Hassane Mchaourab Molecular Physiology and
Biophysics
Structural and dynamic basis of protein function with focus on proteins that are involved in diseases
John McLean Chemistry Bioanalytial and biophysical chemistry
Jens Meiler Chemistry Computational structural biochemistry
Neil Osheroff Biochemistry Function and biology of DNA topoisomerases
David Piston Molecular Physiology and
Biophysics
In vivo studies of stimulus-secretion coupling
Ned Porter Chemistry Mechanistic, synthetic, and bio-organic chemistry
Carmelo Rizzo Chemistry Chemistry and biology of DNA damage
Sandy Rosenthal Chemistry Nanocrystals, solar cells, and solid-state lighting
Kevin Schey Biochemistry Proteomics analysis in development and disease; mass spectrometry technology development
Claus Schneider Pharmacology Biochemistry of lipid signaling
Eric Skaar Microbiology and Immunology Host-Pathogen Interactions--Nutrient acquisition during the pathogenesis of bacterial infections
Gary Sulikowski Chemistry Total synthesis of complex natural products
David Tabb Biochemistry Identification of peptide or lipid mixtures via tandem mass spectrometry
Dave Weaver Pharmacology Discovery and characterization of novel chemical tools
David Wright Chemistry Bioinorganic and biomaterials chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

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