Faculty Research
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology investigators includes twenty-five faculty members who utilize state-of-the-art technology to study the biochemistry and molecular biology of cell and protein structure and function. The department has major strength in the following areas. Major strengths include cancer biology, protein structural biology, signal transduction, and cell cycle/DNA repair.
Cancer Biology
- Alexey Belkin, PhD
- Alex Drohat, PhD
- Rich Eckert, PhD (tumor suppressors, carcinogenesis/ chemoprevention, cell survival)
- Geoffry Girnun, PhD
- A-Lien Lu-Chang, PhD
- Eric Toth, PhD
- David Weber, PhD (S100 proteins, p53, melanoma)
- Gerald Wilson, PhD
Calcium signaling in Heart and Muscle
Structure/Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
- Alexey Belkin, PhD
- Lindsay Black, PhD
- Alex Drohat, PhD
- Joseph Lackowicz, PhD
- Wuyuan Lu, PhD
- Leonid Medved, ScD, PhD
- Zeev Pancer, DSc
- Eric Toth, PhD
- Lai-Xi Wang, PhD
- David Weber, PhD
- Gerald Wilson, PhD
Structural and Computational Biology
- Alex Drohat, PhD
- Leonid Medved, ScD, PhD
- Andrew Neuwald, PhD
- Zeev Pancer, DSc
- Eric Toth, PhD
- David Weber, PhD
Surface Epithelial Biology
Technology Development - Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Vascular and Inflammatory Disease
Virology and Immunology
Cell Differentiation and Signal Transduction
- Rich Eckert, PhD (MAPK signaling, apoptosis, gene expression, transcription)
- Terry Rogers, PhD
- Martin Schneider, PhD
- Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
Stem Cell Biology
- Candace Kerr, PhD
- Terry Rogers, PhD (cardiac)
- Rich Eckert, PhD (surface epithelial)
- Maria Nurminshaya , PhD
- Michal Zalzman, PhD
- Qun Zhou, PhD