Faculty
Annual Research Publication Reports
An overview of the research of the department can be derived from our annual reports listing the publications from BB faculty. Reports for the last seven years are available here:
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
DEPARTMENTAL AND ADJUNCT FACULTY LISTING
Biochemistry and Biophysics Faculty
- William M. Baird (Chemical carcinogenesis)
- Elisar Barbar (Motor proteins, NMR spectroscopy)
- Joseph Beckman (Cell signaling, nitric oxide)
- Balz Frei (Free radicals, atherosclerosis)
- Michael Freitag (Epigenomics, gene silencing)
- Adrian F. Gombart (vitamin D, innate immune response and aging)
- Jeffrey A. Greenwood (Cell adhesion)
- Tory M. Hagen (Mitochondria, stress response mechanisms and aging)
- Victor L. Hsu (DNA & protein NMR spectroscopy)
- Colin Johnson (Molecular mechanisms that underlie membrane fusion)
- P. Andrew Karplus (Protein crystallography)
- Philip N. McFadden (Cellular biosensors)
- Ryan A. Mehl (Protien engineering, Synthetic Chemical Biology)
- Gary F. Merrill (Gene expression, cancer)
- Viviana I. Perez (Protein homeostasis, aging)
- Weijian Zhang (Vascular biology, inflammation and atherosclerosis)
Adjunct Faculty
- Daniel J. Arp (Microbial biochemistry, nitrification; Botany & Plant Pathology)
- Andrew B. Buermeyer (DNA mismatch repair; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)
- Roderick H. Dashwood (Colorectal cancer; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)
- Theo W. Dreher (RNA-protein interactions; Microbiology)
- Theresa Filtz (Cell signaling, G proteins; Pharmacy)
- John B. Hays (Mutagenesis, DNA repair; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)
- Dennis E. Hruby (Vaccinia virus, gene expression; Microbiology)
- Siva Kumar Kolluri (Anti-cancer therapies;Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)
- Mark Leid (Cell signaling, gene expression; Pharmacy)
- L. Walter Ream (Bacteriogenetics; Microbiology)
- Vincent T. Remcho (Bioanalysis and separation; Chemistry)
- George F. Rohrman (baculovirus gene expression; Microbiology)
- Fredrick Stormshak (Peptide & steroid hormones; Animal Science)
- David E. Williams (Toxicology; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)
Biochemistry & Biophysics Instructors
- Kevin Ahern, PhD (Senior Instructor)
- Indira Rajagopal, PhD (Adjunct Senior Instructor; Also Senior Instructor of Biology)
Biochemistry & Biophysics Emeritus Faculty
(note: emeritus faculty are not accepting new graduate students)
- Sonia R. Anderson (Protein-protein interactions)
- Derek J. Baisted (Plant Lipids)
- Robert R. Becker (Protein Chemistry)
- Wilbert Gamble (Atherosclerosis)
- W. Curtis Johnson (CD spectroscopy, molecular folding)
- Christopher K. Mathews (Nucleic acid enzymology)
- Robert W. Newburgh (Chemistry of development)
- George D. Pearson (Viral DNA replication)
- Donald J. Reed (Biological oxidations)
- Henry W. Schaup (Intermediary metabolism and toxic substances)
- Michael I. Schimerlik (Cell signaling, protein folding)
- Kensal E. van Holde (Chromatin & hemocyanin)