6/17/2025
Project Title: Pathogenesis of Infections by Herpes Simplex Virus Herpes simplex virus is widespread in the human population with most people exposed during childhood. Nearly all adults have specific antibodies. HSV-1…
6/17/2025
Drug Development Targeting Transcription Drivers in Cancer Dysregulation of gene expression is a hallmark of all cancers. It is critical for self-renewal and chemo-resistance of cancer cells which contributes to…
6/17/2025
Membranes and membrane proteins participate in some of the most important and interesting cellular processes. Energy transduction, cell signaling, membrane excitability, secretion and immune recognition are examples of a few…
6/17/2025
Membrane proteins facilitate the transfer of information across lipid bilayers, comprise approximately 25% of a typical proteome, and represent over half of all drug targets. The membrane proteins that mediate…
6/17/2025
Our primary interest is in the mechanisms by which protein molecules accomplish their diverse biological tasks. Crystallography and molecular biology are the primary tools with which we probe into the…
6/17/2025
Current funded projects in the laboratory: (1) Elucidation of molecular mechanisms controlling smooth muscle contractility; (2) Development of drugs against the influenza and Ebola viruses; (3) Studies of the mechanism of protein crystallization…
6/17/2025
Our research is focused on the structure and function of macromolecular assemblies, using the techniques of electron cryo-microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction. Historically, we have been working in two different areas:…
6/17/2025
Structural biology of membrane proteins: Membrane proteins represent about ~25% of all proteins in any given genome carrying out many vital functions (transporters, receptors, channels, etc..). Membrane proteins also represent ~50%…
6/17/2025
Our research program is concerned with the synthesis, properties and applications of metal complexes with polymeric ligands. These multifunctional targets are prepared by combining coordination chemistry with living polymerization methodologies.…
6/17/2025
Advancement in the design of imaging agents has many far-reaching implications for the future directions of molecular imaging and radiological sciences including the following: (1) The early detection of disease…
