Faculty

Herve Agaisse, Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Genetic approaches, cellular and molecular biology of intracellular pathogen infection.

Huiwang Ai, Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Molecular
Biosensors; Spatiotemporal Regulation of Biological Signaling; Protein Engineering for Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics.

Huan Bao, Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Biophysics of membrane pore formation; research and therapeutic applications of lipid nanoparticles.

Douglas Bayliss, Professor and Joseph and Frances Larner Chair

Department of Pharmacology
Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons.

John H. Bushweller, Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Drug Development Targeting Transcription Drivers in Cancer; Structure/Function Studies of Transcription Factor Drivers in Cancer

David S. Cafiso, Professor

Department of Chemistry
Molecular Mechanisms for Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling.

James E. Casanova, Professor

Department of Cell Biology
MRole of Arf family GTPases in vesicular transport and cytoskeleton assembly. Cell Biology of bacterial pathogenesis. The innate immune response to bacterial infection.

Linda Columbus, Professor

Department of Chemistry
Biophysical Chemistry: Membrane protein structure, function, and dynamics.

Alison K. Criss, Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis.

Bimal Desai, Professor

Department of Pharmacology
Ion channels and Ca2+-signaling in inflammation, immunity and tissue homeostasis.

Douglas W. DeSimone, Ivy Pratt Professor of Morphogenesis and Chair

Department of Cell Biology
Cell Adhesion and Adhesion-Dependent Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Morphogenesis.

Seham Ebrahim, Assistant Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Molecular
Cytoskeletal architecture, dynamics and roles in cellular physiology and disease; High-resolution live cell and tissue imaging.

Edward H. Egelman, Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes Using Electron Microscopy.

Heather Ferris, Associate Professor

Department of Medicine: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Brain metabolism, cognitive decline, insulin signaling and Alzheimer’s disease

Sarah Flowers, Assistant Professor

Department of Neuroscience
Impact of APOE and lipid metabolism on cell function in Alzheimer’s disease.

Roseanne M. Ford, Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering
Bacterial attachment and biofilms, microbial transport in porous media.

Andreas Gahlmann, Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry
Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of bacterial cells.

Lu Gan, Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Chromosome organization in unicellular eukaryotes and Nucleosome rearrangement in chromosome condensation.

Karen Kemper Hirschi, Professor

Department of Cell Biology
Understanding Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Blood Vessel Formation.

Brant Isakson, Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.

Ahmad Jomaa, Assistant Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Localisation of nascent proteins to sub-cellular compartments.

David F. Kashatus, Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
The Role of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission in Tumorigenesis.

Anne Kenworthy, Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Architecture and function of biological membranes.

Ilya Levental, Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Molecular
Composition, Biophysics and Physiology of Cellular Membranes.

Kevin R. Lynch, Professor and Vice Chair

Department of Pharmacology
Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate.

Eyleen Jorgelina O’Rourke, Associate Professor

Department of Biology
Obesity and Aging.

Edward Perez-Reyes, Professor

Department of Pharmacology
Exploring epilepsy circuits then preventing seizures using gene therapies. Developing drug-inducible genetic switches for insulin replacement gene therapies.

Ling Qi, Andrew P. Somlyo Professor and Chair

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Delineate the physiological importance and structure-function relationship of ER-associated degradation in humans.

Stefanie Redemann, Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Chromosome segregation and aneuploidy in meiosis and mitosis.

Jeffrey J. Saucerman, Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease.

Jung-Bum Shin, Associate Professor

Department of Neuroscience
Auditory Neurobiology.

Swapnil Sonkusare, Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders.

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Novel signal transduction pathways in smooth muscles that regulate contractility and impact diseases of the vasculature, airway and gastrointestinal tract.

Elias T. Spiliotis, Professor

Department of Cell Biology
Spatial Cell Biology. Neuronal Morphogenesis and Disease. Cancer Migration and Invasion.

Todd P. Stukenberg, Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Mechanisms of chromosome segregation in Mitosis and generation of Chromosomal Instability in tumors.

Uday Tak, Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Prokaryotic immune systems, bacteriophage virology, programmed cell death, pore-forming proteins, evolution of immunity, protein engineering

Lukas K. Tamm, Harrison Professor and Director of Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Biomembrane Structure and Function; Cell Entry of Enveloped Viruses; Neurosecretion by Exocytosis; Structure of Bacterial Pathogen Membrane Proteins; Lipid-Protein Interactions.

Ming-Feng Tsai, Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Our research focuses on molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of transporters and ion-channels, particularly Ca2+ transport proteins in mitochondria. We approach questions using a wide range of tools, including membrane-biochemistry, electrophysiology, cryo-electron microscopy, and live-cell imaging.