Faculty
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Agaisse, Hervé
Genetic approaches, cellular and molecular biology of intracellular pathogen infection
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Ai, Huiwang
Molecular Biosensors; Spatiotemporal Regulation of Biological Signaling; Protein Engineering for Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Bao, Huan
Biophysics of membrane pore formation; research and therapeutic applications of lipid nanoparticles.
Professor and Joseph and Frances Larner Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Bayliss, Douglas A.
Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Bushweller, John H.
Drug Development Targeting Transcription Drivers in Cancer; Structure/Function Studies of Transcription Factor Drivers in Cancer
Commonwealth Professor, Department of Chemistry
Cafiso, David S.
Molecular Mechanisms for Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Casanova, James E.
Role of Arf family GTPases in vesicular transport and cytoskeleton assembly.
Cell Biology of bacterial pathogenesis.
The innate immune response to bacterial infection.
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Columbus, Linda
Biophysical Chemistry: Membrane protein structure, function, and dynamics
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Criss, Alison K.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Desai, Bimal N.
Ion channels and Ca2+-signaling in inflammation, immunity and tissue homeostasis
Harrison Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology
DeSimone, Douglas W.
Cell Adhesion and Adhesion-Dependent Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Morphogenesis
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Ebrahim, Seham
Cytoskeletal architecture, dynamics and roles in cellular physiology and disease; High-resolution live cell and tissue imaging
Harrison Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Egelman, Edward H.
Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes Using Electron Microscopy
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Flowers, Sarah
Impact of APOE and lipid metabolism on cell function in Alzheimer's disease.
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Ford, Roseanne M.
Bacterial attachment and biofilms, microbial transport in porous media
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Gahlmann, Andreas
Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of bacterial cells
Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Gan, Lu
Chromosome organization in unicellular eukaryotes and Nucleosome rearrangement in chromosome condensation.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Hirschi, Karen Kemper
Understanding Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Blood Vessel Formation
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Isakson, Brant
Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Jomaa, Ahmad
Localisation of nascent proteins to sub-cellular compartments
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Kashatus, David F
The Role of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission in Tumorigenesis.
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Kenworthy, Anne
Architecture and function of biological membranes
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Levental, Ilya
Composition, Biophysics and Physiology of Cellular Membranes
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Lynch, Kevin R.
Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
O’Rourke, Eyleen Jorgelina
Obesity and Aging
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Perez-Reyes, Edward
Exploring epilepsy circuits then preventing seizures using gene therapies. Developing drug-inducible genetic switches for insulin replacement gene therapies.
Andrew P. Somlyo Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Qi, Ling
Delineate the physiological importance and structure-function relationship of ER-associated degradation in humans.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Redemann, Stefanie
Chromosome segregation and aneuploidy in meiosis and mitosis
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Saucerman, Jeffrey J.
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Shin, Jung-Bum
Auditory Neurobiology
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Sonkusare, Swapnil
Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Somlyo, Avril V.
Novel signal transduction pathways in smooth muscles that regulate contractility and impact diseases of the vasculature, airway and gastrointestinal tract.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Spiliotis, Elias T
Spatial Cell Biology. Neuronal Morphogenesis and Disease. Cancer Migration and Invasion.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Stukenberg, P. Todd
Mechanisms of chromosome segregation in Mitosis and generation of Chromosomal Instability in tumors
Harrison Professor and Director Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Tamm, Lukas K.
Biomembrane Structure and Function; Cell Entry of Enveloped Viruses; Neurosecretion by Exocytosis; Structure of Bacterial Pathogen Membrane Proteins; Lipid-Protein Interactions
Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Whitlock, Jarred M
The formation, function, coordination, and pathology of multinucleated cell types that make up the placenta and musculoskeletal system.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Yang, Jie
Structural mechanisms of macromolecular complexes, Cryo-EM, Mitochondrial stress, Endoplasmic reticulum stress, Cellular stress response
HHMI Investigator and Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Zimmer, Jochen
Transport of biopolymers across biological membranes with a particular interest in polysaccharide and protein translocation.
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Zong, Hui
Early detection, cancer prevention, and tumor microenvironment