Research

Cellular and Membrane Biophysics

Study of biological membranes using physical, computational, mathematical, and biophysical methods.

Active Research Laboratories

Berger Lab - Biomedical Spectroscopy Laboratory
Choe Lab - in vivo Cancer Detection
Grossfield Lab - Computer Modeling to Understand Structure and Thermodynamics of Biological Molecules
MacLean Lab - The Structure of Neurotransmitter-gated Ion Channels
McGrath Lab - Nanomembrane Research
Waugh Lab - Cell Deformability & Cell Adhesion
Yule Lab - Intracellular Calcium Signaling in Cells

The structure, function, evolution, and mapping of genomes.

Active Research Laboratories

Dumont Lab - Signal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology
Maquat Lab - Normal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
Mathews Lab - Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Benjamin Miller Lab - Molecular Recognition & Biosensing
Munger Lab - Mechanisms of Pathogenic Metabolic Manipulation
Phizicky Lab - tRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
Sharma Lab - Media Security, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Color Imaging, Signal processing for Bioinformatics/Communications
Thakar Lab - Delineation the effects of age, immunogenicity of the antigens, host genotype and host’s immune history using bioinformatics, systems biology and dynamic modeling tools
Wagner Lab - RNA Processing

Understanding polypeptide folding function and characteristics.

Active Research Laboratories

Bren Lab - Bioinorganic and Biophysical Chemistry
Ghammaghami Lab - Mechanisms of protein folding and degradation within cells
Krauss Lab - Understanding the fundamental properties of materials with a size in between individual molecules and macroscopic objects
Mathews Lab - Computational Biology and Bioinformatics?

Protein molecules that are attached to, or associated with the membrane of a cell or an organelle.

Active Research Laboratories

Dumont Lab - Signal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology
Grossfield Lab - Computer Modeling to Understand Structure and Thermodynamics of Biological Molecules
MacLean Lab - The Structure of Neurotransmitter-gated Ion Channels

Study of the structure and function of DNA and RNA.

Active Research Laboratories

Ermolenko Lab - Structural Dynamics of Translation
Hayes Lab - Chromatin Structure
Kielkopf Lab - Pre-mRNA Splicing for Treatment of Human Disease
Maquat Lab - Normal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
Mathews Lab - Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
McCamant Lab - Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Photophysics
Phizicky Lab - tRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
Benjamin Miller Lab - Molecular Recognition & Biosensing
Sharma Lab - Media Security, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Color Imaging, Signal processing for Bioinformatics/Communications
Wedekind Lab - Development of New HIV/AIDS Drugs, Antibiotics, & RNA-based Therapeutics

Structure and function of proteins from primary to quaternary structures.

Active Research Laboratories

Bren Lab - Bioinorganic and Biophysical Chemistry
Dumont Lab - Signal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology
Ermolenko Lab - Structural Dynamics of Translation
Ghammaghami Lab - Mechanisms of protein folding and degradation within cells
Grossfield Lab - Computer Modeling to Understand Structure and Thermodynamics of Biological Molecules
Hayes Lab - Chromatin Structure
Kielkopf Lab - Pre-mRNA Splicing for Treatment of Human Disease
Krauss Lab - Understanding the fundamental properties of materials with a size in between individual molecules and macroscopic objects
MacLean Lab - The Structure of Neurotransmitter-gated Ion Channels
Maquat Lab - Normal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
Benjamin Miller Lab - Molecular Recognition & Biosensing
Phizicky Lab - tRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
Wedekind Lab - Development of New HIV/AIDS Drugs, Antibiotics, & RNA-based Therapeutics