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Surita Bhatia, Chemical Engineering
Structure and elasticity of biocompatible gels; cell and drug delivery
Jim Chambers, Chemistry
Studies of native proteins using covalent tagging, observation and perturbation
Neil S. Forbes, Chemical Engineering
Modeling tumor heterogeneity and metabolism; targeted therapies
Scott Garman, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Structural biology of glycoproteins in human disease
Lila M. Gierasch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/Chemistry
Biophysical approaches to protein folding and localization
Jeanne Hardy, Chemistry
Design of allosteric switches in apoptosis proteins; use of x-ray crystallography
Daniel N. Hebert, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Protein folding and maturation in the cell
Alejandro Heuck, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pore-forming toxins and translocation of virulence factors in bacterial pathogenesis
D. Joseph Jerry, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
Regulation of p53 function
Igor A. Kaltashov, Chemistry
Biopolymer structure and function by mass spectrometry
Michael J. Knapp, Chemistry
Enzymology of metallo-oxygenases, bioinorganic chemistry
Michael J. Maroney, Chemistry
Metallobiochemistry
Craig T. Martin, Chemistry
Protein-nucleic acid interactions; RNA polymerase enzymology
Murugappan Muthukumar, Polymer Science & Engineering
Assembly and dynamics of macromolecular complexes
Susan C. Roberts, Chemical Engineering
Cell engineering: plant secondary metabolism; cell encapsulation
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry
Biomedical applications of nanoparticles and polymers
Maria M. Santore, Polymer Science & Engineering
Proteins and membranes in biomaterials; biomimetics

Nate Schnarr, Chemistry
Engineering biosynthetic assemblies for production of novel metabolites, bio-organic chemistry

Danny J. Schnell, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Protein targeting and organelle biogenesis
Lianhong Sun, Chemical Engineering
Protein engineering, synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
Gregory N. Tew, Polymer Science & Engineering
Bio-inspired macromolecules and materials
S. Thayumanavan, Chemistry
Biomimetic macromolecules
Karsten Theis, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Molecular machines that repair DNA; x-ray crystallography
Lynmarie K. Thompson, Chemistry
Membrane receptors and channels; solid-state NMR
Richard W. Vachet, Chemistry
Biological mass spectrometry; metal ions in biological systems
Robert M. Weis, Chemistry
Transmembrane signaling; membrane structure
Robert A. Zimmermann, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ribosome structure and function; protein-RNA interaction