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CBI FACULTY

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
Peter Chien, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Regulated protein degradation in bacteria
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
Transmembrane pore-forming proteins, fluorescence spectroscopy
Matt Holden, Chemistry
Membrane transport biophysics; mimicking electrically stimulated systems using engineered membrane bionetworks
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; bioadhesion

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 transporters; 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