Biochemistry and Biophysics

Biochemistry & Biophysics Instructors

• Kari van Zee (Senior Instructor I)

• Lauren Dalton (Instructor)

Biochemistry and Biophysics Professors 

• Elisar Barbar (Motor proteins, NMR spectroscopy)

• Joseph S. Beckman (Cell signaling, nitric oxide)

• Rick B. Cooley (Structural biology, protein engineering)

• Alvaro G. Estevez (Motor Neuron Death in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

• Maria C. Franco (Cell signaling and metabolism)

• Michael Freitag (Epigenomics, gene silencing)

• Adrian F. Gombart (Vitamin D, innate immune response and aging)

• Tory M. Hagen (Mitochondria, stress response mechanisms and aging)

• David A. Hendrix (Bioinformatics and computational biophysics) 

• Victor L. Hsu (DNA & protein NMR spectroscopy)

• Colin P. Johnson (Molecular mechanisms that underlie membrane fusion)

• P. Andrew Karplus (Protein crystallography; currently not taking graduate students)

• Philip N. McFadden (Mineralization biochemistry)

• Ryan A. Mehl (Protein engineering, synthetic chemical biology)

• Afua Nyarko (Protein interactions)

• Viviana I. Perez (Protein homeostasis, aging)

Adjunct Professors

• Andrew B. Buermeyer (DNA mismatch repair; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)

• Theresa Filtz (Cell signaling, G proteins; Pharmacy)

• Arup Indra (Stem cells, inflammation, signaling, melanoma; Pharmacy, Dermatology, OSHU)

• Siva K. Kolluri (Anti-cancer therapies; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)

• Mark Leid (Cell signaling, gene expression; Pharmacy)

• Weihong Qiu (Intracellular transport, motor proteins, single molecule biophysics; Physics)

• L. Walter Ream (Bacteriogenetics; Microbiology)

• Vincent T. Remcho (Bioanalysis and separation; Chemistry)

• David E. Williams (Toxicology; Environmental & Molecular Toxicology)

Biochemistry & Biophysics Emeritus Faculty

(note: no emeritus faculty are accepting graduate students)

• Kevin G. Ahern (Electronic teaching methods)

• Sonia R. Anderson (Protein-protein interactions)

• William M. Baird (Chemical carcinogenesis)

• Derek J. Baisted (Plant Lipids)

• Balz Frei (Free radicals, atherosclerosis)

• W. Curtis Johnson (CD spectroscopy, molecular folding)

• Christopher K. Mathews (Nucleic acid enzymology)

• Gary F. Merrill (Gene expression, cancer)

• Robert W. Newburgh (Chemistry of development)

• George D. Pearson (Viral DNA replication)

• Indira Rajagopal (Senior Instructor II)

• Donald J. Reed (Biological oxidations)

• Henry W. Schaup (Intermediary metabolism and toxic substances)

• Michael I. Schimerlik (Cell signaling, protein folding)

• Kensal E. van Holde (Chromatin & hemocyanin)