Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group

Faculty

A strength of the BMB program is its broad combination of faculty interests and disciplines. Faculty members are drawn from many departments in the Perelman School of Medicine, from other schools in the University, and from affiliated local research institutes. The faculty are unified by the pursuit of research and training activities that align with the mission of BMB.

Cesar de la Fuente, Ph.D, Machine Biology, Synthetic Biology, Computational Biology, Microbiology, Bioengineering.
Roberto Dominguez, Ph.D., Actin cytoskeleton, structural biology
Gideon Dreyfuss, Ph.D., Nuclear transport, hnRNP complexes, RNA-binding proteins, spinal muscular atrophy
Roland L. Dunbrack, Jr. Ph.D., Methods and applications of protein structure prediction
Michael Farwell, MD, Developing new imaging tools, oncological applications of imaging
Feng Gai, Ph.D., Spectroscopic study of protein folding/misfolding
Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D. Understanding the role of enhancers and noncoding RNAs in transcriptional regulation in mammals.
Yale E. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Molecular motors and protein synthesis studied by single molecule biophysics
Mark Goulian, Ph.D., Two-component signaling, bacterial regulatory circuits
Roger Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Basic DNA repair mechanisms that impact cancer etiology and therapy
Kushol Gupta, Ph.D., Structural biology of large macromolecular assemblies that regulate genetic information; X-ray crystallography; small-angle cattering.
Ekaterina L. Grishchuk, Ph.D. Mechanisms that drive and control chromosome motions in mitosis
Erika Holzbaur, Ph.D., Molecular motor-driven dynamics of organelles along the cellular cytoskeleton
Xianxin Hua, Ph.D., Signaling and epigenetic regulation of cell homeostasis and tumorigenesis
Paul A. Janmey, Ph.D., Cytoskeleton, biopolymer mechanics, phosphoinositides
A. Charlie Johnson, Ph.D, Nanomaterials, biosensors for disease diagnosis.
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Ph.D, Integrated Stress Response, Molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal loss in neurodegenerative disorders.
Rahul M. Kohli, M.D., Ph.D., Enzymatic basis for diversity in the immune system and pathogens; enzyme mechanisms, chemical biology, protein evolution
Daniel Kulp, Ph.D.,rational vaccine and therapeutic antibody design
Melike Lakadamyali, Ph.D. We study cytoskeleton and nuclear organization with super-resolution microscopy.
Michael Lampson, Ph.D., Chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis, biosensors for mitotic kinase
Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., Nuclear receptors and the transcriptional regulation of metabolism
Edward B. Lee, MD., Ph.D., Neuropathology Alzheimer's, ALS disease
Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., Pathobiology of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Mitchell Lewis, D.Phil. , Gene regulation; protein crystallography; structural basis of recognition
Lan Lin, Ph.D RNA modifications (a.k.a "epitranscriptomics") in human diseases
Shawn C. Little, Ph.D., Transcription bursting dynamics; single molecule measurements; cell fate specification
Kathy Fange Liu, Ph.D, The nature and mechanism of mRNA modification and its role in disease
Damaris Lorenzo, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of diseases of the nervous system, metabolic disorders
Zhe Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Structure-function relationship of ion channels; molecular mechanisms of protein-protein interactions
Kristen W. Lynch, Ph.D., Mechanism and consequences of regulated alternative splicing
Michael S. Marks, Ph.D., Molecular mechanisms of intracellular protein transport and organelle biogenesis
Megan Matthews, Ph.D. Chemical biology and enzymology.
Mustafa Mir, Ph.D. Imaging, single molecule dynamics of gene expression
Modzelewski, Andrew, Ph.D. , Retrotransposon activity, Endogenous Retroviruses (ERV)
Kenji Murakami, Ph.D., Transcription initiation and regulation in eukaryote.
Ronen Marmorstein, Ph.D., Epigenetics, Protein acetylation, MAPK signaling, Metabolism, Structural Biology, Enzymology, Inhibitor Development
Vera Moiseenkova-Bell Cryo-EM, structure and function of transient receptor potential channels.
Maureen E. Murphy, Ph.D. Tumor suppressor proteins, Cancer
John I. Murray, Ph.D., Embryonic transcriptional regulation; fate specification; cell lineages; C. elegans; microscopy
E. Michael Ostap, Ph.D., Biochemistry of contractile proteins, biophysics of cell motility, and characterization of unconventional myosins
Amish Patel, Ph.D. Predictive computational framework for characterizing biomolecular hydration, interactions and assemblies
Trevor M. Penning, Ph.D., Structure-function of aldo-keto reductases; role in steroid hormone action and chemical carcinogenesis
E. James Petersson, Ph.D., Semi-synthesis of labeled proteins to probe and control conformation
Mecky Pohlschroder Prokaryotic Cell Surface Biogenesis and Function.
Benjamin L. Prosser, Ph.D., Mechano-signaling in the heart, Therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Ravi Radhakrishnan, Ph.D., Computational structural biology, cell membrane mediated trafficking; targeted drug delivery; cancer signaling
Arjun Raj, Ph.D., Systems biology; developmental biology; non-coding RNA
Ravinder Reddy, Ph.D., Sodium and oxygen-17 MR methods; multiple quantum and polarization transfer MR techniques
Rhoades, Elizabeth. Functional and dysfunctional mechanisms of intrinsically disordered proteins
Harvey Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Pathogenesis of dormancy in mycobacterium tuberculosis; biomolecular computation, and enzymology
Brian M. Salzberg, Ph.D., Multiple-site optical recording; excitation-secretion coupling; neural networks
Jeffery G. Saven, Ph.D., Theory, simulation and design of proteins and folding molecules
Mark Sellmyer, MD, Ph.D. Molecular Imaging, chemical biology, synthetic biology
Nikolaos Sgourakis, Ph.D Chemical and structural biology. Biomedical imaging, nanotechnology and supramolecular assemblies
Sydney Shaffer, MD, Ph.D. Study of single cell phenotypes in development and disease
Kim A. Sharp, Ph.D. Theory and simulation of protein and nucleic acid structure and function
Junwei Shi, Ph.D., Hepatocellular Carcinoma, epigenetic regulators, signal transduction
James Shorter, Ph.D., Regulation of beneficial or neuropathogenic prions and amyloids by protein-remodeling factors, molecular chaperones, and small molecules
Emmanuel Skordalakes, Ph.D., X-ray crystallography; telomere biology; cancer and aging
Hongjun Song, Ph.D., Neurogenesis and Epigenetic/Epitranscriptomic Mechanisms in the Nervous System
Yuanquan Song, Ph.D., Studying the formation, maintenance and function of neural circuits
Bin Tian, Ph.D. RNA processing and metabolism in cancer and immunity.
Cornelius Taabazuing, Ph.D. Innate immunity. Molecular mechanisms of cell death.
Aaron Timperman, Ph.D, Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, Proteomics, Lab on a chip
Paul M. Titchenell, Ph.D., Molecular mechanisms of insulin signaling and insulin resistance.
Dirk Trauner, Ph.D Chemical Biology, Optigenetic Control
Andrew Tsourkas, Ph.D. Molecular imaging, drug delivery, nanotechnology, and biotherapeutics
Gregory D. Van Duyne, Ph.D., Structural biology; protein-protein interactions; x-ray crystallography
Sergei A. Vinogradov, Ph.D., Functional macromolecules, optical imaging probes, chemical biology, oxygen microscopy and tomography
Liling Wan, Ph.D. , Chromatin and its regulatory network, cancer biology and epigenetics.
Kai Wang, Ph.D. , Genomics and bioinformatics methods to treat rare diseases.
Felix W. Wehrli, Ph.D., MRI of biomaterials microstructure, mathematical modeling, image processing
Aalim Weljie, Ph.D., Circadian, sleep, environmental and cancer metabolism via metabolomics profiling
Kathryn E. Wellen, Ph.D., Cancer cell metabolism, nutrient sensing
Walter Witschey, Ph.D. Study of cardiovascular disease using imaging and computational biology.
Xiaolu Yang, Ph.D., Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and how they may relate to cancer and other diseases.
Kenneth S. Zaret, Ph.D., Investigating transcription factor interactions with chromatin
Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D., Epigenetic control of genome function in brain development and disease