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
Genomics
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
Macromolecular Folding & Design
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​
Membrane Proteins
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
Nucleic Acid Structure & Function
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
- Rothberg Lab - Organic Electronics and Biomolecular Sensing
- 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
Protein Structure & Function
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
- Rothberg Lab - Organic Electronics and Biomolecular Sensing
- Wedekind Lab - Development of New HIV/AIDS Drugs, Antibiotics, & RNA-based Therapeutics