Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Faculty (Alphabetical)

Name	Title	Research Interests
Adolph, Kenneth W. adolp001@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Gene structure and regulation.
Aihara, Hideki aihar001@umn.edu	Assistant Professor	Molecular mechanisms of DNA rearrangement/recombination reactions
Armitage, Ian M. armitage@msi.umn.edu	Professor	Multinuclear magnetic resonance techniques; metalloproteins/metal homeostasis; Alzheimer's Disease.
Bernlohr, David A. bernl001@umn.edu	Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head	Mechanism of insulin action; regulation of gene expression by lipids; lipid transporters and lipid binding proteins; obesity and metabolic regulation.
Bielinsky, Anja-Katrin bieli003@umn.edu	Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies	Regulation of DNA replication, cell cycle, cancer.
Bloomfield, Victor A. victor@umn.edu	Professor (also Chemistry)	Computational biochemistry and biology teaching; career tools for grad students and postdocs; biological consequences of poverty.
Conti-Fine, Bianca M. conti001@umn.edu	Distinguished McKnight University Professor (also Pharmacology)	Structure and function of nicotinic receptors in brain and muscle; immunology of myasthenia gravis.
Das, Anath dasxx002@umn.edu	Professor	Molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions and plant gene expression.
Ervasti, James M. jervasti@umn.edu	Professor	Molecular basis of Muscular Dystrophy; Role of actin in cell polarity
Flickinger, Michael C.	Professor (also Biotechnology Institute)	Fermentation; cell culture technology; cellular energetics; regulation of protein synthesis; protein separation.
Fuchs, James A. fuchs001@umn.edu	Professor	Deoxynucleotide metabolism; DNA synthesis; regulation of metabolic pathways.
Griffin, Timothy J. tgriffin@umn.edu	Assistant Professor	The development and application of mass spectrometry-based tools to study proteins and proteomes.
Harris, Reuben S. rsh@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Mechanisms of purposeful mutation relating to innate and adaptive immunity
Hendrickson, Eric A. hendr064@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Mechanisms of mammalian DNA double-strand break repair
Hooper, Alan B. hooper@umn.edu	Professor	Microbial biochemistry; redox proteins; N-oxidation; microbial detoxification
Kazlauskas, Romas J. rjk@umn.edu	Professor	Organic synthesis with enzymes, molecular biology, molecular modeling
Khodursky, Arkady B. khodu001@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Functional genomics, analysis of gene experession patterns, whole genome microarrays.
Kim, Do-Hyung dhkim@umn.edu	Assistant Professor	Biological networks that coordinate metabolism and growth
Lange, Alex J. lange024@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Diabetes, metabolite sensing and signaling, metabolic enzyme regulation. Laboratory home page.
LaPorte, David C. DLaPorte@umn.edu	Professor	Gene expression; protein phosphorylation cascades.
Lipscomb, John D. lipsc001@umn.edu	Professor	Oxygenase mechanisms, metalloproteins, magnetic resonance techniques, kinetics.
Livingston, Dennis M. livin001@umn.edu	Professor	Genome stability, mutation; DNA replication, repair and genetic recombination.
Matsuo, Hiroshi matsu029@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Protein structure; RNA structure; Protein-RNA, DNA interaction; Enzyme kinetics
Mayo, Kevin H. mayox001@umn.edu	Professor	Cell adhesion; protein-protein/carbohydrate interactions.
Mulcahy, Timothy R. mulcahy@umn.edu	Professor VP for Research
Murphy, Sharon E. murph062@umn.edu	Professor	Carcinogen metabolism and exposure.
Nelsestuen, Gary L. nelse002@umn.edu	Professor	Membrane binding proteins; blood coagulation; proteomics; biomarker discovery.
Ohlendorf, Douglas H. ohlen@umn.edu	Professor	Protein engineering; structural biology; x-ray crystallography; molecular biology.
Potter, Lincoln R. potter@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Signal Transduction, Natriuretic Peptides, Guanylyl Cyclase Receptors and cGMP.
Roon, Robert J. roonx001@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Mechanism and regulation of amino acid neurotransmission in mammalian brain. Mechanism of amino acid transport in mammalian brain.
Sanders, Michel M. sande001@umn.edu	Distinguished University Teaching Professor	Eukaryotic molecular biology; hormone action; gene expression.
Schmidt-Dannert, C. schmi232@umn.edu	Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies	Natural product biosynthesis, evolutionary and rational protein design. Laboratory Homepage
Schottel, Janet L. schot002@umn.edu	Professor	Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular biology.
Seelig, Burckhard seelig@umn.edu	Assistant Professor	Biocatalysis, Directed Evolution, Protein Engineering, Artificial Enzymes
Siliciano, Paul G. pauls@umn.edu	Associate Professor,Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Associate Head of the Department	Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular genetics.
Sobeck, Alexandra asobeck@umn.edu	Assistant Professor	Cellular mechanisms of maintaining genomic stability; DNA damage response during chromosomal replication.
Thomas, David D. ddt@umn.edu	Professor	Molecular dynamics in muscle.
Towle, Howard C. towle001@umn.edu	Professor and Associate Head of the Department	Nutritional and hormonal regulation of mammalian gene expression.
Van Ness, Brian G. vanne001@umn.edu	Professor (also Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)	Molecular immunology; gene expression; lymphoid cancers.
Veglia, Gianluigi vegli001@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Structure and dynamics of membrane embedded enzymes
Wackett, Lawrence P. wacke003@umn.edu	Distinguished McKnight University Professor (also Biotechnology Institute)	Biodegradation; dehalogenases; industrial biotransformations; metalloenzymes.
Walters, Kylie J. walte048@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Targeted protein degradation; Protein quality control; NMR spectroscopy
Wilmot, Carrie M. wilmo004@umn.edu	Associate Professor	Structural enzymology: Metal ions & organic co-factors; Human disease: cardiovascular, Alzheimers

FACULTY BY DIVISIONS

EMERITUS FACULTY (Recent Retirements)