Chemical Biology
Thirteen faculty members in the department of Molecular Biosciences serve as mentors on the NIH funded Dynamic Aspects of Chemical Biology Training Grant, which includes participants from the Chemistry department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. The central goal of this program is for trainees to gain a core fundamental knowledge of the concepts in modern molecular and cellular biology with those of synthetic, biophysical, bio-analytical, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, as well as the corresponding experimental techniques in each sub-discipline.
Select a faculty member below to learn more about their research in this area:
Interactions between neurons and their environment during development
Bacterial cooperation and competition and the evolution of quorum sensing
Molecular virology and pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus.
Structures and molecular interactions of virulence proteins
Role of tau in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Mechanisms of pathogenesis for Enterococcus
Molecular Mechanisms of Chlamydia Pathogenesis
Modeling of protein structure, dynamics and interactions.
Structural and functional analysis of enzymes associated with iron uptake.
Mitosis, gamma-tubulin function, cell cycle regulation and fungal secondary metabolites.
Structure and dynamics of the ATP synthase and other molecular machines.
Exploring membrane protein folding through protein design, bioinformatics, and molecular biology.
Molecular therapy targeting cancer and cancer stem cells, via novel nanovectors and rational drug design.
