Faculty

Interactions between neurons and their environment during development

Cellular mechanisms involved in acute kidney injury and recovery

The function of Ewing sarcoma proteins in mitosis.

The role of posttranslational modification by SUMO on cell division cycle.

Regulation of cell shape in nematode tubule formation.

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 post-transcriptional gene regulation in cancer.

Regulation of bacterial transcription, Development of novel anti-bacterial agents

The impact of ADP-ribosylation on Coronavirus replication and pathogenesis

Mechanisms of pathogenesis for Enterococcus

Molecular Mechanisms of Chlamydia Pathogenesis

Single-molecule biophysical studies of RNA-protein interactions

Modeling of protein structure, dynamics and interactions.

Developmental neurobiology, genetics, and genomics.

Genetics of complex traits, Genome biology, Drosophila quantitative genetics.

Biomolecular modeling, cellular signaling, and computer-aided drug design

Role of APC tumor suppressor protein in normal colon and in cancer.

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.

Role of citrullination and proteolysis in cancer and viral infection.

ABC transporters and RNAi: anti-foreign genome responses and stem cell regulation.

The evolutionary consequences of conflict within and between genomes

Molecular modeling in the context of structural genomics and bioinformatics.

Molecular therapy targeting cancer and cancer stem cells, via novel nanovectors and rational drug design.
Justin Blumenstiel
Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
7026 Haworth Hall
(785) 864-3915; email:jblumens@ku.edu
Richard Dobrowsky
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1990
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
5056 Malott
(785) 864-3531; email:dobrowsky@ku.edu
Christopher Fischer
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2000
Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy
5071 Malott Hall
(785) 864-4579; email:shark@ku.edu
Jennifer Gleason
Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
6006 Haworth
(785) 864-5858; email:jgleason@ku.edu
Roy Jensen
M.D., Vanderbilt University, 1994
Professor, KU Medical Center
Director, KU Cancer Center
(913) 588-4707; email: rjensen@kumc.edu
Wendy Picking
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
email:wendy.picking@ku.edu
William Picking
Foundation Distinguished Professor
Director, Kansas Vaccine Institute
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Director, Higuchi Biosciences Center
email: picking@ku.edu
Liskin Swint-Kruse
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1995
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, KU Medical Center
(913) 588-0399; email: lswint-kruse@kumc.edu
Michael Wolfe
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1990
Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
School of Pharmacy
(785) 864-1002; email: mswolfe@ku.edu

T cell activation, cell signaling, adhesion molecules.

Ph.D., University of Frankfurt, 1961

Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1963

Regulation of ciliary and flagellar assembly

Role of ribozymes and enzymes in tRNA processing.

Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1961
Mechanisms that regulate and modify nerve cell interactions.
Thromboxane-mediated neural reflexes in the heart and lung.

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1960

Autoimmunity; Development of therapeutic reagents for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

The cytoskeleton in cell division, development and neuromuscular function.