Faculty

Interactions between neurons and their environment during development

The function of Ewing sarcoma proteins in mitosis.

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

T cell activation, cell signaling, adhesion molecules.

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

Regulation of ciliary and flagellar assembly

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

Role of tau in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Mechanisms of pathogenesis for Enterococcus

Molecular Mechanisms of Chlamydia Pathogenesis

Single-molecule biophysical studies of regulatory RNA-protein interactions involved in hepatitis C virus assembly

Modeling of protein structure, dynamics and interactions.

Structural and functional analysis of enzymes associated with iron uptake.

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.

Critical points, fitness, and evolution in natural and synthetic biological networks.

Structure and dynamics of the ATP synthase and other molecular machines.

Exploring membrane protein folding through protein design, bioinformatics, and molecular biology.

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.

Morphogenetic mechanisms of limb development.

Molecular therapy targeting cancer and cancer stem cells, via novel nanovectors and rational drug design.