Primary Faculty and their research interests

Paul F. Agris Nucleic acids design, molecular biology and biophysics
Dennis T. Brown Structure, function and assembly of the model membrane containing virus Sindbis
John Cavanagh NMR spectroscopy, protein structures and protein:protein/DNA/metal recognition and interactions
A. Clay Clark Protein folding and assembly, the role of molecular chaperones in protein folding
Michael B. Goshe Biological mass spectrometry, proteomics, characterizing protein-protein/nucleic acid/ ligand interactions
Linda K. Hanley-Bowdoin Geminiviruses as models for plant DNA replication, transcription and cell cycle regulation
Charles C. Hardin Structure-function, immunochemistry and in vivo detection of DNA quadruplexes
Cynthia L. Hemenway Single-stranded RNA plant viruses, their molecular biology and the biochemical aspects of the cellular infection cycle
James A. Knopp Director of Undergraduate Academic Programs
Carla Mattos Structural analysis of the complete binding surfaces of small monomeric GTPases
E. Stuart Maxwell Synthesis, structure and function of the small nucleolar RNAs
Flora Meilleur Studies of protein structure and function by combined high resolution X-ray crystallography and neutron crystallography analysis
William L. Miller Transcription factors regulating reproduction
Robert B. Rose Protein crystallography and function of transcription factors. Transcriptional regulation in pancreatic beta cells and diabetes.
Edward C. Sisler Basic research on the actions of plant hormones
Paul Wollenzien Structure and function of bacterial ribosomes

Associate Members

James W. Brown Associate Professor of Microbiology. Research interests focus on RNA structure and function, and the origin and evolution of RNAs.
Alexander Deiters Assistant Professor of Chemistry. 
Development of chemical tools to study biological functions.
Stefan Franzen Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Research Interests: RNA structure and enzymatic reaction mechanisms.
Hosni M. Hassan Professor and Head of Microbiology. Research Interests: oxidative stress
Jonathan Horowitz Research Associate Professor of Oncology. Research Interests: The role of retinoblastoma (Rb) protein in the control of mammalian cell proliferation and differentiation
James W. Moyer Professor and Head of Plant Pathology. Research Interests: biological diversity and elucidation of the molecular determinants of the Tospovirus genus of the Bunyaviridae
Ronald R. Sederoff Professor of Forestry. Research Interests: molecular genetics and genetic engineering in forestry
Keith R. Weninger Assistant Professor of Physics. Research Interests: Biophysical Studies of membrane fusion

Adjunct Faculty

Davis Ferreira Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-CCS-Bloco I, Instituto de Microbiologia - Departamento de Virologia
Kenneth S. Korach Scientific Program Director for Environmental Disease and Medical Program and the Chief of Laboratory for Reproductive Disease Testing at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Michael A. Luther GlaxoSmithKline Vice President of High-Throughput Biology
James D. Otvos Metallobiochemistry and the use of NMR spectroscopy to quantify metabolites in physiological fluids
Elizabeth C. Theil Studies on ferritin protein and mRNA, as well as research on developmental changes in ferritin gene expression and use

Special Faculty

Raquel Hernandez Research Associate Professor
Hanna Gracz  Research Associate Professor, Lab Supervisor NMR Facility
Teaching Assistant Professor
Avis Sylvia Instructor