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 Regulation of DNA replication, cell cycle, cancer. Bloomfield, Victor A. victor@umn.edu Professor (also Chemistry) Physical biochemistry of nucleic acids; polyelectrolytes; hydrodynamics laser light scattering; scanning tunneling microscopy. 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. flick001@umn.edu 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 and Director of Graduate Studies 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 Mutation; DNA 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. Laboratory page. 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. 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   EMERITUS FACULTY (Recent Retirements)