Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Faculty

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Martin Adamo, PhD
Professor
Insulin-like growth factor-I regulation of metabolism, musculoskeletal growth and response to stress/damage, and life span
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Reto Asmis, PhD
Professor & Associate Dean (GSBS)
Monocyte and Macrophage Dysfunction Associated with Metabolic Disoders, Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetic Complications
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Robert Brenner
Associate Professor- Department of Physiology
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Borries Demeler, PhD
Associate Professor
Analytical Ultracentrifugation; High-performance computing
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Paul F. Fitzpatrick, PhD
Professor
Enzymology
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Franco Folli
Professor and Director of Metabolic Research
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Maria Gaczynska
Associate Professor
Ubiquitin-proteasome system; Atomic force microscopy
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Stephen C. Hardies, PhD
Associate Professor
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P. John Hart, PhD
Ewing Halsell-Presidents Council Distinguished Proffessor
3-D Protein Structure/Action Structure-based Drug Design Biophysics
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Andrew Hinck, PhD
Professor
Molecular mechanisms of macromolecular complex assembly
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Dmitri Ivanov, PhD
Assistant Professor- CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
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Jean Jiang, PhD
Professor
Intercellular communication and intracellular signaling by gap junctions and hemichannels, and connexins in cell growth control
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Chongwoo Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
Structure and function of chromatin associated proteins
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Eileen M. Lafer, PhD
Professor
Molecular Machines Involved in Vesicular Traffic
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John C. Lee, PhD
Professor
Regulation of gene expression; mechanism of action of BMPs
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Feng Liu, PhD
Professor
Pharmacology
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Richard Ludueña, PhD
Professor
Microtubules/tubulin
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Bettie Sue Masters, PhD
The Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor in Chemistry
Structure-function Relationships in FAD- and FMN-Requiring Enzymes
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Lee McAlister-Henn, PhD
Professor and Deputy Chair
molecular genetics; regulation of cellular respiratory rates; control of cellular redox levels
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Nicholas Musi
Associate Professor- Department of Medicine/ Diabetes
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Bruce Nicholson, PhD
Professor and Chair
Intercellular communication through gap junctions - targets and molecular tools in combating diseases from cancer to deafness.
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Shane L. Rea
Assistant Professor- Barshop Institute & Dept. Physiology
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Philip Serwer, PhD
Professor
Bacteriophages; DNA Metabolism; Electron Microscopy; Evolution; Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy
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Mark Shapiro
Professor- Department of Physiology
Physiology, regulation and functional role of ion channels of excitable cells.
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Yuzuru Shiio, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor
Cellular senescence; cancer biology; proteomics
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Rui Sousa, PhD
Professor
Conformational Mechanisms in Macromolecular Function
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Bjorn Steffensen, DDS/PhD
Professor
Periodontics
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James Stockand
Professor- Department of Physiology
ENaC and alldosterone signaling
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Susan Weintraub, PhD
Professor
Biomedical applications of mass spectrometry
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David Weiss
Dean, Graduate School