Director of Graduate Studies for BMCB Volker Vogt -- 607-255-2443

• Eric E. Alani: Genetic and biochemical studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae aimed at understanding the role of DNA mismatch repair in maintaining genome stability.
• Barbara A. Baird: Structures and molecular mechanisms of cell surface receptors operative in immune responses
• Daniel Barbash: Molecular evolution
• Tadhg P. Begley: Enzyme structure, function, and mechanism with a focus on enzymes that catalyze novel organic reactions
• Andre Bensadoun: Molecular biology and biochemistry of lypolytic enzymes
• Anthony P. Bretscher: Microfilament organization and function in animal and yeast cells
• William J. Brown: Intracellular membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis
• Richard A. Cerione: Signal transduction; growth factor receptors
• Ruth Collins: Mechanism of action of Rab GTPases
• Brian Crane: Research in the Crane Group is directed towards understanding interactions among proteins, electrons, and photons.
• Steven E. Ealick: X-ray crystallography; structure-based drug design; synchrotron radiation research
• Scott Emr:  Cell signaling and membrane dynamics
• Gerald W. Feigenson: Lipid-proteins interaction; membrane structure; cholesterol; Monte Carlo simulation
• Thomas D. Fox: Mitochondrial genes; nuclear gene regulation
• Bruce Ganem: The application of synthetic chemical expertise to problems of enzymology, biosynthesis, and structure-based drug design
• Maria J. Garcia-Garcia:  Regulation of cell motility during embryonic development in mice and flies.
• Michael L. Goldberg: Drosophila genetics; molecular analysis of transvection effects and mitotic mutants
• Maureen R. Hanson: RNA processing in plant organelles; cell biology of organelle interactions.
• John D. Helmann: Regulation of gene expression; enzymology of RNA polymerase
• Susan A. Henry: Genetic regulation of membrane phospholipid synthesis in yeast
• George P. Hess: Biochemical, chemical and physical studies of membrane-bound proteins regulating communication between cells of the nervous system
• Peter C. Hinkle: Structure and function of membrane transporters
• Tim C. Huffaker: Microtubule assembly and function and yeast cells/mechanisms of chromosome segregation
• Ailong Ke: X-ray crystallography; structural biology and biochemistry focusing on RNA 3'-end formation and turnover and RNA-protein complexes
• Kenneth Kemphues: Cell biology in early embryonic development in C. elegans
• W. Lee Kraus: Transcriptional activation by nuclear hormone receptors and coactivators; Chromatin and transcription; Regulation of gene expression
• Sondra G. Lazarowitz: Virus-host interactions; nuclear shuttling in plant cells
• Siu Sylvia Lee: Molecular genetics of aging in C. elegans
• John T. Lis: Gene regulation and chromatin structure
• Jun "Kelly" Liu: Molecular genetics of mesodermal cell fate specification in C. elegans; Function of nuclear envelope proteins in C. elegans development.
• June B. Nasrallah: Cell-cell interactions in plants; molecular mechanisms underlying cell surface receptor action; signal transduction
• Linda Nicholson: Structural and dynamics studies of phosphorylated and unphosphorylated pp60c-src; structural and dynamics studies of yeast MCM1
• Jeffrey W. Roberts: Procaryotic gene expression; transcription mechanisms; control of DNA repair
• David Russell: The interplay between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it's host cell, the macrophage
• John Schimenti: Mammalian Genetics, reproductive biology, maintenance of genome integrity and development
• David I. Shalloway: Theoretical prediction of protein conformational changes; computer algorithms for structural biology; Src and other oncoproteins in the cell-cycle
• Paul Soloway: Functional genomic analysis in mice; epigenetics; innate immunity.
• Holger Sondermann:  Molecular mechanism and regulation of cellular signal transduction.
• David B. Stern: Gene expression in chloroplasts and mitochondria
• Patrick Stover: Regulation of folic acid-mediated one-carbon metabolism; determination of the metabolic role of leucovorin/ elucidation of the factors that contribute to serine hydroxymethyltransferase gene expression; regulation of glycine synthesis
• Tudorita Tumbar: Molecular control of tissue stem cells in the mouse; cell signaling; nuclear structure and function; skin morphogenesis and homeostasis
• Bik-Kwoon Tye: Cell cycle and developmental regulation of the initiation of DNA replication in eukaryotes
• Volker M. Vogt: Structure and assembly of retroviruses
• Michelle Wang: Studies of biological molecular motors using biophysical techniques
• Watt W. Webb: Cellular and membrane biophysics; molecular mobility; channel molecules and transmembrane signaling; physical optics; biomedical instrumentation
• Robert Weiss:  Molecular mechanisms for the maintenance of genomic stability; cellular responses to DNA damage; mouse models of human cancer.
• Gary Whittaker:  Entry of influenza and coronaviruses into host cells
• David Wilson:  Genetic engineering of cellulose degradation; bioremediation of heavy metals.
• Mariana Wolfner:  Molecular, developmental, and genetic studies of Drosophila reproduction, embryogenesis, and nuclear envelope.