Faculty Profiles
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Sharon Ackerman

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EducationPh.D., New York University, NY, NY, 1987...
Robert Akins

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Education:Ph.D. Microbiology, Ohio State University, 1981Activities:Director, Master’s Program Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Co-founder, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Group, WSU Research:Microbiomics, fungal molecular diagnostics, antifungal resistance ...
William S. Brusilow

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Education Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1980...
Marilynn Doscher

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EducationPh.D., University of Washington, 1959...
Brian F.P. Edwards

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My laboratory uses X-ray crystallography to elucidate the structure-function relationships of proteins. Presently, our projects cluster into two areas:Arsenate reduction The R773 plasmid of Escherichia coli encodes a system for...
Biochemistry/Microbiology: David Evans, Ph.D.

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We are studying the structure and function of large complex multidomain proteins. Much of our work focuses on the CAD, a 1.5 megadalton complex that catalyzes the initial steps in...
Domenico L. Gatti, M.D., Ph.D
Robert M. Johnson

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My lab is interested in two different areas, although both have something to do with the human erythrocyte. We work on the effect of oxidative damage on erythrocyte function, using...
Ladislau C. Kovari, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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313-993-1335
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Our laboratory performs structure-function studies of viral drug targets using structural, biochemical and computational methods. We use X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling to explore HIV drug resistance, perform structure-based drug...
Chuan-Pu Lee

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Our research interest has been centered in the field of mitochondrial bioenergetics and mitochondrial pathophysiology. Mitochondrial diseases occupy at present a highly active area of investigation in both molecular and...
Chunying Li, Ph.D

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Our research is focused on understanding the structural and functional aspects of membrane proteins and their interactions with other proteins in compartmentalized microdomains of cells and their roles in health...
James Lightbody
Leonard I. Malkin
Bharati Mitra

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Transition metals such as zinc, iron and copper are essential for life and act as cofactors in proteins and as signaling systems. However, they can be toxic in excess. Other...
Richard Needleman

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Yeast molecular genetics: We have elucidated the maltose fermentation system in S. cerevisiae by cloning the genes of the polymeric MAL system, describing their organization, purifying the activator protein, identifying...
Timothy L. Stemmler, Ph.D.

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The biological regulation of iron is essential for the viability of numerous organisms. In humans, iron is essential for a variety of cellular processes including blood formation/oxygen transport, immune response...
Serge Nicholas Vinogradov

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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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313-577-1501
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Education:1948-52 American University of Beirut, B.A. Chemistry1952-54 American University of Beirut, M. A. Physical Chemistry1954-59 Illinois Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry1959-1962 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton,...
Jianjun Wang Ph.D.

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Research in our laboratory focuses on two major human diseases: heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. We are using structural biology, molecular biology, protein chemistry, biophysics and protein engineering techniques in...
Zhe Yang

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My laboratory are interested in structure and function of disease-related proteins. One of our current focuses is a cardiac specific histone methyltransferase, which has been linked to end-stage heart failure...
Associated Faculty
Russell L. Finley Jr.

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Research in our laboratory follows two main themes. One is directed at understanding how regulatory networks control biological processes. Our approach is to identify and characterize networks of interacting genes...
Ye-Shih Ho

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Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated as important pathogenic mediators in many clinical disorders such as hyperoxic lung injury and ischemia/reperfusion- and adriamycin (ADR)-induced cardiac damage. The...
Maik Huttemann, Ph.D

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Our team studies mitochondrial function using genetic and biochemical approaches. We focus on two key components of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation machinery, cytochrome c oxidase (COX) and the small electron...
Xiangyi Lu

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Associate Professor
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313-963-7872 (Office)
313-577-0100 (Main office)
313-964-2269 (Lab)
313-577-0100 (Main office)
313-964-2269 (Lab)
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Our primary research interests are cilium and flagellum that are evolutionarily related sensory organelles. Projecting like an antenna on the cell surface, cilia are found on most of our bodily...





