Department of Biochemistry

Expertise: Structure-function studies of visual pigments and other cell surface receptors.

Expertise: Regulation of Protein Phosphatases and the Evolution of Cellular Signaling

Expertise: Single-molecule Biochemistry and Biophysics. Transcription and RNA processing. Cytoskeletal networks and regulation.

Expertise: Uncovering fundamental molecular mechanisms of virus translocation across biological membranes

Expertise:  Mechanisms for control of mitochondrial protein activity, quality, and lifespan. 

Expertise: Dynamics of enzymes. Magnetic resonance methods.

Expertise: Mapping the functional repertoire of (bio)inorganic systems and protein metallocofactors; paradigms of (bio)catalysts relevant to the human health and environment.

Expertise: Structures of enzymes and enzyme-substrate complexes. 

Expertise: Mechanisms of protein folding in the cell

Expertise: Evolution, structure, and function of macromolecular complexes