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SL3 RNA complexed with the NCp7 nucleocapsid protein from HIV-1 (P.Borer, SU).

Faculty Research Areas

Areas of faculty research are summarized and coded below:

  • SB = Structural Biology
  • BC = Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • BP = Biophysics

A link on the faculty member's name will take you a brief profile of that person with institution affiliation, further links and contact information. If that person has a project highlighted on our Gallery page, it will be indicated in the profile section with a clickable link.

David Amberg David Amberg
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: ambergd@upstate.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC
Structural analysis of complexes formed between actin and actin regulatory proteins.

John Belote John Belote
SU - Biology
Email Address: jbelote@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Biochemistry, molecular biology and genetic control of development in Drosophila.

Phil Borer Philip Borer
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: pnborer@syr.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC, BP
Structural biology and dynamics of nucleic acids, retroviruses, NMR, biophysics.
GALLERY

Greg Boyer Gregory Boyer
ESF - Chemistry
Email Address: glboyer@esf.edu

Research Areas: BC
Biochemistry, interactions of trace metals with plants and algae.

Mark Braiman Mark Braiman
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: mbraiman@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry, biophysics and photophysics of vision.
GALLERY

Gerda Breitwieser
SU - Biology
Email Address: gebreitw@syr.edu

Research Areas:
G protein-coupled receptor structure, function and signaling; protein interactions in cell signaling; calcium signaling.

Samuel Chan Samuel Chan
SU - Biology
Email Address: shchan@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Biochemistry, bioenergetics of organelles.

Gino Cingolani
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: cingolag@upstate.edu

Research Areas:
X-ray crystallography of large viral DNA-pumping enzymes and structural cell biology of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport.

Richard Cross Richard Cross
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: crossr@upstate.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC
Structural biology of nucleotide binding sites, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.

James Dabrowiak James Dabrowiak
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: jcdabrow@syr.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC
Structural biology of DNA & RNA, footprinting, biochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry.
GALLERY

Phillip Dunham Phillip Dunham
SU - Biology
Email Address: pbdunham@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry, membrane transport of inorganic ions in red blood cells.

Scott Erdman Scott Erdman
SU - Biology
Email Address: seerdman@syr.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC
Structural biology and dynamics of cell differentiation, cell fusion, biochemistry.

Danilo Fernando Danilo Fernando
ESF - Environmental and Forest Biology
Email Address: fernando@esf.edu

Research Areas: BC
Mechanisms and manipulations of plant reproductive development.

Kenneth Foster Kenneth Foster
SU - Physics
Email Address: kwfoster@syr.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics of signal transduction, photophysics of light response.
GALLERY

Teresa Freedman Teresa Freedman
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: tbfreedm@syr.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics, vibrational optical activity.

David Gilbert David Gilbert
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: gilbertd@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BC
Biochemistry and molecular biology of chromosomal and nuclear structure, replication.

Jerry Goodisman Jerry Goodisman
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: goodisma@syr.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics, DNA/RNA footprinting.
GALLERY

Richard Hallberg Richard Hallberg
SU - Biology
Email Address: hallberg@syr.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC
Structural biology and molecular biology of cell cycle regulation, molecular chaperones.

Bruce Hudson Bruce Hudson
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: bshudson@syr.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics, fluorescence spectroscopy.
GALLERY

Jose Jalife José Jalife
Upstate - Pharmacology
Email Address: jalifej@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry, biophysics, dynamics and molecular mechanisms of cardiac fibrillation.

James Kallmerten James Kallmerten
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: jkallmer@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Organic chemistry, natural products synthesis, stable isotope labeling of biomolecules.
GALLERY

Patricia Kane Patricia Kane
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: kanepm@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BC
Biochemistry and molecular biology of organelle acidification, multisubunit assembly.

Barry Knox Barry Knox
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: knoxb@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry and molecular biology of retinal development and light transduction.

Andrzej Krol Andrzej Krol
Upstate - Radiology
Email Address: krola@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics of radiographic imaging, laser radiation in mammography.
GALLERY

Edward Lipson Edward Lipson
SU - Physics
Email Address: edlipson@syr.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics of photosensory transduction, telemedicine.

Stewart Loh Stewart Loh
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: lohs@upstate.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC, BP
Structural biology, mechanism, and kinetics of protein folding, NMR.
GALLERY

Eleanor Maine Eleanor Maine
SU - Biology
Email Address: emmaine@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Molecular biology and genetic control of development in multicellular organisms.

David Mitchell David Mitchell
Upstate - Cell & Developmental Biology
Email Address: MITCHELD@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry and biophysics of ATPase function in flagellar motility.
GALLERY

Laurence Nafie Laurence Nafie
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: Lnafie@syr.edu

Research Areas: BP
Biophysics, vibrational optical activity.

Melissa Pepling
SU - Biology
Email Address: mepeplin@syr.edu

Research Areas:
Mouse germ cell development; oogenesis.

William Powell William Powell
ESF - Environmental & Forest Biology
Email Address: wapowell@esf.edu

Research Areas: BC
Transgenic trees, gene design & regulation, enhancing disease resistance.

Ramesh Raina
SU - Biology
Email Address: raraina@syr.edu

Research Areas:
Genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating plant-pest interactions; Functional genomics of cell signaling in plants.

John Russell John Russell
SU - Biology
Email Address: jrussell@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry and molecular biology of ion transport by cell membranes.

Mark Schmitt Mark Schmitt
Upstate - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email Address: Schmittm@upstate.edu

Research Areas: SB, BC
Structural analysis of ribonucleoprotein complexes, mitochondrial RNA import, yeast cell cycle control.
GALLERY

Lawrence Smart Lawrence Smart
ESF - Environmental & Forest Biology
Email Address: lbsmart@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Regulation of plant gene expression and signal transduction.

Arthur Stipanovic Arthur Stipanovic
ESF - Chemistry
Email Address: astipano@esf.edu
Research Areas: BC, BP
Biochemistry and biophysics of polysaccharides, NMR.
Christopher Turner Christopher Turner
Upstate - Cell & Developmental Biology
Email Address: turnerce@upstate.edu

Research Areas: BC
Regulation of interactions in cell adhesion and cell motility in normal and transformed cells.

Francis Webster Francis Webster
ESF - Chemistry
Email Address: fwebster@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Bioorganic chemistry of insect pheromones, natural product isolation and characterization.

Roy Welch
SU - Biology
Email Address: rowelch@syr.edu

Research Areas:
Molecular aspects of signaling among a homogeneous population of bacteria.

William Winter William Winter
ESF - Chemistry
Email Address: wtwinter@syr.edu

Research Areas: SB, BP
Structural biology and biophysics of polysaccharides, NMR.

Jon Zubieta Jon Zubieta
SU - Chemistry
Email Address: jazubiet@syr.edu

Research Areas: BC
Bioinorganic chemistry, tracers for biomedical assays.



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