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Allen, Karen - Chemistry
Multidisciplinary approach involving state-of-the-art X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy, molecular modeling, enzymology, bioinformatics, and molecular biology to address fundamental problems at the interface of Enzymology and Structural Biology
drkallen@bu.edu

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Bansil, Rama - Physics
Biological gels: gastric mucin glycoprotein; aggregation properties related to protective function of gastric mucus; Structure, dynamics and interactions of vesicles and proteins by dynamic light scattering and fluorescent correlation spectroscopy
rb@bu.edu

Barbas, Helen - Health Sciences
Signal transduction of messengers; organization of neural pathways in the prefrontal cortices; excitatory-inhibitory interactions in prefrontal pathways
barbas@bu.edu

Baum, Michael J - Biology
Neurobiology and endocrinology; neuroendocrine regulation of brain and behavioral sexual differentiation in mammalian species; brain lesions and hormonal effects on animal behavior; brain gene expression
baum@bu.edu

Bradham, Cynthia A. - Biology
Developmental biology; cell signaling and gene regulation; systems biology
cbradham@bu.edu

Broude, Natalia E. - Biomedical engineering
Functional genomics and genome activity
nebroude@bu.edu

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Callard, Gloria V - Biology
Neuroendocrinology, reproductive & developmental endocrinology, estrogen biosynthesis and actions, gene regulation
gvc@bu.edu

Callard, Ian P - Biology
Physiology; non-mammalian vertebrate gonadal steroid action, receptors, and xenobiotic endocrine disrupting agents
ipc@bu.edu

Cantor, Charles R - Biomedical Engineering
Human genome analysis; new biophysical tools and methodologies; genetic engineering
crc@enga.bu.edu

Caradonna, John P - Chemistry
Non-heme iron metalloproteins and metalloenzymes; biochemical and medical aspects of iron/pterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases; computational methods for rational metalloprotein and metalloenzyme design
caradonn@chem.bu.edu

Celenza, John L Jr - Biology
Auxin biosynthesis and plant secondary product metabolism; genetic regulation of lateral root development in Arabidopsis thaliana
celenza@bu.edu

Collins, James - Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic biology: designing and constructing synthetic gene networks;
Systems biology: reverse engineering endogenous gene networks
jcollins@enga.bu.edu

Cooper, Geoffrey M - Biology
Cellular growth control, cancer, and signal transduction
gmcooper@bu.edu

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Damiano, Edward - Biomedical Engineering
Integrated cellullar and extracellular biomechanics
edamiano@bu.edu

DeLisi, Charles - Biomedical Engineering
DNA function; protein structure prediction; transcriptional regulation
delisi@bu.edu

Dembo, Micah - Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical properties of biological cells using computational analysis of biological motion
mxd@bu.edu

Deshler, James O - Biology
Molecular mechanisms used by cells to spatially regulate gene expression in the cytoplasm; RNA transport mechanisms in vertebrate cells
jdeshler@bu.edu

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Eldred, William D - Biology
Signal transduction mechanisms; physiology and biochemistry of neurotransmitter modulation of the cGMP second messenger system in the retina
eldred@bu.edu

Elliott, Sean - Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistry and Metallobioc
elliott@chem.bu.edu

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Finnerty, John - Biology
Evolution of development, developmental genetics, phylogenetics, evolutionary genomics, invertebrate zoology
jrf3@bu.edu

Frank-Kamenetskii, Maxim - Biomedical Engineering
DNA structure, topology, and function
mfk@bu.edu

Frydman, Horacio - Biology
Host-microbe interactions at the molecular, cellular and organismal level; mechanisms of bacterial transmission through stem-cell niche infection
hfrydman@bu.edu

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Gilmore, Thomas D - Biology
Molecular biology; carcinogenesis; lymphoma; apoptosis; retroviruses;
transcription factors; signal transduction; chemical inhibitors
gilmore@bu.edu

Girgenrath, Mahasweta - Health Sciences
Mechanisms that regulate skeletal muscle growth, repair, and survival in the context of muscular dystrophies.
swetag@bu.edu

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Hansen, Ulla - Biology
Transcription control, cell growth and cycle regulation, estrogen regulation, chromatin
uhansen@bu.edu

Hausman, Robert E - Biology
Gene regulation during embryonic development; role of cell interactions and cell signaling in cell differentiation
hausman@bu.edu

Ho, Angela - Biology
Molecular and cellular basis of synaptic function and Alzheimer’s disease
aho1@bu.edu

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Jacobson, Gary R - Biology
Mechanisms of carbohydrate transport in microorganisms; structure-function relationships in membrane-bound transporters; gene regulation of nutrient assimilation
jacobson@bu.edu

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Kandarian, Susan - Health Sciences
Utilizing computational and molecular approaches to better understand the pathways that mediate muscle protein loss associated with disuse atrophy
skandar@bu.edu

Klapperich, Catherine - Biomedical Engineering
experiments and modeling of the contact problem for nanoscale probes hydrated biomaterials and tissues, cell-biomaterial interactions in tissue engineering materials, and microfluidic device design for low-cost diagnostics and high throughput screening
catherin@bu.edu

Kornberg, Sir Hans L - Biology
Biochemistry and genetics of carbohydrate transport by microorganismswith special reference to the identification and elucidation of the various routes by which fructose is utilized, and the manner in which the operation of these routes is regulated
hlk@bu.edu

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Lin, Jen-Wei - Biology
Mechanisms of neurotransmitter secretion and synaptic plasticity; electrophysiology and molecular biology
jenwelin@bu.edu

Liu, Pinghua - Chemistry
Mechanistic studies on two metallo-proteins (IspG and IspH) in isoprenoid biosynthesis
pinghua@bu.edu

Loechler, Edward L - Biology
Mutagenesis by chemical carcinogens; mechanism of action of anticancer drugs; molecular modeling; computational chemistry of chemical carcinogen DNA adducts and DNA polymerases
loechler@bu.edu

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Man, Hengye - Biology
Synaptic plasticity, glutamate receptor, protein trafficking
hman@bu.edu

McCall, Kim - Biology
Molecular basis of programmed cell death (apoptosis); cell and developmental biology; oogenesis in Drosophila.
kmccall@bu.edu

Meller, Amit - Biomedical Engineering
Single Molecule Biophysics and Nano-biotechnology
ameller@bu.edu

Mohr, Scott C - Chemistry
Condensed states of DNA and molecular modeling; bioinformatics
mohr@chem.bu.edu

Morgan, Kathleen - Health Sciences
Cytoskeletal Signaling Mechanisms in Mammalian cells
kmorgan@bu.edu

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Naya, Frank - Biology
Cardiac development and disease, mouse developmental biology, gene regulation
fnaya@bu.edu

P

Porco, John A Jr - Chemistry
New methodologies for chemical synthesis and their application to synthesis of bioactive natural products and natural product-like molecules
porco@bu.edu

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Rothschild, Kenneth J - Physics
Biomembranes in energy transduction, ion transport, and signal transduction; bacteriorhodopsin; FTIR and Raman spectroscop
kjr@phyc.bu.edu

S

Schaus, Scott E - Chemistry
Molecular events of fundamental cellular processes; cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation, and intracellular signaling
seschaus@chem.bu.edu

Segre, Daniel - Bioinformatics and Biology
Mathematical and computational models for studying the organization and evolution of biochemical networks
dsegre@bu.edu

Smith, Cassandra - Biomedical Engineering
Genome mapping, chromosome markers, signal detection for molecular biological applications; genetic basis of perception and behavior
clsmith@darwin.bu.edu

Smith, Temple - Biomedical Engineering
Computational molecular biology
tsmith@darwin.bu.edu

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Tamm, Sidney - Biology
Cell motility and cytoskeleton, ciliary motion, termite flagellates, and ctenophore behavior and nervous system
tamm@bu.edu

Tien, Joe - Biomedical Engineering
Microvascular biology and microvascular tissue engineering
jtien@bu.edu

Tolan, Dean R - Biology
Structure and function of isozymes of aldolase; enzymatic mechanism, quaternary structure, and developmental gene regulation; human diseases of fructose metabolism; newborn screening; molecular evolution of vertebrate aldolases
tolan@bu.edu

Tullius, Tom - Chemistry
Chemical probes to map the structure of genomic DNA; identification of proteins involved in repair of oxidative DNA damage; mechanism of hydroxyl radical cleavage of RNA and DNA, structure of DNA and RNA in solution
tullius@bu.edu

V

Vajda, Sandor - Biomedical Engineering
Computational molecular biology; prediction of structure; genetic engineering, molecular modeling for drug design
vajda@bu.edu

W

Waxman, David J - Biology
Liver gene regulation and mechanisms of P450 enzymes in steroid metabolism and drug action; anticancer drug pharmacology and drug resistance; membrane protein biochemistry
djw@bu.edu

Whitty, Adrian - Chemistry
Protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions
whitty@bu.edu

Widmaier, Eric P - Biology
Mechanisms of diet-induced obesity; reproductive actions of leptin;
seasonal control of body mass in mammals; signal transduction in adrenal
cortex; development of mature adrenocortical activity
widmaier@bu.edu

Wong, Joyce - Biomedical Engineering
Biomaterials for vascular tissue engineering and targeted drug
delivery; microfabrication; scaffold design; elucidation of
structure-function relationships between biomaterials, cells and tissues
jywong@bu.edu

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Xia, Yu (Brandon) - Bioinformatics
Development of computational techniques to model the structure,
function, and evolution of proteins and protein networks
yuxia@bu.edu

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