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Sarah Ades
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Signal transduction and antibiotic induced stress responses in bacteria.
Paul Babitzke
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Graduate Education Co-Director
- Co-director, Center for RNA Molecular Biology
Regulation of gene expression by RNA structure and RNA-binding proteins
Lu Bai
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Assistant Professor of Physics
Single cell / single molecule study of chromatin and gene regulation
J. Martin Bollinger
- Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanisms of metalloenzymes and metallofactor assembly
Squire Booker
- Associate Professor of Chemistry and
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanisms of cofactor action in enymatic reactions
Donald Bryant
- Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and genomics of photosynthetic bacteria
Craig Cameron
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Eberly Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RNA polymerases and RNA-binding proteins in viral infection and mitochondrial disease
Paul Cremer
- Professor of Chemistry and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Multidisciplinary field of biological surface and interface science
Frank Dorman
- Forensic Science Program
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
J. Gregory Ferry
- Stanley Person Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Richard Frisque
- Professor of Molecular Virology,
- Associate Department Head for Equity and Diversity
Molecular approaches to the unique biology of JC virus
David Gilmour
- Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
- Graduate Education Co-Director
Transcriptional regulation of the hsp70 heat shock gene in Drosophila
Santhosh Girirajan
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders
John Golbeck
- Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Professor of Chemistry
Ying Gu
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanism of cellulose biosynthesis in arabidopsis
Wendy Hanna-Rose
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
- Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies
Molecular Genetics of Metabolism and Development in C. elegans
Ross Hardison
- T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genomics and gene regulation
Mitchell Holland
- Director, Forensic Science
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Teh-hui Kao
- Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemical and molecular bases of self/non-self recognition during plant reproduction
Kenneth Keiler
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Small RNAs and protein localization in bacterial development and antimicrobial drug discovery
Andrey Krasilnikov
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of RNA and RNA-protein complexes
Maria Krasilnikova
- Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Carsten Krebs
- Professor of Chemistry and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioinorganic chemistry- spectroscopic and kinetic studies on the mechanisms of iron-containing enzymes
Zhi-Chun Lai
- Professor of Biology and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Growth control and cancer genetics
Arthur Lesk
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Protein structure, function and evolution
Bernhard Lüscher
- Professor of Biology and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding of the role and function of GABAergic transmission in health and disease
Shaun Mahony
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Computational biology and regulatory genomics
Thomas E. Mallouk
- Evan Pugh Professor of Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Associate Head, Chemistry Department
- Professor of Chemistry
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Inorganic and analytical chemistry; synthesis of new materials; chemical applications of solid state materials: surface chemistry, layered materials, self-assembly, artificial photosynthesis, catalysis, environmental chemistry.
Andrea Mastro
- Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Breast cancer and immune system
Paul Medvedev
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Computational Genomics
Tim Miyashiro
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bacterial gene expression within natural host environments; Host-microbe symbioses
Katsuhiko Murakami
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of RNA polymerase
Michael Mwangi
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance, Metagenomics, Development of Bioinformatic Tools
Anton Nekrutenko
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Comparative genome analysis
Tracy Nixon
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1. Functional bases of signal transduction and gene regulation by AAA+ATPases in bacteria. 2. Degradation of lignocellulose by cellulases. 3. Synthesis of cellulose.
Ronald Porter
- Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Kathleen Postle
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Signal transduction and iron transport in bacteria
Frank Pugh
- Willaman Chair in Molecular Biology and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and genomics and eukaryotic transcription regulation
Joseph Reese
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chromatin structure and gene expression, DNA damage resistance pathways
Marylyn D. Ritchie
- Director, Center for Systems Genomics
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Genetic Architecture of Complex Human Traits
Melissa Rolls
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Graduate Program Liaison Officer
Subcellular compartmentalization of neurons
Reena Roy
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
- Forensic Science
Lorraine Santy
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Small GTPase regulation of epithelial cell motility
Stephan Schuster
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genome evolution in host-adapted bacteria
Scott B. Selleck
- Professor and Head,
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Regulation of growth factor signaling, proteogylcan modulation of morphogen function, nervous system assembly and synapse development
Moriah L. Szpara
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Neurovirology, genomics of pathogen variation, neuron-virus relationships
Song Tan
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of eukaryotic gene regulation
Graham Thomas
- Associate Professor of Biology
- and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Roles of the cytoskeleton in Drosophila development: molecular and genetic approaches
Ming Tien
- Professor of Biochemistry
Characterization and biochemical analysis of cellulose synthesis in a variety of organisms. Mechanism and regulation of fungal degradation of lignin. Dissimilatory Iron reduction
C.P. David Tu
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Yanming Wang
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Epigenetic histone modifications in cell differentiation and cancer
Thomas K. Wood
- Endowed Biotechnology Chair
- Professor of Chemical Engineering and
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Discovering the genetic basis of biofilm formation with E. coli and P. aeruginosa Discerning the role of toxin/antitoxin systems and cryptic prophages Evolving biofilm regulators to control biofilm formation for biorefineries Evolving bidirectional hudrogenases for hydrogen production Understanding interkingdom cell communication
Instructional
Anjuli Datta
- Undergraduate Program Adviser and Instructor
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Meredith Defelice
- Senior Lecturer I of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
James Endres Howell
- Lecturer and
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
Loida Escote-Carlson
- Director, Master of Biotechnology Degree Program
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
V. Reddy Padala
- Senior Lecturer I of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Beatrice Sirakaya
- Instructor and Program Technologist, Biotech Training Program
Ola Sodeinde
- Senior Lecturer II Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hemant Yennawar
- Instructor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Personnel
Neela Yennawar
- Huck Institute,
- Director Macromolecular X-Ray Facility
Adjunct
Jean Buchenhorst
- Program Director of School of Medical Technology
- Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Margaret (Meg) Pruss
- MT (ASCP)
- Program Director,
- Mount Nittany Medical Center School of Clinical Laboratory Science
Emeritus
Jean Brenchley
- Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Roy Hammerstedt
- Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry
Robert A. Schlegel
- Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Staff
Linda M. Price
- Biochemistry Prep Room Technician
Traci Shimmel
- Administrative Assistant to the Department Head
Susan Unger
- Administrative Support Assistant for
- Center for Systems Genomics
- (Ritchie)
Nancy J. Wilson
- Summer Symposium Director,
- Web Content Manager
Grad Students
Djoshkun (JOJO) Shengjuler, M.Sc.
- Graduate Student (Cameron Lab)

