Directory
Research
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
- 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
- Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
- Associate Department Head for Research and Graduate Education
RNA polymerases and RNA-binding proteins in viral infection and mitochondrial disease
Frank Dorman
- Forensic Science Program
- Associate 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
Transcriptional regulation of the hsp70 heat shock gene in Drosophila
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
- 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
- Associate Professor of Chemistry and
- Associate 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 and Psychiatry
Structure, function and post-synaptic targeting of GABAA receptors
Andrea Mastro
- Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Breast cancer and immune system
Katsuhiko Murakami
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural biology of RNA polymerase
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
- Director, Graduate Studies
- 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
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
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
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
Loida Escote-Carlson
- Director, Master of Biotechnology Degree Program
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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
Staff
Susan Mulfinger
- Administrative Support Assistant for
- Center for Systems Genomics
- (Ritchie)

