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Sarah Ades

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Signal transduction and antibiotic induced stress responses in bacteria.

408 Althouse Laboratory
sea10@psu.edu

(814) 863-1088


Istvan Albert

  • Research Associate Professor
502B Wartik Building
iua1@psu.edu

(814) 865-2281


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

203 Althouse Laboratory
pxb28@psu.edu

(814) 865-0002


Lu Bai

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Assistant Professor of Physics

Single cell / single molecule study of chromatin and gene regulation

206B Life Sciences Building
lub15@psu.edu

(814) 863-4824


J. Martin Bollinger

  • Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Mechanisms of metalloenzymes and metallofactor assembly

336 Chemistry Building
jmb21@psu.edu

(814) 863-5707


Squire Booker

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry and
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Mechanisms of cofactor action in enymatic reactions

302 Chemistry Building
sjb14@psu.edu

(814) 865-8793


Donald Bryant

  • Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology and
  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and genomics of photosynthetic bacteria

235 South Frear Laboratory
dab14@psu.edu

(814) 865-1992


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

201 Althouse Laboratory
cec9@psu.edu

(814) 863-8705


Paul Cremer

  • Professor of Chemistry and
  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Multidisciplinary field of biological surface and interface science

107 Chemistry Building
psc11@psu.edu

Frank Dorman

  • Forensic Science Program
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
107 Whitmore Laboratory
fld3@psu.edu

(814) 863-6805


J. Gregory Ferry

  • Stanley Person Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
205 South Frear Laboratory
jgf3@psu.edu

(814) 863-5721


Richard Frisque

  • Professor of Molecular Virology,
  • Associate Department Head for Equity and Diversity

Molecular approaches to the unique biology of JC virus

103B Althouse Laboratory
rjf6@psu.edu

(814) 863-3523


David Gilmour

  • Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
  • Graduate Education Co-Director

Transcriptional regulation of the hsp70 heat shock gene in Drosophila

465A North Frear Laboratory
dsg11@psu.edu

(814) 863-8905


Santhosh Girirajan

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders

205 A Life Sciences Building
sxg47@psu.edu

(814) 865-0674


John Golbeck

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Professor of Chemistry
328 South Frear Laboratory
jhg5@psu.edu

(814) 865-1163


Ying Gu

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Mechanism of cellulose biosynthesis in arabidopsis

262 North Frear Laboratory
yug13@psu.edu

(814) 867-3827


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

104D Life Sciences Building
wxh21@psu.edu

(814) 865-7904


Ross Hardison

  • T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Genomics and gene regulation

304 Wartik Laboratory
rch8@psu.edu

(814) 863-0113


Mitchell Holland

  • Director, Forensic Science
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
107 Whitmore Laboratory
mmh20@psu.edu

(814) 865-5286


Teh-hui Kao

  • Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biochemical and molecular bases of self/non-self recognition during plant reproduction

333 South Frear Laboratory
txk3@psu.edu

(814) 863-1042


Kenneth Keiler

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Small RNAs and protein localization in bacterial development and antimicrobial drug discovery

401 Althouse Laboratory
kkeiler@psu.edu

(814) 863-0787


Andrey Krasilnikov

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Structural biology of RNA and RNA-protein complexes

106 Althouse Laboratory
ask11@psu.edu

(814) 865-5050


Maria Krasilnikova

  • Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
108 Chemistry Building
muk19@psu.edu

(814) 863-5555


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

332 Chemistry Building
cdk10@psu.edu

(814) 865-6089


Zhi-Chun Lai

  • Professor of Biology and
  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Growth control and cancer genetics

127 Life Sciences Building
zcl1@psu.edu

(814) 863-0479


Arthur Lesk

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Protein structure, function and evolution

203 South Frear Laboratory
aml25@psu.edu

(814) 865-4743


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

221 Life Sciences Building
bxl25@psu.edu

(814) 865-5549


Shaun Mahony

  • Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Computational biology and regulatory genomics

450 North Frear Building
mahony@psu.edu

(814) 865-3008


Thomas 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.

224 Chemistry Building
tom@chem.psu.edu

(814) 863-9637


Andrea Mastro

  • Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology

Breast cancer and immune system

308 Althouse Laboratory
a36@psu.edu

(814) 863-0152


Paul Medvedev

  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Computational Genomics

343J Information Science & Technology Building and 517 Wartik Lab Wartik Phone: (814) 865-2733
pzm11@psu.edu

(814) 865-0193


Tim Miyashiro

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  Bacterial gene expression within natural host environments; Host-microbe symbioses

219 Wartik Laboratory
tim14@psu.edu

(814) 865-1916


Katsuhiko Murakami

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Structural biology of RNA polymerase

006 Althouse Laboratory
kum14@psu.edu

(814) 865-2758


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

W206 Millennium Science Complex
mmm59@psu.edu

(814) 863-8806


Anton Nekrutenko

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Comparative genome analysis

505 Wartik Laboratory
anton@bx.psu.edu

(814) 865-4752


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.

332 South Frear Laboratory
btn1@psu.edu

(814) 863-4904


Ronald Porter

  • Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
206 South Frear Laboratory
rdp1@psu.edu

(814) 863-4903


Kathleen Postle

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Signal transduction and iron transport in bacteria

301 Althouse Laboratory
kup14@psu.edu

(814) 863-7568


Frank Pugh

  • Willaman Chair in Molecular Biology and
  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biochemistry and genomics and eukaryotic transcription regulation

456A North Frear Laboratory
bfp2@psu.edu

(814) 863-8252


Joseph Reese

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Chromatin structure and gene expression, DNA damage resistance pathways

463A North Frear Laboratory
jcr8@psu.edu

(814) 865-1976


Marylyn Ritchie

  • Director, Center for Systems Genomics
  • Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Genetic Architecture of Complex Human Traits

512 Wartik Laboratory
marylyn.ritchie@psu.edu

(814) 863-5107


Melissa Rolls

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Graduate Program Liaison Officer

Subcellular compartmentalization of neurons

118 Life Sciences Building
mur22@psu.edu

(814) 867-1395


Reena Roy

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
  • Forensic Science
325 Whitmore Laboratory
rxr34@psu.edu

(814) 867-2054


Lorraine Santy

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Small GTPase regulation of epithelial cell motility

208 Althouse Laboratory
lcs13@psu.edu

(814) 863-6813


Stephan Schuster

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Genome evolution in host-adapted bacteria

310 Wartik Laboratory
scs19@psu.edu

(814) 863-9278


Scott 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

206D Life Sciences Building
sbs24@psu.edu

(814) 867-3274


Moriah Szpara

  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Neurovirology, genomics of pathogen variation, neuron-virus relationships

W-208 Millennium Science Complex
moriah@psu.edu

(814) 867-0008


Song Tan

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Structural biology of eukaryotic gene regulation

468A North Frear Laboratory
sxt30@psu.edu

(814) 865-3355


Graham Thomas

  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Roles of the cytoskeleton in Drosophila development: molecular and genetic approaches

607A Mueller Lab Mail to: 208 Mueller
gxt5@psu.edu

(814) 863-0716


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

305 South Frear Laboratory
mxt3@psu.edu

(814) 863-1165


C.P. David Tu

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
203A North Frear Laboratory
unh@psu.edu

(814) 863-2096


Yanming Wang

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Epigenetic histone modifications in cell differentiation and cancer

454 North Frear Laboratory
yuw12@psu.edu

(814) 865-3775


Thomas 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

161 Fenske Laboratory
twood@engr.psu.edu

(814) 863-4811

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