BIOPHYSICS GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
NIH MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAM


  Biophysics Professors

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Thomas Brunold
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Bioinorganic and Physical inorganic Chemistry, application of spectroscopic methods to study of metalloenzyme structure and function.
Judith Burstyn
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Bioinorganic chemistry, gas-sensing metalloproteins, biochemistry of NO, CO and ethylene, inorganic sensor design, metal-mediated hydrolysis in chemical and biological systems.
Sam Butcher
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Biochemistry
MBTP Trainer
RNA Structure, function and dynamics; NMR spectroscopy of RNA and macromolecular complexes; biochemistry of RNA catalysis
Silvia Cavagnero
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
In vitro and in vivo protein folding mechanisms; NMR structural studies on chaperone - polypeptide interactions; Fundamental noncovalent interactions driving protein folding and misfolding
Baron Chanda
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Physiology
MBTP Trainer
Mechanisms of modulation of voltage-dependent gating in ion channels
Edwin Chapman
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Physiology
MBTP Trainer
Molecular mechanisms that underlie neuronal exocytosis
Gheorghe Craciun
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Biomolecular Chemistry, Mathematics
Mathematical and computational methods for modelling biochemical networks; methods for de novo sequencing of peptides using mass spectromery data.
Qiang Cui
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Computational biophysics; electronic structure; computational statistical mechanics; quantum nuclear dynamics
Cynthia Czajkowski
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Physiology
Structure/function relationship in neurotransmitter receptors
Robert Fettiplace
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Physiology
Physiology of the hair cells of the inner ear; mechanosensory transduction mechanisms
Katrina Forest
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Bacteriology
MBTP Trainer
Xray crystallography of pilins
Brian Fox
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Biochem./Enzyme Inst.
MBTP Trainer
Biochemical, catalytic, and spectroscopic studies of redox active enzymes; protein engineering
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Samuel Gellman
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Bioorganic chemistry; protein design; foldamers
Gelsomina (Pupa) Gilbert
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Physics
MBTP Trainer
Biophotonics; gadolinium neutron capture therapy
Jeffrey Hardin
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Zoology
MBTP Trainer
Developmental biology, cellular and molecular basis of embryonic morphogenesis using C. elegans model, "4-dimensional" and multiphoton excitation microscopy
Hazel Holden
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Biochemistry
MBTP Trainer
Three-dimensional structures of proteins by Xray crystallographic analysis
Meyer B. Jackson
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Physiology
MBTP Trainer
Biophysical studies of neuronal signaling
Matthew V. Jones
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Physiology
Mechanisms of inhibitory synaptic transmission
Jim Keck
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Biomol. Chem
MBTP Trainer
Combination of enzymology, biochemistry, and Xray crystallography to study structure and function of proteins involved in multiple nucleic acid metabolic pathways
Laura Kiessling
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Biochem./Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Biomolecular recognition processes; the chemistry and biology of protein-saccharide interactions
Ching Kung
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Mol. Biol./Genetics
Gene expression, cell structure, cell motility, and cell communication
Robert Landick
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Bacteriology
MBTP Trainer
RNA polymerase response to regulatory signals as it transcribes RNA from DNA chains
John Markley
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Biochemistry
MBTP Trainer
Structure-function relationships in proteins, biomolecular NMR spectroscopy
Julie Mitchell
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Biochemistry/Mathematics
MBTP Trainer
Computational analysis of protein interactions and macromolecular shape features
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Regina Murphy
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Chem. Engineering
MBTP Trainer
Targeted drug design and physical chemistry of protein-protein interactions
George Jr. Phillips
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Biochemistry/Computer Sci.
MBTP Trainer
Structure and dynamics of proteins, computational biology
Ronald Raines
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Biochemistry/Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Chemical biology, protein design and engineering, enzymology
Ivan Rayment
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Biochem./Enzyme Inst.
MBTP Trainer
Structure and function of proteins by Xray diffraction analysis
M. Thomas Record
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Biochem./Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Basis thermodynamic and kinetic determinants of the specificity, stability, and half-life of protein-DNA complexes
Gail Robertson
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Physiology
MBTP Trainer
Molecular mechanisms of ion channel function
David Schwartz
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Chem/Genetics/Biotech
MBTP Trainer
Single molecule approaches to whole genome analysis
Alessandro Senes
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Biochemistry
Computational and experimental studies of integral membrane proteins folding and structure
Lloyd Smith
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Chemistry
Development and application of novel bioanalytical tools.
Daniel W. van der Weide
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Electr./Comp. Engineering
MBTP Trainer
Multifunctional scanned probe microscopy and localized spectroscopy of biological and low-dimensional electronic systems Terahertz circuits and devices
Douglas Weibel
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Biochemistry
MBTP Trainer
Understanding the behavior and physiology of microbes; biological engineering
James C. Weisshaar
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. Neurochemistry: secretory vesicle trafficking and exocytosis in live cells.Membrane protein dynamics: self-assembly of synaptotagmin. Protein-DNA interactions: IHF and RNA polymerase.
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Yongna Xing
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Oncology - McArdle Laboratory
Structural biology of cancer; X-ray crystalloraphy of cell signaling complexes related to cancer
Arun Yethiraj
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Statistical mechanics of complex fluids
John Yin
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Chem. Engineering
Theoretical and experimental approaches to understand how viruses grow and evolve
Martin Zanni
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Chemistry
MBTP Trainer
Ultrafast multi-dimensional infrared spectroscopy; biomolecular structures and dynamics; vibrational relaxation, coupling and dephasing


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