Molecular Recognition in Biological Systems and Bioinformatics

Computation of molecular response properties (spectra, electric and magnetic properties); carbon nanotubes; fullerenes; metal clusters.

Surface chemistry of biological systems; biomaterials; protein thin films; bioengineering; biocompatibility

Protein structure and function; voltage-sensitive ion channels; proteomics; mass spectrometry.

Protein structure and function; RNA-protein interactions; Evolution of viruses

protein structure and function; RNA base-modification enzymes; rare amino acids (e.g. selenocysteine); comparative genomics to identify novel biochemistry; oligomeric assembly; metabolic pathways

RNA folding and targeting.

Protein structure and function; genomics; X-ray crystal structure; bioinformatics.

Structural Biology; X-ray Crystallography; Enzyme Mechanisms; Multi-domain protein structure; Siderophore biosynthesis; Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthesis; Natural Product Biosynthesis.

Protein structure and function; bioinorganic chemistry; biophysical methods; oxidative stress.

DNA binding; kinetics; transcriptional regulation; molecular modeling; microbial pathogenesis.

Protein structure and function; membrane proteins; crystallography.

Ligand synthesis including dynamic combinatorial methods; lanthanide luminescence; metal ion binding and metallodrug binding sites in DNA and RNA; lanthanide-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging; kinetics and mechanistic studies on synthetic enzymes

Protein structure and function; membrane protein dynamics; voltage-sensitive ion channels.

RNA processing; RNA editing; RNA turnover; RNA-protein interactions; protein arginine methylation.

Protein structure and function; voltage-sensitive ion channels; mechano-sensitive ion channels; ligand gated ion channels; natural products pharmaceuticals; AFM; kinetic modeling software; anatomy; FRET; digital image processing; cell mechanics; advanced instrumentation for cell biophysics; electron microscopy; molecular biology of structural proteins; patch clamp.

Protein structure and function; RNA-protein interactions; NMR Spectroscopy; mass spectrometry.

X-ray crystallography; protein structure-function; large scale protein expression and purification.