Biochemistry & Cell Biology Advising Packet Fall ... - Rice University

Kathleen S. Matthews
Structure and function of genetic regulatory proteins
James McNew
Molecular mechanism of biological membrane fusion;
functional reconstitution of exocytosis; role of SNARE
regulator proteins in membrane fusion; peroxisome
biogenesis and function in Drosophila melanogaster
Edward P. Nikonowicz
NMR spectroscopy of RNA and RNA-protein interactions -
correlation of structure, function, and dynamics; structural
and dynamics studies of phage regulatory elements; structural
studies of rRNA protein recognition sites; isotopic
enrichment structure and thermodynamic studies of basemodified
tRNAs
John S. Olson
Biochemical, biophysical, and physiological properties of
myoglobins, hemoglobins, flavohemoglobins, and red blood
cells; genetic engineering of heme protein based blood
substitutes; enhancement of recombinant hemoglobin
expression in bacteria; application of rapid kinetic techniques
to biological problems
George N. Phillips, Jr.
Relationship of three-dimensional structure and dynamics of
proteins to biological function
Yousif Shamoo
DNA replication and its relationship to cancer; sequence
specific protein-RNA interactions in eukaryotic RNA
processing proteins; in vivo pathways of molecular evolution;
acquisition of thermostability by mesophilic adenylate kinase
in Bacillus stearothermophilus
Jonathan Silberg
Directed evolution, extremophiles, iron-sulfur cluster
biogenesis, and molecular chaperones
Michael Stern
Molecular and genetic control of ion channel activity and
synaptic transmission in the Drosophila nervous system
Charles R. Stewart
Bacteriophage molecular genetics: mechanisms of host
takeover during bacteriophage infection; mechanisms of
bactericidal gene action
BCB Teaching Faculty
Beth Beason-Abmayr
BIOC 111, BIOC 311, 313, 413, and others
Elizabeth Eich
BIOC 211, FWIS 121, and other courses; Communication in
Natural Sciences program,
David R. Caprette (Professor In The Practice)
BIOC 111, 122, 318, 385, 415, and others.
Alma Novotny
BIOC 201, BIOC 372, MLSC 525, and other courses
Dereth Phillips
BIOC 115, 310, BCB Opportunities site, undergraduate
research advisor.
Gabriel Villares
BIOC 201, 211, 341, 460
Joint faculty
Herbert Levine (Bioengineering)
Seiichi P.T. Matsuda (Chemistry, chair)
George McLendon (Provost)
Luay Nakhleh (Computer Science)
José Onuchic (Physics & Astronomy)
Ronald J. Parry (Chemistry)
Laura Segatori (Chemical & Biomolecular Eng.)
Jeffrey J. Tabor (Bioengineering)
Peter Wolynes (Chemistry
For more detailed information about BCB faculty and
their research, visit the BCB website:
http://biochem.rice.edu
Yizhi Jane Tao
Molecular mechanism of viral genome replication and
transcription
Daniel S. Wagner
Vertebrate development, embryonic morphogenesis,
zebrafish genetics
Weiwei Zhong
Genetic interaction networks, high-throughput tools for
genetic screens.
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