Biosciences Program Faculty performing Molecular Biophysics research

Molecular biophysics research at the University of Iowa includes laboratories in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics and other programs on campus.

Name

Rank

Department/
Program
Research Description
Artemyev, Nikolai, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of G-protein signaling
Brenner, Charles, PhD Professor (Head) Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Tumor suppressor gene function and NAD metabolism
Elcock, Adrian, PhD Associate Professor Biochemistry
Understanding macromolecular interactions through the use of computer simulations and bioinformatics techniques: structure and function of multi-enzyme complexes; protein-protein association events
England, Sarah, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms regulating potassium channel function during pregnancy and vascular dysfunction
Fuentes, Ernesto, PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing
Training Program in the Pharmacological Sciences
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms governing specific signal transduction pathways
Geng, Lei, PhD Professor Chemistry
Development and application of laser spectroscopic methods for the studies of biological, medical, and chemical systems
Houtman, Jon, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of Adaptor Proteins in T Cell Activation
Khademi, Shahram, PharmD/PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Structure and function of membrane proteins using X-ray crystallography techniques
Kohen, Amnon, PhD Associate Professor Chemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
The role of protein dynamics and quantum mechanical effects in enzyme catalyzed hydrogen transfer and the mechanism of dinitrogen reduction by nitrogenases
Margulis, Claudio, PhD Associate Professor Chemistry
Use of theoretical and computational tools to understand dynamical and structural properties of classical and quantum systems in the condensed phase with particular interest in biological problems.
Moye-Rowley, Scott, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Transcriptional control of oxidative stress tolerance; eukaryotic multidrug resistance
Piper, Robert, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Mechanisms governing the movement of proteins in eukaryotes
Plapp, Bryce, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Mechanisms of alcohol dehydrogenases; protein chemistry, structure, and function; enzyme engineering by directed mutagenesis; regulation of alcohol metabolism
Schmidt, Thomas, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Glucocorticoid receptor-mediated regulation of gene expression
Shea, Madeline, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Regulatory protein interactions in signal transduction, allosteric mechanism of cooperative calcium binding to calmodulin
Shibata, Erwin, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Mechanism of direct Gsalpha modulation of cardiac ion channels
Usachev, Yuriy, PhD Associate Professor Pharmacology
Ca2+ signaling and plasticity of primary nociceptors
Washington, M. Todd, PhD Associate Professor Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Understanding the mechanisms of DNA polymerases involved in both mutagenic and error-free replication of DNA damage at the thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural level
Welsh, Michael, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and fuction of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Wright, Michael, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Using quantitative proteomic approaches to build quantitative models of signal transduction.

 

 

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