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Alphabetical Listing of Faculty
(217) 244-2895
Multilevel modeling of neurobiological systems in health and disease.
(217) 244-5054
Mechanisms of Steroid Hormone Signaling in Reproduction and Development
Breast Cancer
(217) 333-2900
Regulation of ovarian follicular development and estrogen action in the male reproductive tract
(217) 265-5297
Organization of the nucleus; chromosomes and other nuclear organelles; RNA transcription and processing; ribonucleoproteins, nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking.
(217) 244-2311
Chromatin Structure, Nuclear Architecture, Gene Expression
(217) 333-8176
Calcium channels in the heart: structure, function and regulation
(217) 244-2412
Infection Biology and Cancer, Host-pathogen Interactions, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Toxins
(217) 244-0535
Regulation of development and homeostasis by hormonal signals
Buetow, Dennis
(217) 333-3724
(217) 333-1254
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that control amphibian limb regeneration
(217) 333-2090
Molecular biology and biochemistry of archaeal DNA replication; enzymes of plant cell wall hydrolysis
(217) 244-6793
Molecular basis of disease, post-translational modifications, regulation of RNA expression, RNA-protein interactions
(217) 265-0674
Nutrient-sensing signal transduction in mammalian cell growth, differentiation, and metabolism
(217) 333-7764
Epigenetic regulation of NF-κB; the role of NF-κB in apoptosis and cancer; cross-talk between NF-κB and other signaling pathways.
(217) 244-6839
Activity-dependent regulation of ion channels in Synaptic and Intrinsic Plasticity
(217) 244-3668
Neurogenomics; cellular mechanisms of neural plasticity; songbird model system
(217) 244-8143
Multifarious molecular structures, conformational changes, thermodynamic stabilities and functions of nucleic acids and protein/nucleic acid complexes
Conrad, Edward
(217) 333-2011
Structure, metabolism, and biological activities of heparin and heparan sulfate
(217) 265-0573
Functional organization and neuromodulation of thalamocortical circuits, Neuronal excitability, Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity.
Fragile X Syndrome, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease
(217) 333-2043
Structure/function relationships in photosynthetic energy conversion; structure of membrane proteins; mechanism of energy conservation; photosynthesis in intact plants; energetics of the biosphere
(217) 333-7919
Genetic approaches to regulation of lipid metabolism; synthesis and attachment of biotin and lipoic acid
(217) 244-1295
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic (NMRS) studies of living systems
(217) 333-8793
Physiology and simulation of insect behavior
(217) 333-4245
Role of Glycopeptide and Peptide Antifreezes in Inhibition of Ice Crystal Growth and Recrystallization
Ducoff, Howard
(217) 333-0629
(217) 333-1524
Molecular biology of the Agrobacterium-plant interaction
(217) 244-1951
Neural basis of sound pattern recognition
(217) 244-5431
Does microbial metabolic activity, macromolecular chemistry and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) production cause disease in coral reef ecosystems and catalyze CaCO<sub>3</sub> mineral precipitation in hot springs and caves?
(217) 244-5513
Membrane Microdomain Assembly and Membrane Fusion
(217) 244-2662
Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone System; Telomere Biology; Gene Regulation
(217) 333-7287
Mechanism of site-specific recombination by bacteriophages and conjugative transposons; mechanisms of protein recognition of DNA
(217) 333-9075
Membrane protein structure/function; Expression of membrane proteins from hyperthermophiles; Structure and mechanism of prokaryotic respiratory enzymes that generate a membrane potential
(217) 244-4525
Synuclein proteins and neurodegenerative disease
(217) 244-7414
Mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, functional genomics, lignin deconstruction for biofuel production
(217) 244-1355
The neurobiology of time; engineering neuronal development and repair
(217) 333-0328
Neural Bases of Decision
(217) 333-3960
Growth factor and hormone regulation of myelin synthesis; membrane domains and signal transduction
(217) 333-1794
Oxygenic photosynthesis, history of photosynthesis research, and photosynthesis education
(217) 333-4472
Brain plasticity in learning and memory; cellular signalling in brain plasticity; mechanisms of brain development; role of experience in brain maturation
(217) 244-1736
Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter-gated Ion Channels
(217) 265-0717
Developing and using single-molecule fluorescence microscopy and nano-mechanical manipulation tools for molecular biophysics research
(217) 333-9686
Oxidative enzyme mechanisms and protein chemistry
217-333-7913
Biophysical, Hormonal and Molecular Mechanisms of Regulation of Ion Transport in Epithelial Tissues.
(217) 333-4449
Mechanisms of cell determination; development of the vertebrate lens; developmental basis for evolutionary change
(217) 333-0363
Using small molecules to identify novel targets for the treatment of cancer, drug-resistant bacteria, and neurodegeneration
(217) 333-3967
Functional and structural characterization of protein enzymes involved in RNA modification and editing, site-specific RNA cleavage, and RNA repair.
(217) 333-5812
Molecular mechanisms of oxidative damage; cellular defenses against oxidants; obligate anaerobiosis
(217) 244-2896
Computational studies of biological transport: understanding and engineering life at the interface
(217) 333-9769
Regulation of gene expression, signal transduction, and cell proliferation by hormones and growth factors; mechanisms of hormone and antihormone action in normal and cancer cells; functional analyses of nuclear hormone receptors and their genome-wide activities
Role of integrins and extracellular matrix proteins in skeletal muscle development, formation of the neuromuscular junction, and muscular dystrophy
(217) 333-1146
Structure and regulation of P450 genes; mechanisms of cellular localization of P450.
(217) 333-6317
Nuclear Receptor Action in Metabolic Regulation: Applications to Metabolic Disorders including Fatty liver, Obesity, and Diabetes
(217) 244-2821
Structure, Function, and Engineering of T Cell Receptors;
Molecular Basis of Immune Recognition by T Cells;
Tumor Targeting with T Cells;
Engineering Protein Therapeutics
(217) 265-0329
Mechanisms of DNA replication stress and genome instability
(217) 244-3122
Oxygen sensing, transcriptional regulation of oxygen-responsive genes, physiological genomics of oxygen regulation.
(217) 244-0793
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion; Cell Engineering
(217) 333-7565
Ins and outs of nucleocytoplasmic transport
(217) 333-2619
Protein design and engineering; in vitro selection and characterization of new catalytic DNA and RNA molecules as anti-viral pharmaceutical agents or as metal ion biosensors
(217) 244-2405
RNA structure and function, RNA-protein interactions,| chemical mechanisms of biological reactions, protein synthesis, tRNA synthetases
(217) 244-6175
Brain development; hormones & growth factors in recovery from early neural retardation; neurobiology of the olfactory system
(217) 244-1943
Molecular genetics and biochemistry of methanogenic Archaea; biosynthesis of phosphonate antibiotics; redox cycling of phosphorus by microorganisms
(217) 244-8418
Mechanisms of intracellular protein breakdown and proteolytic modification; structure/function relationships in peptide hydrolyzing enzymes
Mintel, Richard
(217) 333-7188
(217) 333-1345
Molecular underpinnings of bacterial virulence
(217) 333-4846
Computational biology: Design and evolution of molecular networks
(217) 244-4896
Chromatin structure, function and metabolism. Roles of histone
modifications and other epigenetic factors in normal development and disease.
(217) 265-4036
Protein-phospholipid interactions; regulation of protease cascades; blood clotting; polyphosphate
(217) 333-0641
X-ray crystallography, gene regulation, DNA-protein interactions
(217) 244-5679
Regulation of estrogen-responsive genes; role of estrogen-induced oxidative stress and DNA repair proteins in mammary carcinogenesis and breast cancer progression; mechanisms by which estrogen promotes neuroprotection
(217) 244-1371
Computational Neuroscience; Neuroethology; Adaptive Behaviour
(217) 244-4674
Planarian regeneration, stem cell biology, germ line development
(217) 244-0616
The functions, evolutionary histories and structures of genes and proteins
(217) 333-9098
Investigation of the molecular basis of excitation and adaptation during chemotactic sensory transduction in bacteria
(217) 333-4139
Biogenesis of cell surface glycans in yeast and pathogenic fungi
(217) 244-7832
Eukaryotic Nuclear-retained regulatory RNAs (NrRNAs); Gene regulation; Nuclear domain & structure maintenance
(217) 244-8076
Eukaryotic DNA replication; Chromosome structure & maintenance; Heterochromatin organization; Cell cycle control
(217) 244-6233
Notch signaling pathway in pituitary gland development and disease
(217) 333-1293
Molecular Neuroendocrinology
(217) 244-4655
Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR), including the development of new pulse sequence methodology and instrumentation, and application to studies of protein structure and dynamics
(217) 244-0060
Regulation of chromosomal DNA replication; structure of chromosomal origins; relationship between DNA replication and stable, heritable transcription states (position effects); yeast molecular genetics
(217) 333-0489
Molecular basis of insect olfaction; molecular evolution of DNA transposons; comparative insect genomics; molecular evolution of nematode chemoreceptors
(217) 265-0309
From society to genes
(217) 333-3375
Immunotherapy
(217) 333-7378
Antibiotic-resistance gene transfer; interaction of colonic bacteria with host; genetics of obligate anaerobes; conjugative transposons of Bacteroides
(217) 333-8784
Molecular biology, biochemistry and genomics: pre-mRNA processing and P450 monooxygenases
(217) 333-5465
Regulation of the initiating steps of protease cascades
(217) 333-1788
Estrogen action: from gene transcription and mRNA metabolism to inflammation, apoptosis and immune surveillance
(217) 333-9099
Hormonal regulation of birth in mammals: physiological effects of the hormones relaxin, estrogen and progesterone.
(217) 265-6450
Immune evasion strategies of viruses; viral mechanisms to inhibit inflammation; host-pathogen interactions
(217) 244-4489
DNA as an enzyme
(217) 244-1956
Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella pathogenesis
(217) 244-7395
Structural and functional characterization of macromolecular assemblies and the enzymes of biological oxidations, nanoscale systems for human therapeutics, genome/proteome analysis, macromolecular signaling and the biological details of cell migration.
Wound repair and tissue regeneration; Drosophila genetics; Development and patterning
(217) 244-3529
Computer-aided Drug Discovery (CADD); Computational Chemistry: QC/MM applied to Enzyme Catalysis; Virtual Screening; kinetic isotope effects; kinetics; origins of enzyme catalytic power; bioorganic chemistry; amino acid racemases and epimerases; pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) chemistry and enzymology
(217) 244-9493
Molecular mechanisms of DNA helicases and DNA motor proteins; mechanistic aspects of protein-nucleic acids and protein-protein interactions; homologous genetic recombination; DNA repair; molecular motors
(217) 244-4000
Evolution of gene regulatory networks; Long-range regulatory mechanisms; Mouse models for human disease
Novel neurochemistry and the function of cell-to-cell signaling molecules on neuronal network activity
(217) 333-3940
Regulation of bacterial gene expression by transcriptional attenuation
(217) 244-6914
Computational Studies of Membrane Channels and Transporters
(217) 244-7940
The Role of Toll-like Receptors in Host Innate Immune Defense.
The genetic basis of host resistance to Yersinia pestis infection.
(217) 244-5360
The understanding of enzymatic transformations that are of pharmaceutical importance
(217) 333-7033
Regulation of Bacterial Stress Responses
(217) 333-5972
Human pluripotent stem cells; neutrophil polarity and chemotaxis
(217) 333-6727
Live-cell Imaging and Bionanotechnology
(217) 244-8420
Microbial ecology and evolution
Whitt, Dixie D
(217) 333-2285
(217) 244-9650
Software for Medical Education
(217) 244-9631
Bacterial protein toxins, their interaction with host cells, their effects on intracellular signal transduction, and development of novel alternative anti-toxin therapeutics; human and nonhuman primate vaginal microbial ecosystems and their role in health and disease
(217) 333-9369
Molecular evolution of prokaryotes; structure-function of protein translation apparatus
(217) 333-0065
Biochemistry of methanogens
(217) 333-3245
Electron and proton transfer in proteins and across membranes; biological energy conversion; control of redox cofactor function; molecular engineering of ligand-protein interactions
(217) 265-9448
GPCR signaling in Alzheimer's diseases and heart failure
(217) 333-2631
Synthetic biology; protein engineering; metabolic engineering; biocatalysis; biosynthesis
