Biochemistry Faculty
Martin D Burke
Iterative Cross-Coupling (ICC): Towards a General Strategy for Complex Small Molecule Synthesis; Towards the Total Synthesis of Amphotericin B via Iterative Cross-Coupling; Harnessing the Power of Synthesis to Probe the Structure and Function of the Amphotericin B Ion Channel
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Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
454 Roger Adams Laboratory
600 South Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Lin-Feng Chen
Epigenetic regulation of NF-κB in immunity and cancer; NF-κB signaling and H. pylori-mediated gastric disease; Role of Brd4 in innate immune response and diseases.
517 Med. Sci. Bldg.
Office: (217) 333-7764
Lab: (217) 333-7864
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Antony R Crofts
Structure/function relationships in photosynthetic energy conversion; structure of membrane proteins; mechanism of energy conservation; photosynthesis in intact plants; energetics of the biosphere
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153 Davenport Hall
Office: (217) 333-2043
Lab: (217) 333-7407
Fax: (217) 244-6615
John E Cronan
Genetic approaches to regulation of lipid metabolism; synthesis and attachment of biotin and lipoic acid
C322 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-7919
Lab: (217) 244-3466
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Rutilio "Rudy" A Fratti
Protein-Lipid interactions; Membrane Fusion; Lipid Metabolism
430 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-5513
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Robert "Bob" B Gennis
Membrane protein structure/function; Expression of membrane proteins from hyperthermophiles; Structure and mechanism of prokaryotic respiratory enzymes that generate a membrane potential
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A320 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-9075
Lab: (217) 333-4939
Fax: (217) 244-3186
John A Gerlt
Mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, functional genomics, lignin deconstruction for biofuel production
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3107 IGB
Office: (217) 244-7414
Lab: (217) 333-2699
Fax: (217) 244-6538
Michael Glaser
Growth factor and hormone regulation of myelin synthesis; membrane domains and signal transduction
321 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-3960
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Govindjee
Oxygenic photosynthesis, history of photosynthesis research, and photosynthesis education
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265 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-1794
Fax: (217) 244-7246
Paul J Hergenrother
Using small molecules to identify novel targets for the treatment of cancer, drug-resistant bacteria, and neurodegeneration
261 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-0363
Lab: (217) 333-3694
Fax: (217) 244-8024
Raven H Huang
Enzymatic regulation of protein synthesis; Development of small-molecule inhibitors against pathogenic bacteria
411 Roger Adams Laboratory
Office: (217) 333-3967
Lab: (217) 244-4280
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Eric Jakobsson
Computational studies of biological transport: understanding and engineering life at the interface
4021 Beckman Institute
Office: (217) 244-2896
Lab: (217) 244-0072
Fax: (217) 244-2909
Hong Jin
493 Roger Adams Laboratory
Office: (217) 244-9493
Lab: (217) 333-3944
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Auinash Kalsotra
Tissue development, regeneration and disease, MicroRNAs, Myotonic dystrophy, RNA therapeutics
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Office: 461 Medical Science Building,
506 South Mathews Ave.,
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 300-7654
Lab: (217) 300-5531
Fax: (217) 244-5858
David M Kranz
Structure, Function, and Engineering of T Cell Receptors; Molecular Basis of Immune Recognition by T Cells; Tumor Targeting with T Cells; Engineering Protein Therapeutics
352C Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-2821
Lab: (217) 244-2823
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Deborah E Leckband
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion; Cell Engineering
127 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-0793
Lab: (217) 244-2007
Fax: (217) 333-5052
Yi Lu
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
A324 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-2619
Fax: (217) 333-2685
Susan A Martinis
RNA structure and function, RNA-protein interactions,| chemical mechanisms of biological reactions, protein synthesis, tRNA synthetases
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401A Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-2405
Lab: (217) 333-4936
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Satish K Nair
Natural products biosynthesis, bacterial signalling, X-ray crystallography
314C Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-0641
Lab: (217) 333-2688
Fax: (217) 244-5858
George W Ordal
Investigation of the molecular basis of excitation and adaptation during chemotactic sensory transduction in bacteria
407 Medical Sciences Building
506 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 333-9098
Lab: (217) 333-0268
Fax: (217) 333-8868
Erik Procko
Directed Evolution, Membrane Protein Structure and Function, Molecular Recognition, Neurotransmitters, Taste, G Protein-Coupled Receptors, HIV-1
318G Roger Adams Laboratory
600 S Mathews
Urbana, IL 81801
Office: (217) 300-1454
Joe Sanfilippo
Exploring the intersection of bacteria and the physical world
321 RAL (enter through Sanfilippo lab in 323 RAL)
Mary A Schuler
Molecular biology, biochemistry and genomics: pre-mRNA processing and P450 monooxygenases
161 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory (ERML)
Office: (217) 333-8784
Lab: (217) 333-8785
Fax: (217) 244-1336
David J Shapiro
Identification and use of small molecule biomodulators as novel anticancer drugs and probes for new regulatory pathways
314d Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-1788
Lab: (217) 244-0207
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Scott K Silverman
DNA as an enzyme
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140 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-4489
Fax: (217) 244-8024
Stephen G Sligar
Structural and functional characterization of macromolecular assemblies. Hormone biosynthetic cancer targets. Mechanisms of drug metabolism. Cancer signaling through the Ras pathways.
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116A Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-9872
Lab: (217) 244-5329
Robert L Switzer
Regulation of bacterial gene expression by transcriptional attenuation
318D Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-3940
Lab: (217) 333-7098
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Emad Tajkhorshid
Computational Investigation of Biomolecular Systems and Processes at Microscopic Level
3147 Beckman Institute
Office: (217) 244-6914
Wilfred A van der Donk
The understanding of enzymatic transformations that are of pharmaceutical importance
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161 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-5360
Lab: (217) 333-3896
Fax: (217) 244-8024
Nicholas C Wu
Driving forces and functional constraints of influenza evolution
331 Burrill Hall
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Office: (217) 300-9239
Kai Zhang
Position available: The Zhang laboratory welcomes motivated students and postdoctoral fellows in biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, neuronal biology to join the group. Please contact Kai Zhang (kaizkaiz@illinois.edu) with a description of your scientific research interests.
314 B Roger Adams Laboratory
Office: (217) 300-0582
Huimin Zhao
Synthetic biology; protein engineering; metabolic engineering; biocatalysis; biosynthesis
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215 Rogers Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-2631
Fax: (217) 333-5052