Faculty Research Interests
Archaea . Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis . Biofuels . Bioinformatics
Cell-Cell Interactions . Cell-Matrix Interactions . Chromatin Structure
Computational Biology . Cytoskeleton . Development . DNA Biology
Drug Discovery . Endocrinology . Enzymology . Genetics . Genomics . Glycobiology
Host-Pathogen Interactions . Imaging . Ion Channels . Learning and Memory
Membrane Biology . Metabolic Regulation . Microbial Ecology
Microbial Physiology . Molecular Evolution . Molecular Immunology
Neurobiology . Optogenetics . Pattern Formation . Protein Dynamics
Protein Structure . Protein Synthesis
Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions . Proteomics . Receptor Biochemistry
Regulation of Gene Expression . Reproductive Biology . RNA Biology
Sensory Processing . Signal Transduction . Synaptic Transmission . Toxins
Virology
Isaac K O Cann
Microbiology
Molecular biology and biochemistry of archaeal DNA replication; enzymes of plant cell wall hydrolysis
1105 Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 West Gregory Drive | MC-195
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 333-2090
Robert "Bob" B Gennis
Biochemistry
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
William W Metcalf
Microbiology
Molecular genetics and biochemistry of methanogenic Archaea; biosynthesis of phosphonate antibiotics; redox cycling of phosphorus by microorganisms
Office: (217) 244-1943
Lab: (217) 265-0771
Gary J Olsen
Microbiology
The functions, evolutionary histories and structures of genes and proteins
383 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-0616
Lab: (217) 244-0617
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Rachel J Whitaker
Microbiology
The Whitaker lab studies the molecular evolution of cellular microorganisms in their natural environmental contexts ranging from hot springs to human infectious disease.
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C222 CLSL
3402 Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Office: (217) 244-8420
Antony R Crofts
Biochemistry
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
Yi Lu
Biochemistry
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
John E Cronan
Microbiology
Genetic approaches to regulation of lipid metabolism; synthesis and attachment of biotin and lipoic acid
B103 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-7919
Lab: (217) 244-3466
Fax: (217) 244-6697
John A Gerlt
Biochemistry
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
Huimin Zhao
Biochemistry
Synthetic biology; protein engineering; metabolic engineering; biocatalysis; biosynthesis
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215 Rogers Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-2631
Fax: (217) 333-5052
Patrick Degnan
Microbiology
Genome-enabled examination of diversity, genome evolution and processes in complex microbial communities
Morrill Hall 371
Office: (217) 244-5504
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Douglas A. Mitchell
Microbiology
Molecular underpinnings of bacterial virulence
room 3105 IGB (main office) and room 345 RAL
Office: (217) 333-1345
Hugh M Robertson
Cell & Developmental Biology
Molecular basis of insect olfaction; molecular evolution of DNA transposons; comparative insect genomics; molecular evolution of nematode chemoreceptors
417 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-0489
Lab: (217) 333-0489
Fax: (217) 244-3499
Eric C. Bolton
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Regulation of prostate development and growth by hormone receptor signaling pathways
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446A Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-0535
Lab: (217) 244-0445
Fax: (217) 333-1133
William M Brieher
Cell & Developmental Biology
Cytoskeleton and Cell Adhesion
B615, CLSL
Deborah E Leckband
Biochemistry
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion; Cell Engineering
127 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-0793
Lab: (217) 244-2007
Fax: (217) 333-5052
Erik Russell Nelson
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Endocrine and Metabolic Control of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Pathophysiology
523 Burrill
407 South Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 244-5477
Lab: (217) 300-1418
Vivian W Tang
Cell & Developmental Biology
Cell-Cell interactions in Health and Disease
Office: 555B Morrill Hall
Stephen J Kaufman
Cell & Developmental Biology
Role of integrins and extracellular matrix proteins in skeletal muscle development, formation of the neuromuscular junction, and muscular dystrophy
287 Burrill Hall
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Andrew S Belmont
Cell & Developmental Biology
Chromatin Structure, Gene expression, Nuclear Architecture
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B509 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-2311
Lab: (217) 333-8372
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Jongsook Kim Kemper
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism and Energy Balance by Nuclear Receptors, FXR and SHP, and Epigenomic regulators, SIRT1, JMJD3, and MicroRNAs
394 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-6317
Lab: (217) 244-2236
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Craig Mizzen
Cell & Developmental Biology
Chromatin structure, function and metabolism. Roles of histone modifications and other epigenetic factors in normal development and disease.
565B Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-4896
Lab: (217) 265-6439
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Ann M Nardulli
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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
514 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-5679
Lab: (217) 244-6143
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Supriya Prasanth
Cell & Developmental Biology
Eukaryotic DNA replication; Chromosome structure & maintenance; Heterochromatin organization; Cell cycle control
C422 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-8076
Lab: (217) 244-8084
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Lisa J Stubbs
Cell & Developmental Biology
Evolution of gene regulatory networks; Long-range regulatory mechanisms; Mouse models of human developmental disorders
R2402 Institute for Genomic Biology
Office: (217) 244-4000
Fax: (217) 244-1781
Thomas J Anastasio
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Multilevel modeling of neurobiological systems in health and disease.
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4165 Beckman Institute
Office: (217) 244-2895
Rhanor Gillette
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Neural Bases of Decision
414 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-0328
Lab: (217) 244-5741
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Auinash Kalsotra
Biochemistry
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
Daniel Llano
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
The role of top-down projections in the processing of complex sounds
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2355 Beckman Institute
405 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 244-0740
Jay E Mittenthal
Cell & Developmental Biology
Computational biology: Design and evolution of molecular networks
516 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-4846
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Mark E Nelson
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Computational Neuroscience; Neuroethology; Adaptive Behaviour
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5251 Beckman Institute
MC-251
Office: (217) 244-1371
Erik Procko
Biochemistry
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
Emad Tajkhorshid
Biochemistry
Computational Investigation of Biomolecular Systems and Processes at Microscopic Level
3147 Beckman Institute
Office: (217) 244-6914
Derek Wildman
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Phylogenomics and the molecular evolution of pregnancy
3101 Institute for Genomic Biology
Office: (217) 300-0939
Martha U Gillette
Cell & Developmental Biology
The neurobiology of time; engineering neuronal development and repair
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618 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-1355
Lab: (217) 244-1842
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Jo Ann Cameron
Cell & Developmental Biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that control amphibian limb regeneration
2103 IGB
Office: (217) 333-1254
Lab: (217) 333-1254
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Jie Chen
Cell & Developmental Biology
Nutrient-sensing signal transduction in mammalian cell growth, differentiation, and metabolism
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C526 CLSL
Office: (217) 265-0674
Lab: (217) 265-0672
Fax: (217) 265-0674
Jonathan J Henry
Cell & Developmental Biology
Mechanisms of cell determination; development and regeneration of the vertebrate lens; cornea stem cell biology; developmental basis for evolutionary change
C522 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-4449
Lab: (217) 244-5921
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Xin Li
Cell & Developmental Biology
Regulation of temporal patterning in neural progenitors and subsequent generation of neural diversity
Phillip A Newmark
Cell & Developmental Biology
Planarian regeneration, germ cell development, schistosomes
Lori T Raetzman
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Notch signaling pathway in hypothalamic-pituitary gland development and disease
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535 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-6233
Lab: (217) 333-7913
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Gene E Robinson
Cell & Developmental Biology
From society to genes
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449 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 265-0309
Lab: (217) 333-6843
Fax: (217) 244-3499
Rachel Smith-Bolton
Cell & Developmental Biology
Wound repair and tissue regeneration; Drosophila genetics; Development and patterning
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CLSL C626
Office: (217) 244-4183
Lab: (217) 244-4512
Nien-Pei Tsai
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Molecular mechanisms underlying excitability homeostasis in health and disease
423A Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-5620
Lab: (217) 244-7095
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Andrei Kuzminov
Microbiology
Mechanisms of DNA replication stress and genome instability
C326 CLSL
Office: (217) 265-0329
Lab: (217) 265-0852
Scott K Silverman
Biochemistry
DNA as an enzyme
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140 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-4489
Fax: (217) 244-8024
Paul J Hergenrother
Biochemistry
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
Biochemistry
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
Graham Rowell Huesmann
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
The mechanisms and treatment of epileptogenesis in adult onset epilepsy and the overlap between epileptic encephalopathy and Alzheimers disease.
Hong Jin
Biochemistry
493 Roger Adams Laboratory
Office: (217) 244-9493
Lab: (217) 333-3944
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Satish K Nair
Biochemistry
Natural products biosynthesis, bacterial signalling, X-ray crystallography
430 Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 333-0641
Lab: (217) 333-2688
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Mary A Schuler
Cell & Developmental Biology
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
Biochemistry
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
Stephen G Sligar
Biochemistry
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.
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116 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-7395
Lab: (217) 244-5329
Fax: (217) 265-4073
Wilfred A van der Donk
Biochemistry
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
Sayeepriyadarshini "Sayee" Anakk
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Liver metabolism in normal and diseased state
453 Medical School Building
Office: (217) 300-7905
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Milan K Bagchi
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Steroid Hormone Signaling Mechanisms in Normal Physiology and Diseases
Estrogen- and Progesterone-Regulated Gene Networks Controlling
Reproduction and Early Development; Genetic Models of Reproductive
Dysfunctions; Molecular Basis of Hormone-Dependent Cancer
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434 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-5054
Lab: (217) 333-7920/3-7697
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Catherine A Christian
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Cells, synapses, and circuits in neuroendocrinology and epilepsy
506 S. Mathews Ave
523 Medical Sciences Building
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 244-8230
Benita S Katzenellenbogen
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Regulation of gene expression, signal transduction, and cell proliferation and phenotypic properties by hormones and growth factors; functional analyses of nuclear hormone receptors and their genome-wide activities; mechanisms of hormone and antihormone action in normal and cancer cells; biomarker discovery and cellular changes underlying resistance to therapeutic agents in breast cancer.
294 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-9769
Victor D Ramirez
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Molecular Neuroendocrinology
482 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-1293
Fax: (217) 333-1133
James A Imlay
Microbiology
Molecular mechanisms of oxidative damage; cellular defenses against oxidants; obligate anaerobiosis
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B303 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-5812
Lab: (217) 244-3462
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Susan A Martinis
Biochemistry
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
Peter A B Orlean
Microbiology
Mechanism of polysaccharide synthesis
B213 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
601 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 333-4139
Brenda Anne Wilson
Microbiology
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 and gut microbial ecosystems (microbiomes) and their role in health and disease
B209 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-9631
Lab: (217) 265-8260
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Steven R Blanke
Microbiology
Infection Biology and Cancer, Host-pathogen Interactions, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Toxins
B103 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-2412
Lab: (217) 333-6302
Stephen K Farrand
Microbiology
Molecular biology of the Agrobacterium-plant interaction
B103 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-1524
Lab: (217) 244-3229
Jeffrey F Gardner
Microbiology
Mechanism of site-specific recombination by bacteriophages and conjugative transposons; mechanisms of protein recognition of DNA
B103 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-7287
Lab: (217) 333-7289
James M Slauch
Microbiology
Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella pathogenesis
B203 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-1956
Lab: (217) 244-7846
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Cari Vanderpool
Microbiology
Regulation of Bacterial Stress Responses
C226 CLSL
Office: (217) 333-7033
Brian C. Freeman
Cell & Developmental Biology
Molecular Chaperones; Transcription; Chromatin Remodeling
B605 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-2662
Lab: (217) 244-1065
Christopher Byron Brooke
Microbiology
Mechanisms of influenza virus adaptation
390A Burrill Hall
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 265-0991
Lab: (217) 244-4917
Thomas E. Kehl-Fie
Microbiology
Impact of host-imposed metal starvation on Staphylococcus aureus and bacterial mechanisms of resistance
CLSL B401
Office: (217) 244-5471
Fax: (217) 244-6697
Joanna L. Shisler
Microbiology
Immune evasion strategies of viruses; host-pathogen interactions; molecular disinfection of viruses; vaccine development
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331 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 265-6450
Lab: (217) 333-6140
Kai Zhang
Biochemistry
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
Albert S Feng
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Neural basis of sound pattern recognition
2355 Beckman Institute
Office: (217) 244-1951
Lab: (217) 333-7071
Fax: (217) 244-5180
Rutilio "Rudy" A Fratti
Biochemistry
Membrane Microdomain Assembly and Membrane Fusion
490A Roger Adams Lab
Office: (217) 244-5513
Fax: (217) 244-5858
Claudio Grosman
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter-gated Ion Channels
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452 Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 244-1736
Lab: (217) 333-1405
Fax: (217) 333-1133
Bruce W Fouke
Microbiology
Does microbial metabolic activity, macromolecular chemistry and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) production cause disease in coral reef ecosystems and catalyze CaCO3 mineral precipitation in hot springs and caves?
Institute for Genomic Biology Rm 3406
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1206 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 244-5431
David M Kranz
Biochemistry
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
Ed Roy
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Immunotherapy
336A Burrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-3375
Stephanie Ceman
Cell & Developmental Biology
Molecular basis of disease, post-translational modifications, regulation of RNA expression, RNA-protein interactions
423 Medical Sciences Building
Office: (217) 244-6793
Lab: (217) 244-6749
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Jonathan V Sweedler
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Novel neurochemistry and the function of cell-to-cell signaling molecules on neuronal network activity
Lyne Levesque
Cell & Developmental Biology
Ins and outs of nucleocytoplasmic transport
577 Morrill Hall
Office: (217) 333-7565
Lab: (217) 244-3148
Fax: (217) 244-1648
Kannanganattu V. Prasanth
Cell & Developmental Biology
long noncoding RNA; Gene regulation; Nuclear domain & structure, breast cancer
C426 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-7832
Lab: (217) 244-7895
Fax: (217) 265-0927
David H Rivier
Cell & Developmental Biology
Innovation in undergraduate education
C422 CLSL
Office: (217) 244-0060
Lab: (217) 244-0830
Fax: (217) 244-1648
David S. McPheeters
Biochemistry
202 Medical Sciences Building, MC-714
506 South Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Office: (217) 300-2152
Fax: (217) 333-8868