The Structural Biology, Biophysics, Chemical Biology and Biochemistry groups focus on using physical, computational, and chemical methods to understand the molecular structures and thermodynamic mechanisms underlying genetic regulation, cellular growth, organismic development, and the causes and pharmacological treatments of human diseases.
Research Groups
Dietrich Lab
Bacterial models for biological shape and pattern formation
Hunt Lab
Structural biology of transmembrane transport
Sahin Lab
Imaging and modeling biology at physical extremes
Stockwell Lab
Diagramming disease networks with chemical and biological tools
Tong Lab
Structural biology of proteins involved in RNA processing and quality control, and enzymes involved in human diseases (obesity, diabetes, cancer)
Yang Lab
Ion channel structure, function, regulation, disease mechanisms and drug discovery
