Nasir Bashirelahi, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dental School
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Alexey Belkin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Greenebaum Cancer Center and Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases
Phone: 410-706-8031
Research: Cell-matrix interactions, cell migration, integrins, transglutaminases
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Lindsay W. Black, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-3510
Research: Mechanism of viral DNA packaging, and phage display for protein interactions and vaccine development.
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Robert J. Bloch, Ph.D.
Director, Training Program in Membrane Biology
Professor
Department of Physiology
Phone: (410)706-3020
Research: Membrane Domains and Membrane Organization in Nerve and Muscle; Postsynaptic Membrane Domains; Organization of Intracellular Membranes; Organization of the Sarcolemma into Costameres; The Role of Obsc
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C. Allen Bush, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2506
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France Carrier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-5105
Research: Molecular Studies to counter carcinogenesis; the role of stress-activated RNA-binding proteins (RBP) in the genotoxic stress response; interactions of stress-activated proteins with chromatin DNA as a
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Brian Cullum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2833
Research: Development of optical spectroscopic techniques and technologies for biomedical and defense related applications.
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Shiladitya DasSarma, Ph.D.
Molecular Medicine Track Leader, Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Professor
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
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Center of Marine Biotechnology
Phone: 410-234-8847
Research: Genomics, post-genomics and biotechnology of salt-loving microorganisms
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Michael Donnenberg, M.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
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Division of Infectious Diseases
Phone: 410-706-7560
Research: Molecular Pathogenesis of E. coli Infections
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Alex Drohat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-8118
Research: structure and elucidate mechanism of DNA repair enzymes; the activity of DNA glycosylases is stimulated by AP endonuclease
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Rich Eckert, Ph.D.
Chairman and The John F. B. Weaver Professor
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-3220
Research: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Cyril O Enwonwu, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dental School
Phone: 410-706-7099
Research: Protein-Energy Malnutrition; Public Health and International Nutrition; Nutrition and Oral Health; Sub-cellular Effects of Nutrients; Nutrients and Gene Expression
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Daniele Fabris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-3053
Research: Our laboratory is dedicated to the structural and functional investigation of protein-nucleic acids complexes present in viruses responsible for infectious diseases, using mass spectrometry as the mai
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Iain Farrance, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-7469
Research: Regulation of transcription in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
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James C. Fishbein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2190
Research: Nitrosamine Carcinogens, Cancer Chemoprevention
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Gary Fiskum, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair, Research
Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Phone: 410-706-4711
Research: Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms responsible for neurodegeneration with emphasis on ischemic and traumatic brain injury and Parkinson's Disease.
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Douglas O. Frost, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Anesthesiology
Phone: 410-706-0413
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying normal neural development and the perturbation of these mechanisms in disease states or by drugs. We also study how these mechanisms can be harnessed for
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Geoffrey Girnun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Cancer Center
Phone: 410-706-3331
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Ramachandra S., Hosmane, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2520
Research: Biomedicinal chemistry with applications in antiviral and anticancer therapy and biomedical technology with applications in artificial blood.
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Dhan Kalvakolanu
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Phone: 410-328-1396
Research: The major research interests of Dr. Kalvakolanu's lab are regulation of gene transcription and signal transduction by cytokines; Tumor cell growth control; and Regulation of novel Cell death-activatin
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James Kaper, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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Center for Vaccine Development
Phone: 410-706-2344
Research: Research in my laboratory focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of enteric bacterial pathogens.
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Richard L. Karpel, Ph.D.
Professor
Departmentof Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2510
Research:
Structure of gene 32 protein core domain bound to a single-stranded oligonucleotide
Typical stopped-flow trace of gene 32 protein *I truncate binding poly(dT)
Structure-function studies
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Lisa A. Kelly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2507
Research: Photochemical probes of macromolecular structure; Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
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Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-5788
Research: My research focuses on the role of cytoskeletal proteins in muscle organization.
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Joseph R. Lakowicz, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-8409
Research: This laboratory is involved in the use and development of fluorescence spectroscopic methods.
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Chen-Yong Lin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular
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Cancer Center
Phone: 410-706-
Research: Breast cancer treatment and prevention
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Wuyuan Lu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UMBI and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-706-4890
Research: Chemical Protein Engineering via Native Chemical Ligation;
Viral Proteins in HIV-1 Assembly and Maturation;
Targeting Tumorigenic Proteins for Cancer Therapy;
Structure and Function Relationship
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A-Lien Lu-Chang, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-4356
Research: DNA repair of oxidatively damaged lesions and cell cycle checkpoints.
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Leonid Medved, Ph.D.
Professor
Bichemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-
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Mervyn J. Monteiro, Ph.D.
Professor
Medical Biotechnology Center & Neurology
Phone: 410-706-8132
Research: Molecular genetics of proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Steven D. Munger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Phone: 410-706-5851
Research: Molecular basis of odor and taste transduction; structure/function of odor and taste receptors
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James Nataro, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Phone: 410-706-8442
Research: My laboratory studies the molecular pathogenetic features of bacteria causing chronic diarrhea in the developing world.
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Antonio Passaniti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Phone: 410-328-5470
Research: Tumor angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation of blood vessel formation, therapeutic applications of anti-angiogenesis agents
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Terry B. Rogers, Ph.D.
Director of MD/PhD Program
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-3169
Research: We study the fundamental properties of heart cells and the impact of intracellular signaling mechanisms on the regulation of cardiac myocyte function.
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Martin F. Schneider, Ph.D.
Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Muscle BiologySchool of Medicine and UMBC College of Engineering
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-7812
Research: Generation of the Ca2+ transient in skeletal muscle; Molecular basis of skeletal muscle fiber types;Calcium signalling in neurons; Calcium homeostasis in dystrophic muscle fibers
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Adil Shamoo, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-3327
Mobile 410-538-2599
FAX 410-706-3189
Research: Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Regulatory Compliance
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Paul J. Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of CHemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2519
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Michael F. Summers, Ph.D.
Investigator/Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-2527
Research: NMR and biophysical studies of retroviral genome packaging and virus assembly.
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Veronika Szalai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Phone: 410-455-1576
Research: My general interests are in bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry.
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Richard B. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-7142
Research: Development and application of fluorescence-based biosensors to problems of interest in biology and chemistry.
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Eric A. Toth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-5345
Research: My research centers on the structure and function of protein complexes crucial to chromosomal integrity and RNA processing.
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Shambhu D. Varma, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Phone: 410-706-3395
Research: Biochemistry & Physiology of the Eye; Mechanisms of Diabetic and Age Related Complications and Diseases of the Eye; Mechanisms of Cataractogenesis; Corneal Abnormalities; Oxygen Radicals; Nutritional
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Lai-Xi Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-4982
Research: The focus of our current research is centered on protein glycosylation, one of the most ubiquitous posttranslational modifications of proteins in eukaryotes.
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Christopher Ward
Phone: 410-706-
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David Weber, Ph.D.
Director, Joint Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director, University of Maryland NMR Facility
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Director, University of Maryland NMR Faculty
Phone: 410-706-4354
Research: Biochemistry, molecular biology, and structural biology techniques such as NMR are used to discover how the tumor suppressor protein, p53, is down-regulated in cancer via other cellular proteins (i.e.
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Gerald M. Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 410-706-8904
Research: Post-transcriptional regulation of genes contributing to tumor development and heart disease
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