Molecular and Cell Biology, Plant Science, and Microbial Communities Programs

Carl W. Anderson
Biology Chairman
  • DNA damage signaling
  • DNA-dependent protein kinase
  • Regulation of p53 activation
  • Adenovirus functions

John J. Dunn
  • Gene expression
  • DNA sequencing
  • Molecular genetics of bacteriophage T7
  • Molecular genetics of Borrelia burgdorferi

Paul I. Freimuth
Associate Chairman
  • Protein expression and folding
  • Adenovirus-receptor interactions
  • Structure and function of protein complexes

Geoffrey Hind
  • Photosynthesis
  • Phytoplankton
  • Biomass production
  • Biochemical and biophysical methods

Walter F. Mangel
  • New anti-viral and anti-bacterial agents
  • Virulence factor in Chlamydia
  • Virulence factor in malaria
  • Mechanisms of catalysis by proteinases

Richard B. Setlow
  • Damage and repair in DNA
  • Biological hazards of space radiation
  • Radiation and chemical carcinogens

John Shanklin
  • Fatty acid modifications in plants
  • Enzyme structure/function studies
  • Biochemistry of lipid biosynthesis
  • Directed evolution of enzymes
  • Developing renewable industrial
    feedstocks in plants

F. William Studier
  • Molecular genetics of bacteriophage T7
  • T7 expression system
  • Protein production for structural genomics

Betsy Sutherland
  • DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation
  • Repair of UV-induced DNA damage in plants
  • Damage and repair in human skin in situ
  • Management Biology/NASA/AGS/Medical
    project on radiation induced DNA damage in tissue

Daniel van der Lelie
Safiyh Taghavi
  • Microbial ecology
  • Microbial interaction with heavy metals
    and organic xenobiotics
  • Bioremediation
  • Biosensors

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