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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Faculty
The following is an alphabetical list of MCB faculty members and brief descriptions of their research. A list of faculty by division affiliation is available here
Click on a faculty member's name to see a complete description of their research (if available). Alternatively, use the search form below to search the faculty research interest pages for keywords.
- Tom Alber
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structure/function correlates in tuberculosis, molecular recognition and signaling - Mark Alper
- Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry; biomolecular materials - Bruce N. Ames
- Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanisms of aging. Mitochondrial decay in aging. Oxidants and antioxidants in DNA damage. Micronutrient deficiencies and DNA damage. Chronic inflammation and Cancer. - Clinton E. Ballou
- Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- James Berger
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural and mechanistic biochemistry of macromolecular assemblies and machines that regulate the initiation of DNA replication and chromosome and superstructure - Carolyn R. Bertozzi
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular basis of cell surface interactions - Michael Botchan
- Department Co-Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Eukaryote gene expression - Carlos Bustamante
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies - Richard Calendar
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular genetics of viruses - Jamie H. D. Cate
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular Basis for Protein Synthesis by the Ribosome - Steven Chu
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular Physics - Kathleen Collins
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Telomere structure, function and replication - Jennifer A. Doudna
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ribozymes and RNA machines - Peter Duesberg
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genetic structure of retroviruses - Robert Glaeser
- Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cryo-EM of multiprotein complexes; membrane proteins; structural biology; biophysics; advancing the capabilities of high-resolution cryo-EM in biology. - Alexander Glazer
- Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Macomolecular complexes; photosynthetic systems - Caroline Kane
- Professor in Residence of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Eukaryotic gene regulation during transcript elongation - Jack Kirsch
- Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Enzymology; site-directed mutagenesis - Judith Klinman
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Principles of catalytic and regulatory mechanisms in enzyme-catalyzed reactions - Bryan A. Krantz
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular Mechanism of Protein Translocation Across Membranes - John Kuriyan
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Chancellor's Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural and functional studies of signal transduction and DNA replication - Stuart Linn
- Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Enzymology of DNA metabolism - Michael Marletta
- Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structure/Function Relationships in Proteins - Susan Marqusee
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Determinants of protein structure and folding - Hiroshi Nikaido
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Membrane biochemistry; bacterial physiology - Eva Nogales
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structure-function of macromolecular assemblies: cytoskeleton self-assembly and nucleic acid transactions - Daniel Portnoy
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular and cellular basis of microbial pathogenesis - Howard Schachman
- Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Physical biochemistry - Jeremy Thorner
- William V. Power Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Signal transduction mechanisms; biochemistry; molecular genetics; cell biology - Robert Tjian
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry - Qing Zhong
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Programmed cell death - Qiang Zhou
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry of HIV gene expression and transcriptional elongation - David Zusman
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Microbial development; molecular genetics