Our Faculty

• Molecular and Cell Biology
• Vascular Biology (Extracellular Matrix and Matricellular Proteins)
• Notch Signaling

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Computation Chemistry
• Multiscale Models and Software
• Solvent Effects in Chemistry/Bio/Materials
• Materials for Electrochemistry and Catalysis

• Research on Organismal Response to Climate Change
• Molecular Mechanisms underpinning Phenotypic Plasticity
• Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Plant Biotechnology

• Biochemistry
• Enzymology
• Protein Chemistry and Genetic Engineering Techniques
• Medicinal Chemistry (Cancer Treatment and Drug Delivery)

• Enzymology/Antibiotic & Antiparasitic Drug Development
• Medical Devices for Chronic Wounds
• Novel Materials with Antimicrobial Activity
• Animal and Tissue Culture Models for Infectious Disease and Cancer

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Transcriptional Regulation and RNA Processing
• Live Cell Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy
• Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Living Genome
• Molecular and Brownian Dynamics

• Biophysics of Membrane Transport
• Liposome Carriers For Medical Applications
• Quantification of Membrane-Ligand Interactions
• Microcontroller-Based Applications in Biophysics Teaching and Research

• Nullomers (Shortest Sequences Absent from Nature)
• The Sewagome (Ecology and Genetics of Wastewater)
• HIV and Genome Inoculation
• Advanced Forensic DNA Technology

• Physical Interactions in Biophysical Systems
• Quantum Effects in Low-Dimensional and Nanoscale Electron and Boson Systems
• Bose-Einstein Condensates

• RNA Synthetic Biology and Evolution
• Nucleic Acid Memory
• Microbiomes
• Origins of Life

• Role of Oncostatin M (OSM) in Breast Cancer Metastasis
• Cell Signaling (Inflammatory Cytokines) in Tumor Invasion and Metastasis
• Extracellular Matrix Remodeling

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Biomolecular Dynamics using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
• Single Molecular Biophysics and Scanning Probe Microscopy

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Experimental Biophysics and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Techniques
• Interaction of Alpha-Crystallin with Cholesterol Bilayer Domains in Cataract Formation
• Cholesterol Membrane Domains and Cholesterol Crystals in Atherosclerosis
• Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Model and Biological Membrane

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Food Chemistry and Dairy Science
• Forensic Chemistry and Pharmacology
• Plant Alkaloids (Therapeutic and Psychoactive Components of Kratom, Pong Pong and Others)
• Emerging Technologies (Pulsed Electric Field, Supercritical Water Oxidation, Dimethyl Ether, and Others)

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Proteins, Ice, Cryopreservation, and Extremophiles
• Biochemical, Biophysical, and Physicochemical Experiments to Understand Protein Functions and Biochemical Processes at Environmentally Relevant Interfaces
• Antifreeze Proteins found in Freeze-Avoiding Organisms and their Ability to Stop the Growth of Ice
• BioIce-Lab

• Stem Cell Contributions to Parkinson’s Disease
• Parkinson’s Disease and Autophagy Dysfunction
• Heightened Inflammatory Response in Parkinson’s Disease

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial Virulence and Quorum Sensing
• Enzymology/Antimicrobial Drug Discovery
• Bioorganic Chemistry/Protein Biochemistry/Chemical Biology
• Biomolecular NMR to Investigate Structure-Function Relationships in Proteins

• Mucosal Immunology and Clinical Microbiology
• Study of Reciprocal Interaction between the Gut Microbiome and Neuroinflammatory Diseases
• Immunomodulation Mediated by Gut Microbes and Microbiome-Modifying Treatments in CNS Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases (like Multiple Sclerosis)

*CURRENTLY ACCEPTING STUDENTS*

• Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Mechanoreception in Bone
• Regulation of Cell Signaling by Col11a1 during Craniofacial Development in the Zebrafish
• Extracellular Matrix Involvement in Cancer Progression
• The Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Articular Cartilage
• Pancreatic Cancer Early Diagnosis and Treatment

• Development and Characterization of Bacteria Enterotoxins/Pathogenesis to Prevent Disease
• Mucosal Vaccine Adjuvants and Development in Animal Models
• Medical Microbiology

• Synthesis of Small Molecules for Inhibition of Pro-Metastatic Cytokines (Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
• Synthesis of Cytotoxic Anticancer Agents (Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development)
• Mechanistic Studies of and Related to Anticancer Agents
• Impact of Research Experiences on Student Learning (Chemical Education)

• Immunology, Nanobiology, and Therapeutic Interventions for Human Disease
• Asthma and Beta-Adrenergic Agonists
• Nanotechnology and Biomedical Applications

• Microvascular Pathobiology
• Cytokine-Induced Transcriptional Repression of Microvascular Endothelial Tight Junctions during Inflammatory Responses
• The Influence of Matrix-Endothelial Interactions on Endothelial Cell-Cell Adhesion

• Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
• Novel Materials for Bioinks and Bioprinting
• Cellular Interactions with Atomically Thin Materials
• Solid-state Nanopores for Biomolecular Analysis

• Adenovirus Lung Pathogenesis
• Macrophage Inflammatory Responses
• Improving the Syrian Hamster as a Model Organism through Transcriptome Bioinformatic Analysis and Antibody Development

• Function and Regulation of Mechanosensitive Mechanisms in Cells
• Tissue Level Factors Interaction at the Cellular Level
• Novel Clinical Applications related to Aging, Microgravity, and Other Musculoskeletal Conditions (Ex: Progeria)