Research Area: RNA/DNA Biophysics

Suzuki, Aussie

Cell biology, machanobiology, cancer biology, nanobiology, and biophysics in cell division machinery

Cavagnero, Silvia

Protein structure, folding, dynamics and aggregation in the cell; role of ribosome and molecular chaperones

Hoskins, Aaron A.

Mechanistic studies of eukaryotic RNA processing using chemical, genetic, and biophysical approaches

Keck, James L.

Structural mechanisms of genome maintenance

Landick, Robert

RNA polymerase structure/function; regulation of transcript elongation in bacteria and humans

Record, Jr., M. Thomas

Lab Website Lab website Project Title Biophysical chemistry of proteins, nucleic acids and their interactions Biography We study the self-assembly and function of proteins, nucleic acids and their complexes, using a wide range of biophysical and biochemical methods including fluorescence, circular dichroism, calorimetry, osmometry, and gel electrophoretic separations of 32P-labeled nucleic acids, quantified by phosphoimager …

Venturelli, Ophelia S.

Lab Website Lab website Project Title Understanding and engineering microbial communities across space and time Biography The Venturelli Lab aims to understand and engineer the spatiotemporal behaviors of microbial communities. We seek to elucidate the molecular and ecological design principles of microbial communities using tools from systems & synthetic biology. Our lab uses microfabrication methods …

Butcher, Samuel E.

Structural biology of RNA interactions that regulate gene expression