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Structural and Cell Biology
* = Faculty not currently available to mentor students.

Rajendra Agrawal
Structure and function of macromolecular assemblies. more info
agrawal@wadsworth.org

* Julio Aguirre-Ghiso
Analysis of the molecular mechanisms that dictate the behavior and fate of primary and metastatic tumor cells. more info
jaguirre-ghiso@albany.edu

Nilesh Banavali
Computational modeling of macromolecular machinery dynamics. more info
banavali@wadsworth.org

Thomas J. Begley
Systems toxicology; mechanisms of DNA repair; damage signaling. more info
tbegley@albany.edu

Samuel Bowser
Cell biology; cytoskeleton and cell motility; physiological ecology of rhizopod protists, molecular evolution. more info
bowser@wadsworth.org

James Dias
Structure-function relationships of pituitary glycoprotein hormones; biochemical endocrinology; reproductive immunology. more info
dias@wadsworth.org

* Joachim Frank
Methods for studying the three-dimensional structure of macromolecular assemblies and cell components using electron microscopy and computer image processing. more info
joachim@wadsworth.org

* Charles Hauer
Proteomics, Protein-Protein interactions; post-translational modifications; Ion trap and MALDI-TOF mass spectometry. more info
hauer@wadsworth.org

Joachim Jaeger
Structure/function studies of viral replication complexes using X-ray crystallography, solution scattering, imaging techniques, mutagenesis and kinetics. more info
jjaeger@wadsworth.org

Alexey Khodjakov
Cell biology: structure and functions of centrosomes in vertebrates. more info
khodj@wadsworth.org

Hongmin Li
Crystal structure of macromolecular complesxes in bacterial or viral infection and host response. more info
lih@wadsworth.org

David LeMaster
Protein structure and dynamics; enzyme catalysis; NMR spectroscopy. more info
lemaster@wadsworth.org

* Carmen Mannella
Mitochondrial structure and metabolite transport. more info
carmen@wadsworth.org

Bruce McEwen
Use of cutting-edge technology in light and electron microscopy to study the structure and function of vertebrate kinetochores and axonemes. more info
bruce@wadsworth.org

Janice D. Pata
Structure-function studies of specialized cellular and viral polymerases. more info
jpata@wadsworth.org

Robert Rej
New biochemical tests for diagnosis and estimation of severity of disease.
r.rej@albany.edu

Conly Rieder
Mitosis and the physiology of cell division; centrosome and kinetochore function. more info
rieder@wadsworth.org

Erasmus Schneider
New mechanisms of multi-drug resistance in cancer cells; cooperation between drug metabolism and drug transport. more info
schneid@wadsworth.org

Stewart Sell
Stem cells in tissue renewal and carcinogenesis. Chemical hepatocarcinogenesis. more info
ssell@wadsworth.org

Terence Wagenknecht
Structure and assembly of macromolecular complexes including ribosomes, multienzyme complexes, and ion channels. more info
terry@wadsworth.org

Faculty with Secondary Appointments:

Jan Keithly
Drug discovery against parasites; biochemistry and molecular biology of parasite metabolic pathways. more info
keithly@wadsworth.org

Adjunct Faculty:

Andrea Habura
Molecular phylogenetics, evolution, structural biology and biogeography of rhizopod protists
habura@wadsworth.org

Griselda Hernández, Wadsworth Center
Protein structure, stability and flexibility; NMR spectrocopy. more info
griselda@wadsworth.org

Ellis Jacobs
Clinical Laboratory regulatory oversight and administration; laboratory management, automation and computerization; critical care medicine and point-of-care testing; evidence-based evaluation of laboratory practices.
jacobs@wadsworth.org

Michael Koonce
Structure and function of cytoskeletal-based molecular motors; molecular genetics; intracellular transport. more info
koonce@wadsworth.org

Qishan Lin
Application proteomics and mass spectrometry for the study of systems biology.
linq@albany.edu

Linda Mayerhofer
Comparative genomic distribution of archaeal and bacterial repeat-containing cell surface proteins using a bioinformatic approach.
mayerhof@wadsworth.org

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