Rajendra K. Agrawal, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Translational Medicine, Wadsworth Center
We study mechanisms of protein biosynthesis in bacterial and eukaryotic cells, with a goal to understand bacterial drug resistance and identify new drug targets, using biochemical and high-resolution 3D cryo-EM techniques.
Nilesh Banavali, Ph.D.
Structure-based Therapeutics for Infectious Diseases
We use NextGen sequencing to determine frequencies and sequence dependence of polymerase errors, and computational methods for drug design, structure prediction, and elucidating chemical and conformational mechanisms.
Thomas M. Bartlett, Ph.D.
Cell biology of bacterial pathogens
We study the molecular basis of bacterial growth and cell shape determination in critical bacterial pathogens with “unusual” shapes. Our research helps us to understand how bacterial shape contributes to pathogenesis, and identifies vulnerabilities in understudied bacterial growth plans.
Valerie J. Bolivar, Ph.D.
Neurobehavioral Genetics
Spencer Bruce, Ph.D.
Director, Bioinformatics Core
Alana Buscher
Associate Director for Administration
Michele Caggana, Sc.D., FACMG
Deputy Director, Division of Genetics
Nicole Cairns, M.S.
Assistant Director, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Sudha Chaturvedi, Ph.D.
Director, Mycology Laboratory
Karen J. Chave, Ph.D.
Director, Protein Expression and Biochemistry Cores
James Chithalen, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Wadsworth Center
Yu-Fen (Kathy) Chou, Ph.D.
Scientific Officer, NYSTEM
Liang T. Chu, Ph.D.
Environmental Heterogeneous Chemistry Laboratory
We investigate heterogeneous reactions occurring on ice, environmental particle and nanoparticle surfaces to better understand the atmospheric pollution processes and their impact on human health using spectroscopic techniques.