Biophysics Faculty

 
David L. Bain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics

  • Regulatory energetics of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions
  • Physical mechanisms of nuclear receptor-mediated transcriptional activation
  • Correlating functional energetics with structural transition
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    Brad K. Bendiak, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Cellular & Structural Biology

  • Development of new NMR/derivatization methods specifically tailored to oligosaccharide structural determination
  • Examining mechanisms in mass spectral fragmentation patterns of carbohydrates
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    Mair E. A. Churchill, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor of Pharmacology

  • Thermodynamic and biophysical characterization of macromolecular interactions
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    Robert S. Hodges, Ph.D., F.R.S.C.
    Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
    Director, Program in Biomolecular Structure
    John Stewart Endowed Chair, Peptide Chemistry

  • Study of protein folding and stability
  • Development of synthetic peptide vaccines and antibody therapeutics to treat bacterial infections - analysis of peptide-antibody interactions
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    Jeffrey S. Kieft, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

  • Conformational dynamics of RNA and RNA-protein complexes
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