Aller, Stephen G., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Molecular dynamics of membrane transport by cryogenic-electron microscopy, biochemistry, and computational biology
Augelli-Szafran, Corinne, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Design, synthesis, and hit-to-lead optimization and development into preclinical candidates for the treatment of various diseases
Banerjee, Sanjib, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: HPV-HIV-host interactions in 3D raft culture, organoids, and PDX models for drug discovery against HPV-associated cancers
Bedwell, David, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Co-Director, UAB Structural Biology Program
Associate Director, Gregory Fleming James CF Research Center
Research Interests: Development of small-molecule therapeutics that suppress nonsense mutations that cause genetic diseases
Beliaeva, Olga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Enzymology of retinoic acid biosynthesis from dietary precursors; short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases with broad substrate specificities
Chesnokov, Igor, Ph.D.
Professor
Vice Chair of Research
Research Interests: DNA replication, cell cycle progression, and disease modeling using Drosophila as a model system
Cingolani, Gino, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, UAB Center for Integrative Structural Biology
Research Interests: Mechanisms of nucleocytoplasmic transport and viral genome delivery; Integrative structural biology of therapeutic bacteriophages
Deivanayagam, Champion, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis, microbial surface proteins, dental caries, structure-based drug design, enzyme kinetics/mechanisms, X-ray crystallography, and Cryo-EM
Du, Ming, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Rescuing protein expression from nonsense variants as a treatment for rare genetic diseases
Edwards, Yvonne J.K., Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Bioinformatics
Research Interests: Bioinformatics to study Complex Biological Systems and Disease; Precision Medicine
Gupta, Romi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Genomic and Targeted Approaches for Cancer Gene Identification and Novel Therapeutic Target Discovery and Validation
Kedishvili, Natalia, Ph.D.
Professor
Departmental Wellness Champion
Research Interests: In vitro and in vivo analysis of enzymes involved in biosynthesis of retinoic acid, metabolism of hydroxysteroids and oxylipins
Keeling, Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Rescuing protein expression from nonsense variants as a treatment for rare genetic diseases
Padi, Sathish, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Integrative structural and cell biology approaches to study phosphatase-mediated signaling across pathological conditions
Petit, Chad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Avian influenza host-adaptation and neurodegeneration mechanisms: protein folding/dynamics, computational biophysics, NMR, structural and molecular virology
Placzek, William, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Structural biology, protein biochemistry, assay development; apoptosis, cell cycle, cancer gene regulation, target validation
Popov, Kirill, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids, mechanisms of enzyme catalysis and regulation, molecular basis of metabolic diseases
Renfrow, Matthew, Ph.D.
Professor
Vice Chair of Faculty Development
Research Interests: Nephropathy and the analysis of protein glycosylation in diseases by mass spectrometry
Rizzardi, Lindsay F., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Mechanisms of genetic risk for neurodegenerative diseases; functional genomics; single-cell technologies, long-read transcriptomics
Ryan, Thomas M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Cellular, genetic, and stem cell therapies in humanized animal models of hemoglobinopathy
Schneider, David, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Biochemical, genetic, and genomic tools to define how eukaryotic gene expression is controlled
van Waardenburg, Robert C., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Structure-function analysis, sub-cellular distribution, PTM activity regulation and substrate identification of TDP1 and SULT enzymes
Vassylyev, Dmitry, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Structural analysis of transcription
Wajapeyee, Narendra, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Understanding gene expression mechanisms and signaling pathway deregulation, emphasizing hallmark processes driving cancer cell behavior
Wang, Fengbin (Jerry), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cryo-EM of Microbial conductive nanowires, Pili in pathogenic bacteria, and Self-assembled nanotube design
Zhao, Rui, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Pluripotent stem cell-based lung and brain organoids with genomic editing to model human disease