Human Disease

The Department of Biological Chemistry is composed of faculty members that form an intellectually exciting community. The diverse research interests focus on understanding the chemistry and biochemistry of life processes. Faculty members are very active and interactive and work in a culture that encourages the free exchange of ideas while fostering exciting collaborations within and outside the department. Such interactions strongly enhance the ability of each member to make seminal discoveries that cross scientific disciplines.

All Areas

Gene Regulation

Metabolism & Energetics

Protein Fold ing & Enzymology

Microbiology & Immunology

Signal Transduction

Neurobiology

Cellular Organization & Trafficking

Michael Wolfgang, Ph.D.
mwolfga1@jhmi.edu
443-287-7680

Cellular and organismal metabolism

George Sack, M.D., Ph.D.
gsack@jhmi.edu
410-955-4621

Human amyloid A protein structure and pathophysiology

Karen Reddy, Ph.D.
kreddy4@jhmi.edu

Understanding how the nuclear periphery and other subcompartments contribute to general nuclear architecture and to specific gene regulation

Daniel Raben, Ph.D.
draben@jhmi.edu
410-955-1289

Structure, function, regulation and interfacial enzymology of lipid metabolizing enzymes involved in signal transduction cascades; biochemistry and chemistry of lipids involved in signaling cascades.