​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

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Gene Regulation

gene_ regulation

Metabolism & Energetics

metabolism_energetics

Protein Fold ing & Enzymology

protein_folding_enzymology

Microbiology & Immunology

microbiology

Signal Transduction

signal_transduction

Neurobiology

neurobiology

Cellular Organization & Trafficking

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Human Disease

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CATERINA_michael

TRP channel function in thermosensation, pain, and inflammation

COLE_robert

Mass spectrometry strategies to characterize proteins and their modifications in malnutrition, neurological diseases and cancer

MARGOLIS_seth

Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation in Development and Disease

MEFFERT_mollie

The Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression in Health and Disease

POMERANTZ

Functional Specificity and Design of Signal Transduction Pathways

Raben

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

Wolfgang2021

Cellular and organismal metabolism

ZACHARA

O-GlcNAc, A Novel Regulator of the Cellular Stress Response and Cell Surival.