Department of Biochemistry Box 357350 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195
   
 

Faculty

 
 
Teaching Faculty
Baker, David protein folding; bioinformatics
Brockerhoff, Susan phototransduction and synaptic transmission in zebrafish; retinal disease
Chung, Dominic blood coagulation and fibrinolysis
Davie, Earl blood coagulation and fibrinolysis
Davis, Trisha chromosome dynamics; spindle pole body; yeast genomics
Glomset, John protein/lipid interactions; prenylation; cell signalling
Gonen, Tamir protein structure determination by electron microscopy
Hauschka, Stephen muscle development, gene regulation, and gene therapy
Hol, Wim protein crystallography; drug design; genomics; tropical parasites
Hurley, James photoreceptor signal transduction
Kennedy, Brian molecular basis of aging; nuclear lamin function; muscular dystrophy
Kimelman, David Xenopus and zebrafish development
Klevit, Rachel NMR; protein structure, protein/protein, protein/DNA interactions
Loeb, Lawrence fidelity of DNA replication; HIV reverse transcriptase; carcinogenesis
Maizels, Nancy DNA repair and recombination in mammalian cells
membrane docking and fusion; lysosome biogenesis
transcriptional and translational control in mammalian cells
murine neuronal development; zinc metabolism
photosynthesis; protein dynamics
Drosophila as a model for human disease, Stem cells, microRNA
cycling and regeneration of visual pigments
protein crystallography; G-coupled protein receptors
Varani, Gabriele NMR; RNA/protein interactions and dynamics; telomerase
Verlinde, Christophe structure-based drug design
Weiner, Alan chromosome fragility; small nuclear RNAs; CCA-adding enzyme
Young, Ted transcriptional regulation in yeast
Research Faculty
Brzovic, Peter BRCA1-dependent ubiquitination, NMR
Fan, Erkang chemical biology, structure-based antibiotic design
MacKay, Vivian transcriptional and translational control in yeast cells
Merritt, Ethan protein crystallograhy; structural genomics
Muller, Eric yeast functional genomics; protein/protein interactions
protein design and scaffolding; HIV vaccine design; antibody specificity
Adjunct Faculty
Chamberlain, Jeffrey muscular dystrophy; dystrophin structure and function; gene therapy
Daggett, Valerie molecular dynamics; protein unfolding/folding
Dale-Crunk, Beverly epithelial structural proteins, antimicrobial peptides
Daum, Guenter cell signalling; smooth muscle development; EGF-like growth factors
Eyre, David skeletal tissue biology
Gelb, Michael lipid mediator production and inflammation, design of anti-parasite agents, proteomic methodology
Lopez, Jose platelet adhesion, von Willebrand factor, vessel inflammation and occlusion
Russell, David gene therapy, viral vectors
Emeritus Faculty
Bornstein, Paul cell/extracellular matrix interactions; wound healing
Fischer, Edmond signal transduction; regulation by protein phosphorylation
Gordon, Milton plant/bacterial interactions; plant signalling; bioremediation
Krebs, Edwin signal transduction; regulation by protein phosphorylation
Neurath, Hans Founding Chair
protein chemistry; steroid/protein interaction
Teller, David protein crystallography; G-coupled protein receptors
Walsh, Kenneth mass spectrometry/phosphoproteins
Affiliate Faculty
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
(not available for thesis research)
Bedalov, Antonio chemical genetics, chromatin structure, anticancer drugs
Biggins, Sue chromosome segregation in budding yeast
Bradley, Philip structural modeling of protein-DNA and protein-peptide interaction specificity
Cooper, Jonathan signal transduction pathways
Eisenman, Robert transcriptional control by the myc/max/mad network
Ferre-D'Amare, Adrian RNA and protein crystallography; RNA/protein interactions
Hahn, Steven transcription regulatory mechanisms
Roberts, James cell cycle control; cyclins; protein degradation
Roth, Mark chromosome dynamics; SR proteins; anoxia in zebrafish
Stoddard, Barry protein crystallography; reaction intermediates; homing endonucleases
Strong, Roland protein crystallography; molecular recognition in the innate immune system responses
Tsukiyama, Toshio chromatin remodeling in transcription and meiosis
Affiliate Faculty
Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
(not available for thesis research)
Aitchison, John yeast cell biology, nucleocytoplasmic transport, peroxisomal assembly and function
Ranish, Jeff mass spectrometry, proteomics, protein complexes, and transcription
Affiliate Faculty
Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Bruce Carter, Chief Execultive Officer, ZymoGenetics, Seattle, Washington
Bennett Shapiro, PureTech Ventures, Boston, Massachusetts
Affiliate Faculty
WWAMI area universities
(Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho)
Ronald Brosemer,
Washington State University
neurotransmitters
Douglas Cole,
University of Idaho
flagellar assembly in Chlamydomonas
Valerie Copie,
Montana State University
protein NMR
Rod Croteau,
Washington State University
biochemistry of terpenes
Gary Daughdrill,
University of Idaho
protein flexibility and function
Edward Dratz,
Montana State University
rhodopsin and cell signalling
Elizabeth Fortunato,
University of Idaho
human cytomegalovirus, reproductive toxicology
Linda Hyman,
Montana State University

yeast genetics and RNA processing
Larry Jackson,
Montana State University
biochemistry of insect pheromones
Jocelyn Krebs,
University of Alaska
eukaryotic chromatin structure
Pamela Langer,
University of Wyoming
spider silk recycling
Randolph Lewis,
University of Wyoming
spider silk proteins
Stephen Lodmell,
University of Montana
RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions
Michele McGuirl,
University of Montana
metalloproteins and metal homeostasis
Kurt Miller,
University of Wyoming
membrane proteins, antimicrobial peptides
Julia Oxford,
Boise State University
mammalian extracellular matrix
Martin Pall,
Washington State University
biochemistry of chronic fatigue syndrome
Mark Stayton,
University of Wyoming
signal transduction in plants, heat stable enzymes
Martin Teintze,
Montana State University
crystallography, HIV vaccines
Holly Wichman,
University of Idaho
L1 elements and mammalian retroposons
Ralph Yount,
Washington State University
molecular mechanism of muscle contraction