FACULTY

TEACHING FACULTY

[Departmental Page]

Michael Ailion

Neuromodulators, dense-core vesicle trafficking, hybrid incompatibility genetics in C. elegans

[HHMI] [Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

David Baker

Protein structure prediction and design

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Susan Brockerhoff

Phototransduction and synaptic transmission in zebrafish; retinal disease

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Trisha Davis

Chromosome dynamics, cytoskeleton, proteomics

[Departmental Page]

Stephen Hauschka

Muscle development, gene regulation, and gene therapy

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Wim Hol

Protein crystallography; drug design; genomics; tropical parasites

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

James Hurley

Photoreceptor signal transduction

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

David Kimelman

Xenopus and zebrafish development

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Rachel Klevit

NMR; protein structure, protein/protein, protein/DNA interactions

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Lawrence A. Loeb (Joint with Pathology)

The major focus of our research is the relationship between mutations and human cancer.

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Nancy Maizels (Joint with Immunology)

DNA repair and recombination in mammalian cells

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Alexey Merz

Membrane traffic; organelle biogenesis; lysosomes

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Dana Miller

Physiological response to hypoxia and to hydrogen sulfide (H₂S)

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

David Morris

Transcriptional and translational control in mammalian cells

[HHMI] [Departmental Page]

Richard Palmiter

Murine neuronal development; zinc metabolism

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

William Parson

Photosynthesis; protein dynamics

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Hannele Ruohola-Baker

Drosophila as a model for human disease, stem cells, microRNA

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Ronald Stenkamp

Protein crystallography; G-coupled protein receptors

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Gabriele Varani (Split with Chemistry)

NMR; RNA/protein interactions and dynamics; telomerase

[Departmental Page]

Christophe Verlinde

Structure-based drug design

[Departmental Page]

Alan Weiner

Chromosome fragility; small nuclear RNAs; CCA-adding enzyme

[Lab Site] [Departmental Page]

Ted Young

Transcriptional regulation in yeast

RESEARCH FACULTY

ADJUNCT FACULTY

EMERITUS FACULTY

AFFILIATE FACULTY

Note: affiliate faculty are not available for thesis research through the Biochemistry Graduate Program

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

[FHCRC]

Jihong Bai

Synaptic protein dynamics, vesicle endocytosis, and remodeling

[Lab]

Sue Biggins

Chromosome segregation in budding yeast

[FHCRC]

Philip Bradley

Structural modeling of protein-DNA and protein-peptide interaction specificity

[Lab]

Jonathan Cooper

Signal transduction pathways

[Lab]

Robert Eisenman

Transcriptional control by the myc/max/mad network

[Lab]

Steven Hahn

Transcription regulatory mechanisms

[Lab]

James Roberts

Cell cycle control; cyclins; protein degradation

[Lab]

Mark Roth

Chromosome dynamics; SR proteins; anoxia in zebrafish

[Lab]

Barry Stoddard

Protein crystallography; reaction intermediates; homing endonucleases

[Lab]

Roland Strong

Protein crystallography; molecular recognition in innate immune system responses

[Lab]

Toshio Tsukiyama

Chromatin remodeling in transcription and meiosis

Institute for Systems Biology

[Lab]

John Aitchison

Yeast cell biology, nucleocytoplasmic transport, peroxisomal assembly and function

[Lab]

Jeff Ranish

Mass spectrometry, proteomics, protein complexes, and transcription

Puget Sound Blood Center

[PSBC]

Dominic Chung

Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis

Buck Institute for Age Research

[Buck Institute]

Brian Kennedy

Molecular basis of aging; nuclear lamin function; muscular dystrophy

HHMI-Janelia Farm

[HHMI-Janelia Farm]

Tamir Gonen

Membrane protein structural biology; cryo electron microscopy; 2-d crystallography

Scripps Research Institute

[Scripps]

Bill Schief

Protein design and scaffolding; HIV vaccine design; antibody specificity

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Companies

[Zymogenetics] [Xencor]

Bruce Carter

Chairman of the Board (ZymoGenetics, 1986-2008; Xencor, 2009-)

[PureTech Ventures]

Bennett Shapiro

Chairman; Senior Partner

WWAMI — UW Medicine regional education program in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho

[Washington State U.]

Ronald Brosemer

Neurotransmitters

[U. Idaho]

Douglas Cole

Flagellar assembly in Chlamydomonas

[Montana State U.]

Valerie Copie

Protein NMR

[Washington State U.]

Rod Croteau

Biochemistry of terpenes

[U. Idaho]

Gary Daughdrill

Protein flexibility and function

[Montana State U.]

Edward Dratz

Rhodopsin and cell signalling

[U. of Idaho]

Elizabeth Fortunato

Human cytomegalovirus, reproductive toxicology

[Boston U.]

Linda Hyman

Yeast genetics and RNA processing

[Montana State U.]

Larry Jackson (retired)

Biochemistry of insect pheromones

[U. Alaska]

Jocelyn Krebs

Eukaryotic chromatin structure

[U. Wyoming]

Pamela Langer

Proteases in spider silk recycling

[U. Wyoming]

Randolph Lewis

Structure and properties of spider silk

[U. Wyoming]

Stephen Lodmell

RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions

[U. Montana]

Michele McGuirl

Metalloproteins and metal homeostasis

[U. Wyoming]

Kurt Miller

Membrane proteins; structure and mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides

[Boise State U.]

Julia Oxford

Mammalian extracellular matrix

[Washington State U]

Martin Pall (retired)

Biochemistry of chronic fatigue syndrome

[U. Wyoming]

Mark Stayton

Molecular and cellular responses to acute myocardial infarction

[Montana State U.]

Martin Tientze

Crystallography; HIV vaccines

[U. Idaho]

Holly Wichman

L1 elements and mammalian retroposons

[Washington State U.]

Ralph Yount (retired)

Molecular mechanism of muscle contraction