| Teaching Faculty | Research Interests | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Ailion | Neuromodulators, dense-core vesicle trafficking, hybrid incompatibility genetics in C. elegans | Dep’t. page |
| David Baker | Protein structure prediction and design | Dep’t. page | Lab | HHMI |
| Susan Brockerhoff | Phototransduction and synaptic transmission in zebrafish; retinal disease | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Dominic Chung | Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis | Dep’t. page |
| Earl Davie | Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis | Dep’t. page |
| Trisha Davis | Chromosome dynamics, cytoskeleton, proteomics | Lab |
| Stephen Hauschka | Muscle development, gene regulation, and gene therapy | Dep’t. page |
| Wim Hol | Protein crystallography; drug design; genomics; tropical parasites | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| James Hurley | Photoreceptor signal transduction | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| David Kimelman | Xenopus and zebrafish development | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Rachel Klevit | NMR; protein structure, protein/protein, protein/DNA interactions | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Nancy Maizels (Joint with Immunology) | DNA repair and recombination in mammalian cells | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Alexey Merz | Membrane traffic; organelle biogenesis; lysosomes | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Dana Miller | Physiological response to hypoxia and to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| David Morris | Transcriptional and translational control in mammalian cells | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Richard Palmiter | Murine neuronal development; zinc metabolism | Dep’t. page | HHMI |
| William Parson | Photosynthesis; protein dynamics | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Hannele Ruohola-Baker | Drosophila as a model for human disease, stem cells, microRNA | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Ronald Stenkamp | Protein crystallography; G-coupled protein receptors | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Gabriele Varani (Split with Chemistry) | NMR; RNA/protein interactions and dynamics; telomerase | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Christophe Verlinde | Structure-based drug design | Dep’t. page |
| Alan Weiner | Chromosome fragility; small nuclear RNAs; CCA-adding enzyme | Dep’t. page |
| Ted Young | Transcriptional regulation in yeast | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Research Faculty | Research Interests | Links |
| Peter Brzovic | BRCA1-dependent ubiquitination, NMR | brzovic@uw.edu |
| Erkang Fan | Chemical biology, structure-based antibiotic design | erkang@uw.edu |
| Vivian MacKay | Transcriptional and translational control in yeast cells | vlm2@uw.edu |
| Ethan Merritt | Protein crystallograhy; structural genomics | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| Eric Muller | Yeast functional genomics; protein/protein interactions | Dep’t. page |
| Adjunct Faculty | Research Interests | Links |
| Jeffrey Chamberlain | Muscular dystrophy; dystrophin structure and function; gene therapy | Neurology |
| Valerie Daggett | Molecular dynamics; protein unfolding/folding | Bioengineering |
| Beverly Dale-Crunk (retired) | Epithelial structural proteins; antimicrobial peptides | Dentistry |
| Guenter Daum | Cell signalling; smooth muscle development; EGF-like growth factors | Surgery |
| David Eyre | Skeletal tissue biology | Orthopedics |
| Michael Gelb | Lipid mediator production and inflammation; design of anti-parasite agents; proteomic methodology | Chemistry |
| Jose Lopez | Platelet adhesion; von Willebrand factor; vessel inflammation and occlusion | Hematology |
| David Russell | Gene therapy, viral vectors | Hematology |
| Rong Tian | Metabolism; cadiovascular disease; NMR methodology | Mitochondria and Metabolism Center |
| Emeritus Faculty | Research Interests | Links |
| Paul Bornstein | Cell/extracellular matrix interactions; wound healing | Dep’t. page |
| Edmond Fischer | Signal transduction; regulation by protein phosphorylation | Dep’t. page |
| John Glomset | Protein/lipid interactions; prenylation; cell signalling | Dep’t. page |
| Milton Gordon | Plant/bacterial interactions; plant signalling; bioremediation | Dep’t. page |
| Edwin Krebs | Signal transduction; regulation by protein phosphorylation | Dep’t. page |
| Hans Neurath | Founding Chair | Dep’t. page |
| Philip Petra | Protein chemistry; steroid/protein interaction | Dep’t. page |
| John Saari | Cycling and regeneration of visual pigments | Dep’t. page |
| David Teller | Protein crystallography; G-coupled protein receptors | Dep’t. page |
| Kenneth Walsh | Mass spectrometry/phosphoproteins | Dep’t. page |
| Affiliate Faculty | Research Interests | Links |
| Note: affiliate faculty are not available for thesis research through the Biochemistry Graduate Program | ||
| …affiliate faculty at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | ||
| Antonio Bedalov | Chemical genetics, chromatin structure, anticancer drugs | FHCRC |
| Sue Biggins | Chromosome segregation in budding yeast | Lab |
| Philip Bradley | Structural modeling of protein-DNA and protein-peptide interaction specificity | FHCRC |
| 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 | Lab |
| …affiliate faculty at the Institute for Systems Biology | ||
| John Aitchison | Yeast cell biology, nucleocytoplasmic transport, peroxisomal assembly and function | Lab |
| Jeff Ranish | Mass spectrometry, proteomics, protein complexes, and transcription | Lab |
| …affiliate faculty at the Buck Institute for Age Research | ||
| Brian Kennedy | Molecular basis of aging; nuclear lamin function; muscular dystrophy | Buck Institute | …affiliate faculty at HHMI-Janelia Farm |
| Tamir Gonen | Membrane protein structural biology; cryo electron microscopy; 2-d crystallography | Dep’t. page | Lab |
| …affiliate faculty at Scripps Research Institute | ||
| Bill Schief | Protein design and scaffolding; HIV vaccine design; antibody specificity | Scripps |
| …affiliate faculty in biotech and pharmaceutical companies | ||
| Bruce Carter | Chairman of the Board (ZymoGenetics, 1986-2008; Xencor, 2009-) | Zymogenetics Xencor |
| Bennett Shapiro | Chairman; Senior Partner | PureTech Ventures |
| …affiliate faculty of WWAMI — UW Medicine regional education program in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho | ||
| Ronald Brosemer | Neurotransmitters | Washington State U. |
| Douglas Cole | Flagellar assembly in Chlamydomonas | U. Idaho |
| Valerie Copie | Protein NMR | Montana State U. |
| Rod Croteau | Biochemistry of terpenes | Washington State U. |
| Gary Daughdrill | Protein flexibility and function | U. Idaho |
| Edward Dratz | Rhodopsin and cell signalling | Montana State U. |
| Elizabeth Fortunato | Human cytomegalovirus, reproductive toxicology | U. of Idaho |
| Linda Hyman | Yeast genetics and RNA processing | Boston U. |
| Larry Jackson (retired) | Biochemistry of insect pheromones | Montana State U. |
| Jocelyn Krebs | Eukaryotic chromatin structure | U. Alaska |
| 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. Montana |
| Kurt Miller | Membrane proteins; structure and mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides | U. Wyoming |
| Julia Oxford | Mammalian extracellular matrix | Boise State U. |
| Martin Pall (retired) | Biochemistry of chronic fatigue syndrome | Washington State U. |
| Mark Stayton | Molecular and cellular responses to acute myocardial infarction | U. Wyoming |
| Martin Tientze | Crystallography; HIV vaccines | Montana State U. |
| Holly Wichman | L1 elements and mammalian retroposons | U. Idaho |
| Ralph Yount (retired) | Molecular mechanism of muscle contraction | Washington State U. |