Training Faculty

Douglas Barrick Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 516-0409 barrick@jhu.edu
Determination of an atomic-level description of structure and function in proteins.
Karen Beemon Professor and Chair, Department of Biology	(410) 516-4693 klb@jhu.edu
Retroviral RNA processing and transport; avian leukosis virus tumorigenesis.
Maurice J. Bessman * Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7316 zoot@jhu.edu
Metabolism of nucleotides and nucleic acids; proteomics.
Alex Bortvin Adunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington	(410) 554-1234 bortvin@ciwemb.edu
Genetic and epigenetic controls of germ cell development and function in vertebrates.
Gregory Bowman Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 516-7850 gdbowman@jhu.edu
Chromatin structure and nucleosome remodeling.
Ludwig Brand Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7298 ludwig.brand@jhu.edu
Conformation and Activity of Biological Macromolecules with Emphasis on Applications of Fluorescence Techniques.
Xin Chen Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-4576 xchen32@jhu.edu
Epigenetic regulation of Drosophila germ cell differentiation from a stem cell lineage
Richard Cone Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 516-7259 cone@jhu.edu
Mucosal immune protection; contraception.
Kyle Cunningham Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7844 kwc@jhu.edu
Calcium signaling and mechanisms of gene expression in yeast.
David Draper Professor, Department of Chemistry	(410) 516-7448 draper@jhu.edu
RNA folding, RNA-Protein interactions, ribosome assembly and function.
Michael Edidin Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7294 edidin@jhu.edu
Membrane organization and dynamics; immunology.
Chen-Ming Fan Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington	(410) 554-1222 fan@ciwemb.edu
Molecular patterning and embryonic induction during mouse early development.
Steven A. Farber Adunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington	(410) 554-8196 farber@ciwemb.edu
Real-time imaging of lipid metabolism in live zebrafish; identification of genes which regulate cholesterol absorption using biochemical and genetic strategies.
Karen Fleming Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 554-1244 Karen.Fleming@jhu.edu
Structure, energetics and folding of membrane proteins.
Ernesto Freire Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7743 ef@jhu.edu
Structure-Based Thermodynamics of Molecular Recognition and Function.
Joseph Gall Adunct Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington	(410) 554-1217 gall@ciwemb.edu
Chromosome structure and function; nucleic acids in development.
Bertrand Garcia-Moreno, E. Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 516-4497 bertrand@jhu.edu
Biophysical chemistry of regulatory interactions in proteins, nucleic acids, and their assemblies.
Marnie Halpern Adunct Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington	(410) 554-1218 halpern@ciwemb.edu
Zebra fish neural development.
Samer Hattar Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-4231 shattar@jhu.edu
Light reception for non-image detection: role of rods, cones and the new photoreceptors (melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells).
Edward Hedgecock Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-8761 ehedgec1@jhu.edu
Developmental genetics of the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Tamara Hendrickson Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry	(410) 516-6706 hendrick@jhu.edu
Novel pathways in protein biosynthesis.
Blake Hill Associate Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-6783 hill@jhu.edu
Protein design, protein folding and structure; NMR spectroscopy.
Andrew Hoyt Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7299 hoyt@jhu.edu
Yeast chromosome segregation with emphasis on mitotic motor proteins; cell cycle regulation.
Ru Chih Huang Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-5181 rhuang@jhu.edu
Gene regulation, molecular virology, retrotransposition, and chromosomal structure and function.
Douglas Koshland Adunct Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute	(410) 554-1216 koshland@ciwemb.edu
Molecular analysis of chromosome folding and its impact on genomic stability.
Rejji Kuruvilla Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-2366 rkuruvilla@jhu.edu
Control of neuronal development by target-derived neurotrophins.
Juliette Lecomte Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 516-7019 lecomte_jtj@jhu.edu
NMR Spectroscopy and Protein Structure
Yuan Lee Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7041 yclee@jhu.edu
Glycobiology , glycotechnology, and glyconanotechnology.
Evangelos Moudrianakis * Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7305 vanm@jhu.edu
Assembly and dynamics of nucleoproteins and chromosomes; bacterial and chloroplast bioenergetics.
Peter Privalov * Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-6532 privalov@jhu.edu
Physical basis of the structure of biological molecules and their complexes.
Saul Roseman * Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7333 roseman@jhu.edu
Carbohydrate metabolism and transport.
Joel Schildbach Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Biology	(410) 516-0176 joel@jhu.edu
Structural biology of bacterial conjugation.
Robert Schleif Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-5206 schleif@jhu.edu
Protein-DNA interactions and regulation of gene activity.
Trina Schroer Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-5373 schroer@jhu.edu
Microtubule-based motor proteins and their roles in cellular architecture.
Allan Spradling Adunct Professor, Department of Biology Director, Carnegie Institution of Washington Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute	(410) 554-1221 spradling@ciwemb.edu
Oogenesis; Drosophila genomics.
Craig A. Townsend Professor, Department of Chemistry	(410) 516-7444 ctownsend@jhu.edu
Biosynthesis of natural products, stereochemical and mechanistic studies of enzyme action.
Mark Van Doren Co-Director, CMDB Graduate Program Associate Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-4717 vandoren@jhu.edu
Germ cell development and gonad formation.
Beverly Wendland Co-Director, CMDB Graduate Program Associate Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-0460 bwendland@jhu.edu
Molecular mechanisms of endocytosis in yeast and mammalian cells.
Sarah Woodson Professor, Department of Biophysics	(410) 516-2015 swoodson@jhu.edu
Determination of three dimensional folding of RNA.
David Zappulla Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7330 zappulla@jhu.edu
The telomerase RNA-protein complex, chromosomes and aging
Haiqing Zhao Assistant Professor, Department of Biology	(410) 516-7391 hzhao@jhu.edu
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the development and function of olfactory sensory neurons.
Yixian Zheng Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology Staff member, Carnegie Institution of Washington Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute	(410) 554-1232 zheng@ciwemb.edu
Biochemical, structural, and genetic analysis of microtubule organization and cell division.

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