Molecular Biophysics faculty are drawn from the departments of Applied Physiology, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics.
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Ed Balog Applied Physiology Studies of intracellular ion channels known as ryanodine receptors (RyRs). These proteins are the primary efflux pathway for the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. ed.balog@ap.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-3957
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Bridgette Barry Chemistry & Biochemistry Director, Molecular Biophysics Training Program Biological electron transfer, membrane biophysics, DNS synthesis, peptide maquettes, vibrational spectroscopy, EPR spectroscopy, photosynthesis. bridgette.barry@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-385-6085
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Jennifer Curtis Physics Investigation of the structure, mechanics and function of the pericellular coat and hyaluronan‐protein macromolecular assemblies; the mechanics of phagocytosis using biophysical and nanopatterning tools. jennifer.curtis@physics.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-8839
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Robert M. Dickson Chemistry & Biochemistry Single molecule spectroscopy, fluorophore design and utilization in materials and biology, laser spectroscopy and dynamics, nanoparticle synthesis and photophysics, biolabeling, superresolution and high‐sensitivity optical microscopy. robert.dickson@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-4007
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Mostafa A. El-Sayed Chemistry & Biochemistry Nanoscience: synthesis and study of the properties of nanomaterial of different shapes, nanotechnology: potential use of nanoparticles in: a) nanomedicine: diagnostics and selective photothermal therapy of cancer, b) nanocatalysis: shape dependence in cage effects. melsayed@gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-7452
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Christoph J. Fahrni Chemistry & Biochemistry Development and application of cation‐selective fluorescent probes for biophotonics. Study of metal‐ion distribution and subcellular localization in live cells by x‐ray fluorescence microscopy. fahrni@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-2295
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JC Gumbart School of Physics Assistant Professor Molecular dynamics simulations of membrane-protein insertion and function at both the inner and outer bacterial membranes, bacterial cell wall dynamics and growth, nascent-peptide-ribosome interactions. jcgumbart@gatech.edu Faculty Page (404) 385-0797
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Nicholas V. Hud Chemistry & Biochemistry Elucidation of the fundamental chemical and physical principles that govern nucleic acid assembly at multiple scales, from cation‐mediated RNA folding in the ribosome to the organization of DNA in viruses and bacterial cells. hud@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-385-1162
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Harold Kim Physics, Biology Quantitative understanding of transcription‐factor activated gene expression in eukaryotic cells with emphasis on the role of nucleosome position/energetics and threedimensional organization of the genome in gene regulation. Fluorescence microscopy of live cells and single molecules. harold.kim@physics.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-0080
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Raquel Lieberman Chemistry & Biochemistry Protein crystallography, enzymology, biophysics, chemical biology and in silico modeling to elucidate the structure, function and mechanism of enzymes that perform hydrolysis reactions in an unusual chemical environment within or at the surface of the lipid bilayer of a cell. raquel.lieberman@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-385-3663
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Nael McCarty Emory School of Medicine, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry Biophysical approaches to understand the structure, function, and regulation of plasma membrane ion channels and receptors. namccar@emory.edu Faculty Page 404-727-1327
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Amit R. Reddi Chemistry & Biochemistry Biophysical and biochemical characterization of cellular transition metal trafficking, metalloproteins and metalloproteomes, placing an emphasis on systems relevant to cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and infectious diseases. amit.reddi@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-385-1428
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Ingeborg Schmidt-Krey Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry Structure of eukaryotic membrane proteins and membrane protein complexes by electron crystallography. ingeborg.schmidt-krey@biology.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-385-0286
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C. David Sherrill Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computational Science & Engineering Quantum mechanical models of electronic structure used to obtain reliable binding energies and substituent effects for non‐covalent interactions in nucleic acids and between protein side‐chains. sherrill@gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-4037
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Jeffrey Skolnick Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computational Science & Engineering Computational biology. jeffrey.skolnick@biology.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-407-8975
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Todd Sulchek Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering Bioengineering and microelectromechanical systems: atomic force microscopy, pathogen adhesion and endocytosis, cell biomechanics, single molecule biophysics, drug delivery and targeting, biosensors. todd.sulchek@me.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-385-1887
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Roger Wartell Biology, Physics Mechanism of protein facilitated sRNA regulation of mRNA expression; assembly and stability of RNA structures roger.wartell@biology.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-8421
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Loren D. Williams Chemistry & Biochemistry Experimental and informatic approaches to determining and characterizing nucleic acid structures, and the forces that govern the structures. loren.williams@chemistry.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-9752
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Cheng Zhu Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering Biomechanics of cell adhesion and signaling molecules of the immune system and the vascular systems. cheng.zhu@me.gatech.edu Faculty Page 404-894-3269