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UMKC School of Biological Sciences

Faculty in Cell Biology & Biophysics

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Benevides, James, Research Assistant Professor
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Dreyfus, Lawrence, Dean, Professor Molecular biology and biochemistry of bacterial toxins.
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Esser, Alfred, Professor Emeritus Membrane biochemistry and biophysics; complement biochemistry and biology; processes involved in necrotic and apoptotic cell death.
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Garris, David, Lecturer Influences of gene-mutation induced hypercytolipidemia on the development and expression of Dysregulated metabolic-, diabetes- and obese-syndromes on neural, hepato-pancreatic and female reproductive tract structure and function
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Geisbrecht, Brian, Associate Professor Structural Biochemistry of Bacterial Virulence and Pathogenesis; X-ray Crystallography and Scattering; Molecular Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions.
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Geisbrecht, Erika, Assistant Professor Molecular mechanisms of Drosophila muscle development
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Gogol, Edward, Associate Professor Structure-function studies of macromolecular assemblies, using cryo-electron microscopy and three-dimensional image reconstruction. Specific projects: mechanisms and regulation of proteasomes and chaperonins.
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Honigberg, Saul, Associate Professor Signal Transduction. Cell cycle control and cell differentiation.
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Idnurm, Alexander, Assistant Professor Genetic controls of virulence and development in fungi.
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Jordan, Chris, Research Instructor Instructor of Microbiology for Nursing students and non-majors; academic advisor and transfer student coordinator.
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Kapros, Tamas, Research Assistant Professor
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Laity, John, Associate Professor Molecular Recognition; NMR spectroscopy; protein biophysical chemistry.
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Law, Douglas, Teaching Specialist Structure and dynamics of muscle cell junctions; cytoskeleton-membrane interactions; cell adhesion.
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Martinez-Carrion, Marino, Professor Emeritus Protein Engineering; mechanisms of enzyme action; molecular basis of protein/protein and protein/ligand interaction; membrane structure and function; protein/membrane interaction; protein folding.
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McCluskey, Kevin, Research Associate Professor Fungal genetics, evolutionary biology, plant-microbe interactions.
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Menees, Thomas, Associate Professor Yeast molecular biology, retrotransposons, host-element interactions, reverse transcription.
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Plamann, Lynda, Associate Professor Cell-cell communication during fruiting body formation and sporulation in the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus; exploration of intracellular and intercellular signal transduction mechanisms in M. xanthus.
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Plamann, Michael, Associate Professor Microtubule-associated motors, organelle movement, growth polarity, cytoskeleton.
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Read, G. Sullivan, Professor Control of mRNA stability in mammalian cells, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in cells infected with herpes simplex virus, site-specific mutagenesis of viral genes affecting MRNA stability.
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Thomas, Jr., George J., Professor Emeritus Virus structure and assembly, protein-nucleic acid recognition, DNA and RNA structures, protein conformation; development of laser Raman spectroscopy as a probe of structure, interaction and dynamics of biomolecules and macromolecular assemblies.
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Waterborg, Jakob, Associate Professor Structure-function relationships in chromatin, post-synthetic modification of histones by acetylation and methylation, assembly and stability of nucleosomal structure, evolution of histone variant functions.
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Welchert, Tammy, Lecturer Student Services Coordinator, Course Coordinator LS MCRB 313L/WL and LS MCRB 121L, and Pre-Medical/Dental Professional Advising.
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Yoder, Marilyn, Associate Professor Protein structure and function; protein crystallization and macromolecular X-ray diffraction analysis; protein-saccharide interactions; protein-phospholipid interactions. X-ray crystallographic analysis is the primary research tool used for structure determination.
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Yu, Xiao-Qiang (Sean), Associate Professor Insect immunity: biochemistry, molecular biology and function of immune-related genes. Signal transduction pathways: regulation of the expression of antimicrobial peptide genes. Structural biology: Protein-protein/ligand interactions.
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