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UMKC School of Biological Sciences

Faculty in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

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Bame, Karen, Associate Professor Protein characterization, molecular basis of enzyme-substrate interactions, mechanism of enzyme action.
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Belostotsky, Dmitry, Associate Professor Gene expression mechanisms, RNA processing and metabolism genetics, genomics and development.
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Bouyain, Samuel, Assistant Professor Cell adhesion; Cell signaling; Structural biology; X-ray crystallography.
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Burich, Raymond, Associate Professor (retired)
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Chekanova, Julia, Assistant Professor Relationships between mRNA quality control, processing and export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Dobens, Leonard, Associate Professor Developmental mechanisms of pattern formation, cell-cell signaling pathways, transcriptional control, model organisms.
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Ferrari, Michael, Assistant Professor Calcium signal dynamics in developing muscle, physiological regulation of pattern formation and macromolecular assembly, regulation of calcium-dependent kinases.
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Huang, Chi-ming, Associate Professor Evolution neurobiology of the cerebellum
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Iriarte, Ana, Associate Professor Emeritus Enzyme structure and relationship of enzyme structure to function. Mechanisms of processing and transport of proteins across membranes. Protein folding and the role of molecular chaperones.
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Keightley, Andrew, Research Associate Professor Developing and practicing methods of identification and post-translational modification analysis of protein by Mass Spectrometry.
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King, Stephen, Associate Professor Molecular motors and motility, cytoskeleton, protein : protein interactions
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Likins, Lee, Research Instructor Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Marine and Aquatic Biology, Entomology, Science Education, Undergraduate Research
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MacQuarrie, Ronald, Professor Vice Provost and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
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Mattingly, Joseph, Teaching Specialist Protein engineering by rational design and directed in vitro evolution, biophysical studies of protein folding, proteomics, protein-protein interactions.
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Miziorko, Henry, Professor Study of enzyme catalysis and regulation using chemical, biophysical, & molecular biology approaches; lipid biosynthesis; enzymes in inherited disease.
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Morgan, William, Professor Emeritus Protein structure-function relationships, regulation of blood clot formation and breakdown, spectroscopic and biochemical analysis of ligand-protein and protein-receptor interactions, use of monoclonal antibodies and site-directed mutagenesis to probe protein mechanisms of action.
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O'Connor, Michael, Assistant Professor Structure and function of the bacterial ribosome; communication within and between the ribosomal subunits; maintenance of translational reading frame.
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Persechini, Anthony, Professor The molecular basis of signaling through Ca2+, spatial and kinetic factors controlling cell signaling, enzyme and ligand-binding kinetics, protein engineering, molecular recognition.
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Price, Jeffrey, Associate Professor Drosophila genetics, chronobiology, circadian rhythms, transcriptional regulation, regulation of protein stability by protein kinases, protein-protein interactions.
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Reed, Aaron, Research Assistant Professor Undergraduate advising; population modeling and ecology of mammals
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Resch, Garth, Associate Professor Regulation of endogenous modulators of drinking behaviors, integration of genomic basis of alcoholism to physiological and behavioral expression.
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Smith, Ann, Professor Regulation of expression of proteins; Heme transport in liver, eye, the peripheral and central nervous systems. Receptor-mediated endocytosis; structure-function relationships in ligand-protein and protein-receptor interactions.
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Tran, Quang-Kim, Research Assistant Professor Signaling via Ca2+ and calmodulin, regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, cardiovascular medicine.
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Wyckoff, Gerald, Assistant Professor Bioinformatics database development, study of evolutionary processes at the molecular level, large scale comparative genomics, sexual selection.
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