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Chemical Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics (CB3)

RESEARCH FACULTY FOR CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND BIOPHYSICS

 

CB3 Core Faculty

CB3 Core Faculty
Rebecca Braslau My research team uses synthetic organic chemistry to develop strategies to upcycle post-consumer PVC, to harvest the carbon atoms locked in this plastic waste by converting them into feedstock chemicals, while valorizing end-of-life PVC to prevent it from being landfilled or contaminating the environment.
Ted Holman Biochemical and Inhibitory Investigations into Lipoxygenase: a Possible Therapeutic for Stroke, Diabetes and Heart Disease 
Tim Johnstone Medicinal bioinorganic chemistry; synthetic inorganic chemistry; nanoparticle drug delivery; inorganic spectroscopy; small-molecule X-ray crystallography; mammalian and microbiological cell culture
Dave Kliger Dynamics of Biomedical Molecules in Vision, Allostery, and Folding
Sarah Loerch Structure and function of RNA-protein complexes, electron cryo-microscopy, biochemistry and biophysics, image processing
Scott Lokey Chemical Biology, Cyclic Peptides, Small Molecule Screening 
John MacMillan Natural products chemistry, chemical biology, structural elucidation, cancer biology, microbial natural products
Shaun McKinnie Discovery and application of natural product biosynthetic enzymology and chemistry
Glenn Millhauser Prions, Alzheimer's Disease, EPR, NM
Carrie Partch Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Rhythmicity
Laura Sanchez Mass spectrometry, small molecule communication, natural products, microbial communities, cancer 
Seth Rubin Biochemical Mechanisms in Cell Growth and Division
Bill Scott RNA Structure, Catalysis and the Origin of Life
Michael Stone Structure and Dynamics of Telomeres and Telomerase

 

CB3 Affiliated Faculty

CB3 Affiliated Faculty
Manny Ares Mechanisms of Splicing Regulation
Hinrich Boeger Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation   
Manel Camps Use of Random Mutagenesis for Studies of Evolution and for Therapy
Rebecca Dubois Structure, Function, and Engineering of Virus Proteins
Grant Hartzog How Chromatin Influences Transcription
Melissa Jurica Structure and Functional Analysis of Spliceosomes   
Doug Kellogg Control of Cell Growth and Size
Harry Noller Structure and Function of the Ribosome 
Karen Ottemann The Molecular Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori
Chad Saltikov Understanding the Molecular Biology and Ecology of Bacteria that Metabolize Toxic Metals
Bill Sullivan Cell Cycle, Cytoskeleton, and Host-pathogen Interactions
Christopher Vollmers DNA Sequencing Tools for the Analysis of B cells
Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering is supported by training grants from the National Institute of General Medical Science and the National Human Genome Research Institute
nih UCSC's graduate  Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering is supported by training grants from the National Institute of General Medical Science and the National Human Genome Research Institute.