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Timothy Miller, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and targeted therapies for neurodegenerative diseases

Key words
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), SOD1, TDP-43, C9ORF72, miRNA, Tau, Dementia, Neurodegeneration, Antisense oligonucleotides

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Liviu Mirica, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Development of specific inhibitors of histone demethylases; design of therapeutic and imaging chemical agents for Alzheimer's disease

Key words
Alzheimer’s disease, bioinorganic chemistry, drug design, enzymology, histone modification, redox processes

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Makedonka Mitreva, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Next-generation experimental, multi-omic and computational approaches to empower the study of infectious diseases and the human microbiome

Key words
Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Helminth Genomics, Human Metagenomics

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Kevin Moeller, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Developing new methods for peptide mimetic, natural product synthesis, and the construction of addressable molecular arrays

Key words
biosensors, electrochemistry, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, reactive intermediates

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Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying opiate dependence

Key words
opioids, addiction, pain, molecular mechanisms, animal models

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Nima Mosammaparast, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding how RNA modifications influence transcription, signaling, and genomic integrity

Key words
RNA modifications, cancer , transcription, DNA repair

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Shankar Mukherji, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Systems and synthetic cell biology: quantitative analysis of cellular organization

Key words

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Colin Nichols, PhD

Carl Cori Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Ion channel biology in health and disease

Key words
ion channel, neurobiology, functional genomics, cell signaling, kinetics

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Natalie Niemi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding how mitochondria are built, regulated, and maintained

Key words
mitochondria, phosphorylation, metabolism, signaling, kinase, phosphatase

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Dmitri Nusinow, PhD

Assistant Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Circadian clock regulation of physiology and development in plants.

Key words
Plant Biology, circadian rhythms, biochemistry, genetics, Arabidopsis, mass spectrometry, chronobiology