Home > Faculty > Biochemistry

   Faculty with a Research Interest in Biochemistry at Brandeis University:

Students may choose to carry out Ph.D. thesis research with any of the faculty in the Life Sciences. The Biochemistry Program is especially strong in the areas of enzyme mechanism, protein structure, membrane transport proteins, RNA biochemistry, signal transduction, and bio-organic chemistry. Faculty with research interests in these areas are listed below.

Protein Structure
Department
Jeffrey Agar High resolution mass spectrometry, post-translational modification
Chemistry
Carolyn Cohen Protein structure, dynamics, and assembly
Biology
Anne Gershenson Protein folding and dynamics
Chemistry
Nikolaus Grigorieff  Electron microscopy of large protein complexes
Biochemistry
Gregory A. Petsko Protein crystallography
Biochemistry
Thomas C. Pochapsky Protein structure and dynamics, magnetic resonance
Chemistry
Dagmar Ringe Protein crystallography, enzyme mechanism
Biochemistry & Chemistry
Douglas Theobald Evolution, structure, & function of macromolecular complexes
Biochemistry

Enzyme Mechanism
Department
Jeff Gelles Single-molecule biophysics of motor proteins and transcription complexes
Biochemistry
Lizbeth Hedstrom  Enzymology and protein engineering
Biology
Dorothee Kern Magnetic resonance and enzyme dynamics
Biochemistry
Alfred Redfield Studies of Macromolecules by Magnetic Resonance
Biochemistry

Membrane Transport Proteins
Department
Judith Herzfeld Physical biochemistry of proton pumps
Chemistry
Christopher Miller Structure and mechanisms of ion channels and transporters
Biochemistry
Neil E. Simister Immunoglobulin transport
Biology

RNA and DNA Biochemistry
Department
Susan T. Lovett Genetics and biochemistry of recombination in E. coli
Biology
Michael Marr Mechanisms Controlling Gene Expression
Biology
Daniel Pomeranz Krummel Regulation of Gene Expression
Biochemistry
Michael Rosbash RNA processing and Drosophila neurogenetics
Biology

Signal Transduction Mechanisms
Department
Azadeh Samadani Chemotaxis mechanisms
Physics
Bruce Goode Cytoskeletal Assembly and dynamics in yeast
Biology
Leslie C. Griffith Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity
Biology
Daniel Oprian Structure-function studies of cell surface receptors
Biochemistry
Ruibao Ren Signal transduction, tyrosine kinases
Biology

Bio-organic Chemistry
Department
Li Deng Asymmetric catalysis and asymmetric synthesis
Chemistry
Isaac Krauss Organic synthesis
Chemistry
Barry Snider Synthesis of natural products
Chemistry
Christine Thomas Synthetic inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic
chemistry
Chemistry

The following links will provide you with additional information about the graduate program in Biochemistry: