Hao Lab
The research of the Hao group aims to determine the physical and chemical principles underlying the structure/function relationships in biomedically important proteins, with a focus on ubiquitin E3 ligases that are altered in cancer and spore germination proteins that can cause food spoilage and food-borne disease as well as anthrax.
Research in the Molecular Biology and Biophysics department focuses on understanding the proteins and pathways affected in human disease. From the structural biology of cancer drug targets to the mechanistic interplay between viruses and human cells, MBB labs study the basic molecular processes underlying human illnesses.
Our department can be divided into five thematic areas:
