{"id":7,"date":"2017-06-05T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T17:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-11-05T22:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:44:39","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-7-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_metaslider_widget panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"hide panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7-0-0-0\" ><div id=\"metaslider-id-290\" style=\"max-width: 1170px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-290 ml-slider slider_caption ms-theme-_theme_1446644741 nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"home\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_290\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_290\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-306 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_schuyler.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Schuyler Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-306\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Schuyler Lab<\/h2>\n<p>The Schuyler lab utilizes computational modeling to study binding and allosteric signalling in order to elucidate complicated disease mechanisms and inform drug design. Current work includes the study of SOD1 mutations that cause ALS.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Schuyler-Adam#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-298 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_cowan.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Cowan Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-298\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Ann Cowan<\/h2>\n<p>My work uses high temporal and spatial resolution fluorescence imaging methods to explore the dynamic behavior of molecules in living cells. Experimental results are integrated within the Virtual Cell mathematical modeling software environment to create three-dimensional computational models of a variety of different cellular events.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Cowan-Ann\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-297 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-297\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_carson.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Carson Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-297\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Carson Lab<\/h2>\n<p>Our lab focuses on localization and translation of RNA molecules in ribonucleoprotein complexes called RNA granules, which are affected in neurological disorders such as fragile X tremor ataxia syndrome.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Carson-John\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-302 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_hao.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Hao Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-302\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Hao Lab<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Hao-Bing#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-296 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-296\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_caimano.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Caimano Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-296\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Caimano Lab<\/h2>\n<p>My research focuses on the pathogenic spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Leptospira interrogans, the causative agents of Lyme disease and Leptospirosis, respectively. Our broad objective is to better understand the environmental signals, regulatory pathways and gene products required to maintain these unique bacteria within their enzootic and zoonotic life cycles and establish infection within the mammalian host.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Caimano-Melissa#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-305 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_korzhnev.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Korzhnev Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-305\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Korzhnev Lab<\/h2>\n<p>Our research focuses on protein assemblies involved in DNA damage tolerance pathways responsible for mutagenesis in eukaryotes, making use of cutting-edge structural biology methods to decipher their molecular mechanisms of action.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Korzhnev-Dmitry#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-300 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_dodge.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Dodge-Kafka Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-300\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Dodge-Kafka Lab<\/h2>\n<p>We investigate the mechanisms utilized by scaffolding proteins to create specificity of phosphorylation. Our work encompasses many domains including enzyme kinetics, live cell imaging, cellular physiology, and computation modeling.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Dodge-Kafka-Kimberly#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-304 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_king.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"King Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-304\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>King Lab<\/h2>\n<p>Cilia and flagella are microtubule-based organelles that have essential motile and sensory functions. The King lab studies the dynein molecular motors that are required to assemble and power these organelles using genetically and biochemically tractable model systems.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=King-Stephen#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-294 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-294\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_bezsonova.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Beszenova Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-294\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Bezsonova Lab<\/h2>\n<p>My expertise and research interests are in elucidating structure, dynamics and interactions of biological macromolecules using structural biology methods, including NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The focus of my current research is on ubiquitin biology and the role ubiquitination plays in cancer development and gene silencing.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Bezsonova-Irina#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-303 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_heinen.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Heinen Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-303\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Heinen Lab<\/h2>\n<p>The Heinen laboratory is interested in the molecular mechanism of the human DNA mismatch repair pathway and in understanding why defects in this pathway are associated with the hereditary cancer predisposition disease Lynch syndrome.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Heinen-Christopher#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-295 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-295\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_weller.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Weller Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-295\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Weller Lab<\/h2>\n<p>The Weller lab studies the mechanisms of HSV DNA replication, encapsidation and viral assembly and explores novel antiviral strategies aimed at inhibiting these processes. We are also interested in how HSV manipulates host stress responses such as DNA repair and the protein quality control machinery.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Weller-Sandra#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-308 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_torti.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Torti Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-308\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Torti Lab<\/h2>\n<p>Our laboratory is interested in the relationship between iron metabolism and cancer. We examine the hypothesis that iron contributes to cancer using cell culture systems, animal models and patient databases, as well as through collaborative work with systems biologists.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Torti-Suzy#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-359 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_eipper.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Eipper Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-359\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Eipper Lab<\/h2>\n<p>Neuropeptides are used to control many functions including mood, appetite and water balance. We are interested in dietary and genetic factors that affect the ability of cells to produce these signaling molecules.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Eipper-Elizabeth#tab-research\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-301 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-301\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_gryk.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Gryk Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-301\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Gryk Lab<\/h2>\n<p>The Gryk lab focuses on solution NMR studies of biomolecular macromolecules, primarily proteins. A current emphasis is on software integration and data management for NMR data analyses - a project called <a href=\"http:\/\/connjur.uchc.edu\/\">CONNJUR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connjur.uchc.edu\/\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-360 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/homepage_slide_radolf.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"Radolf Lab\" class=\"slider-290 slide-360\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Radolf Lab<\/h2>\n<p>The Radolf laboratory focuses on the pathogenic spirochetes Treponema pallidum and Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agents of syphilis and Lyme disease, respectively. The major objective of our syphilis research is to elucidate the ultrastructure and function of T. pallidum's highly unusual outer membrane and rare outer membrane proteins. With Lyme disease, our major objective is to elucidate the genetic programs that enable B. burgdorferi to transit back and forth from...\n\n<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spirochete-lab\/\">Learn More.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-753 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2018\/12\/photo_mok_slide.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"1170\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-290 slide-753\" title=\"photo_mok_slide\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><h2>Mok Lab<\/h2>\n<p>Persisters are rare cell types in a bacterial population that can tolerate lethal doses of antibiotics that kill their genetically identical kin and can contribute to relapsing infections.  The Mok lab is interested in investigating how bacteria respond to and survive treatment with antibiotics that target distinct cellular components under different growth niches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"intro-text panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7-0-0-1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2017\/06\/photo_welcome_feature.jpg\" alt=\"Structure Illustration\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\" \/>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.<\/p>\n<p>Our department can be divided into five thematic areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/faculty-and-staff\/areas-of-research\/microbiology-and-infectious-diseases\/\">Microbiology and Infectious Diseases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/faculty-and-staff\/areas-of-research\/structural-biology-and-biophysics\/\">Structural Biology and Biophysics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/faculty-and-staff\/areas-of-research\/computation-and-modeling\/\">Computation and Modeling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/faculty-and-staff\/areas-of-research\/cellular-pathways\/\">Cellular Pathways<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/faculty-and-staff\/areas-of-research\/cancer-biology\/\">Cancer Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_rcpt panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7-0-0-2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Spotlight<\/h3><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/2022\/08\/30\/spotlight-august-2022\/\" title=\"Spotlight: August 2022\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Spotlight: August 2022<\/span><\/a><div class=\"rcpt_item_excerpt\">Publications Gao, X., Swarge, B., Roseboom, W., Wang, Y., Dekker, H.L., Setlow, P., Brul, S. and Kramer, G. 2022. Changes in the spore proteome of Bacillus cereus in response to introduction of plasmids. Microorganisms. https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-2607\/10\/9\/1695 Hereditary hemochromatosis variant associations with incident non-liver malignancies: 11-year follow-up in UK Biobank. Atkins JL, Pilling LC, Torti SV, Torti [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/2022\/07\/20\/spotlight-july-2022\/\" title=\"Spotlight: July 2022\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Spotlight: July 2022<\/span><\/a><div class=\"rcpt_item_excerpt\">On July 1, 2022, Dr. Steven Chou joined MBB as the newest tenure-track faculty member. Welcome Steve to MBB! His office is L3081, and his laboratory space is L3078. Stop by his office and get to know the new MBB space in the nicely renovated 3rd\u00a0floor area. His laboratory is starting to look like a [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/2022\/06\/01\/congratulations-on-all-the-fantastic-new-publications\/\" title=\"Congratulations on All the Fantastic New Publications\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Congratulations on All the Fantastic New Publications<\/span><\/a><div class=\"rcpt_item_excerpt\">Busy start to the summer. Publications Luxmi, R., Mains, R.E., Eipper, B.A., and King, S.M. (2022). Regulated processing and secretion of a peptide precursor in cilia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA in press. Kristina N. Delgado, Jairo M. Montezuma-Rusca, Isabel C. Orbe, Melissa J. Caimano, Carson J. 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