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Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building (BBSRB)
University of Kentucky
741 S. Limestone
Lexington, Ky 40536-0298

Douglas A. Andres
dandres@uky.edu
BBSRB b179
 
Regulation of G-protein signaling  
Luke Bradley
lhbradley@uky.edu
BBSRB b149
 
Central nervous system protein recognition, specificity, and design
 
 
Young-In Chi
ychi@uky.edu
BBSRB b267
 
Structural biology of transcription factors and human diseases  
Trevor Creamer
trevor.creamer@uky.edu
BBSRB b265
 
Structural bioinformatics and experimental studies of protein structure
 
 
Robert Dickson
bobd@uky.edu
BBSRB b173
Role of sphingolipids in regulating cellular processes including cell growth, apoptosis, differentiation and stress responses
 
 
Rebecca E. Dutch
rdutc2@uky.edu
BBSRB b171
 
Mechanism of membrane fusion promoted by viral fusion proteins
 
 
Mike Fried
michael.fried@uky.edu
BBSRB b259
 
The assembly ofprotein-DNA and protein-protein complexes that mediate DNA repair, transcription and blood clotting
 
 
Louis Hersh
lhersh@uky.edu
BBSRB b283
 
Neuropeptidases & their role in Alzheimer's disease and neuropeptide metabolism
 
 
Natasha Kyprianou
nkypr2@uky.edu
Combs 306
 
Molecular changes associated with growth deregulation in prostatic diseases
 
Robert Lester
rlester@uky.edu
BBSRB b175
 
Regulation and function of membrane lipids  
Harry LeVine
hlevine@email.uky.edu
Sanders Brown 209
 
Relationship of protein misfolding to disease  
Guo-Min Li
gmli@uky.edu
HSRB 125
 

Molecular mechanism of DNA mismatch repair

 
Richard O. McCann
rmcca1@uky.edu
BBSRB b169
 
The actin cytoskeleton in cytoplasmic organization, cell signaling, and cell adhesion
 
 
Michael Mendenhall
mendenh@uky.edu
BBSRB b163
 
Cell division  
Anne-Frances Miller
amf@uky.edu
CP 113
 
Enzymatic detoxification, oxidative damage, aging, toxin activation, NMR spectroscopy, enzyme engineering
 
Carole L. Moncman
cmonc2@uky.edu
BBSRB b177
 
Cardiac striated myofibril assembly and function  
Andrew Morris
a.j.morris@uky.edu
VA C305
 
Cell Regulation by Bioactive Lysolipids  
Paul Murphy
mpmurp3@email.uky.edu
Sanders Brown 211A
 
Amyloid Precursor Proteins (APP)  
Dan Noonan
dnoonan@uky.edu
BBSRB b151
 
Studying molecular mechanisms of cancer in a rodent model for liver cancer and an in vitro model for a human lung cancer
 
 
Sabire Ozcan
sozcan@uky.edu
BBSRB b155
 
Glucose regulation of transport, metabolism and gene expression in diabetes
 
 
David Rodgers
drodger@uky.edu
BBSRB b269
 
Structural enzymology, protein engineering, and drug design  
Kevin Sarge
kdsarge@uky.edu
BBSRB b153
 
Stress-regulated gene expression and its role in preventing human disease
 
 
Steve Schwarze
steve.schwarze@uky.edu
Combs 307
 

Investigating the role of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway in mediating cell death and cancer progression
 

 
Peter Spielmann
hps@uky.edu
Combs 124A
Structure of damaged DNA and its role in carcinogenesis; function of post-translational modification in signal transduction
 
 
Stefan Stamm
Stefan@stamms-lab.net
BBSRB b163
Mechanism of alternative splicing; Signal transduction pathways regulating alternative splicing; Alternative (mis)splicing and disease
 
 

Sam Turco
turco@uky.edu
CTW 473
 

Glycobiology, Molecular Parasitology and Pathogenesis  
Thomas Vanaman
vanaman@uky.edu
BBSRB b145
 
Intracellular calcium homeostasis and signalling  
Craig Vander Kooi
craig.vanderkooi@uky.edu
BBSRB b263
 
Cell Signaling & Tumor Angiogenesis

Charles Waechter
waechte@uky.edu
BBSRB b157
 

Mechanism of transbilayer movement of polar lipids in the rough endoplasmic reticulum; regulation of protein N-glycosylation
 
 
David Watt
dwatt@uky.edu
BBSRB b181
 
   
Sidney W. Whiteheart
whitehe@uky.edu
BBSRB b261
 
Molecular mechanisms of exocytosis  
Deneys R. Van Der Westhuyzen
dvwest1@uky.edu
CTW 541
 
Lipoprotein receptors and cellular cholesterol regulation  
Isaac Wong
iwong3@email.uky.edu
Combs 124C
 
Mechanism of DNA metabolizing enzymes and especially enzymes in base excision repair and retroviral DNA integrase
 
Haining Zhu
haining@uky.edu
BBSRB b165
 
Proteomics of Metal Ion Homeostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease

 Research Faculty

Brian Finlin
bfinlin@email.uky.edu
3-6128
BBSRB 263
 
Regulation of Insulin Secretion
Geng-Xian (Grant) Shi
gshi2@uky.edu
7-6776
BBSRB 136
 
 
Masahito Shimojo
mshim1@uky.edu
3-6629
BBSRB 263
 
 

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