Biomolecular Structure & Function

A research track exploring how proteins and nucleic acids are organized, and their structure and function in cells.

Using powerful techniques such as X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy, as well as biochemical or biophysical methods, models of macromolecules and their properties are used to explain the molecular basis of catalysis, recognition and disease.

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Chandrajit Bajaj

  • Professor
  • Computer Science
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Brett Baker

  • Associate Professor
  • Marine Science
  • Integrative Biology
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jeffrey E. Barrick

  • Professor
  • Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professor in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ethel Bayer-Santos

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:(512) 471-0966
Building: NMS
Room Number:2.116
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Brian Belardi

  • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Chemistry
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Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-232-1928
Building: MBB
Room Number:2.148BA
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Can Cenik

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Looking for highly motivated and ambitious Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to join the team. 

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Lydia M. Contreras

  • Professor
  • Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Kevin N Dalby

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Daniel J. Dickinson

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Stephen Carl Ekker

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Andrew Ellington

  • Professor
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ilya J. Finkelstein

  • Associate Professor
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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George Georgiou

  • Professor
  • Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: CPE
Room Number:4.410
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Marvin L. Hackert

  • Professor
  • William Shive Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Senior Associate Dean, Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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David W. Hoffman

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ken Hsu

  • Associate Professor
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Stephen F. and Fay Evans Martin Endowed Professorship in Chemistry (Fellow)

Telephone Number:512-232-2146
Building: NHB
Room Number:6.406
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Andres Jara-Oseguera

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Kenneth Johnson

  • Professor
  • Roger J. Williams Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Adrian T. Keatinge-Clay

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NHB
Room Number:4.123
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Ken Keiler

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:3.306
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Alan Lambowitz

  • Professor
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Daniel J. Leahy

  • Professor
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu

  • Professor
  • George H. Hitchings Regents Chair in Drug Design
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-232-7811
Building: PHR
Room Number:3.206B
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Yi Lu

  • Professor
  • Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry

Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

Building: WEL
Room Number:4.244
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Edward M. Marcotte

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1
  • Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: MBB
Room Number:3.148BA
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Andreas Matouschek

  • Professor
  • Associate Dean for Research and Facilities
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • College of Natural Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jennifer Maynard

  • Professor
  • Z. D. Bonner Professorship of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Despoina Mavridou

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jason McLellan

  • Professor
  • Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay

  • Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicolog
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

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Robert Newberry

  • Assistant Professor
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Rick Russell

  • Professor
  • Associate Chair for Graduate Education
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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David W. Taylor

  • Associate Professor
  • Marvin L. Hackert Professor in Structural Biology Fellow
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NHB
Room Number:4.121
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Lauren Webb

  • Professor
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Education
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Joseph & Jeanne Lagowski Professor in Chemistry

Building: FNT
Room Number:2.104A
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Christian P Whitman

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Y. Jessie Zhang

  • Professor
  • L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs