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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ken Keiler
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lauren Webb
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Graduate Education
- Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Joseph & Jeanne Lagowski Professor in Chemistry
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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