Structural Biology Research

This group utilizes X-ray crystallography and florescence spectroscopy to study hormone action, viral replication and chromatin structure.

Faculty in Structural Biology

B. George Barisas
Professor (Chemistry and Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology); Ph.D. Yale 1971. Biomedical instrumentation; cellular immunology; molecular endocrinology.

Debbie C. Crans
Professor (Chemistry); Ph.D. Harvard 1985. Biological chemistry; vanadium and transition metal chemistry relating to insulin mimetic effects; vanadium compounds with bone stimulating activities; enzyme mechanisms; phosphorus metabolism.

Jeffrey C. Hansen
Professor (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology); Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1986. Higher order chromatin structure and chromatin architectural proteins.

Karolin Luger
University Distiguished Professor, Howard Hughes Investigator (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology); Ph.D.University of Basal (Switzerland) 1989. X-ray crystallography of macromolecular assemblies, crystallographic and biochemical analysis of transcription regulation in a chromatin context.

Olve B. Peersen
Associate Professor (Biochemestry & Molecular Biology); Ph.D., Yale University, 1994. Structural and biophysical studies of viral polymerases and picornaviral replication complexes.