Biotec Award Winners
Annual prize for outstanding research in molecular biology applied to biomedicine in Italy.
Christopherson II, Kent
CV, links and research interests in mouse and human derived DNA and protein applied to hematology and oncology by a postdoctoral fellow at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Clough, Steven J.
Uses genomic approaches, such as microarray technology, to ascertain global changes in gene expression in soybeans parasitized by microbes. From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dimattia, Gabriel
A research program exploring the function and regulation of a new class of growth regulatory hormones, termed stanniocalcins. From the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Dinman, Jonathan D.
Studies three distinct yet overlapping fields: virology, ribosome structure/function relationships, and regulation of gene expression. From the University of Maryland (College Park, MD).
Dixon, Jack
Research on protein phosphorylation, axonal guidance, and bacterial pathogenesis, with specific interests in protein tyrosine phosphatases, Dock, and Yersinia virulence proteins. From the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Epand, Richard
Research description, publications and interests. From McMaster University in Canada.
Errington, Jeff
This lab researches the molecular biology of cell division, differentiation, and morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis. From the University of Oxford in England.
Famulok, Michael
Research interests include SELEX, RNA, DNA, modified RNA, aptamers, intramers, ribozymes, peptide aptamers, and modified nucleotides. From the University of Bonn in Germany.
Ford, Barry N.
Molecular biologist interested in radiation effects, individual variation in response to genotoxins, adenine phosphoribosyl transferase. CV and links to publications. From Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Geilen, Christoph C.
Research is focused on sphingolipid-mediated signal transduction in human epidermal cells. From the Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, The Free University of Berlin.
Goodsell, David S.
Attempt to add esthetic appeal to molecular graphics and modeling research by author of Lexitropsin; DNA information-reading molecules, at Scripps Institute, La Jolla, California.
Graether, Steffen, PhD.
CV, publication list and introduction to research to study the structure and function of antifreeze proteins. Contacts at Heritage Medical Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Canada.
Grosschedl, Rudolf
The Grosschedl lab studies various aspects of transcriptional control of cell differentiation in the mouse, such as: assembly and responsivness of multiprotein enhancer complexes to Wnt signaling; gene activation in nuclear chromatin; control of B lymphocyte differentiation. From the University of Munich, Germany
Guptasarma, Purnananda
CV with structural biochemical theory, publications and research on macromolecules, mostly outside the living cell, at the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India.
Haber, Jim E.
Head of a molecular biology lab studying repair of DNA breaks in yeast cells by recombination. Includes research, lab members, publications, and downloadable protocols from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Henderson, Jeffrey T.
Research on the molecular biology of programmed cell death in the mammalian CNS, mechanisms of neural target innervation, and molecular therapeutics aimed at enhancing motor neuron function. From the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada.
Hofmann, Hans
Research into the effects of social experience on behavior and underlying physiological mechanisms at Harvard University Bauer Center for Genomics Research, Cambridge, MA.
Hongbao, Ma
Research in pharmacology of cholesterol and calcitonin gene-related peptide in heart disease. Includes Chinese and related links from Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Huberman, Joel A.
Studies of the regulation of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells. Includes research data, publications, and staff profiles. From the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY.
Kovac, Ladislav
Telomeres of yeast mtDNA, dimorphism and morphogenesis of various yeast species, as well as concepts of cognitive biology. From Comenius University in Bratislava.
Larade, Kevin, Ph.D
Publications and research interests in novel functional genomics of hypoxia and low oxygen tolerance, using anoxia-tolerant marine invertebrates. Based at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Leroux, Michel R.
The Leroux lab investigates, using structure-function studies, how molecular chaperones assist cellular protein folding. From Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC.
Liken, Andy
CV and research interests of biochemist seeking career in protein biochemistry/proteomics, having acquired his PhD in pathobiology at Pennsylvania State University, PA.
Marcotte, Edward
The Marcotte lab studies the global organization of proteins in the cell using techniques of proteomics and bioinformatics. From the University of Texas.
Margineantu, Daciana
Studies mitochondrial DNA, mitocondrial morphology, and mitochondrial diseases. Based at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA.
Mellon, Synthia
Studies the gene regulation of steroidogenesis, including neurosteroids. From UC-San Francisco.
Ng, Ken
X-ray crystallography of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases from positive-stranded viruses and carbohydrate-binding proteins. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada.
Nogales, Eva
Cryo-electron Microscopy (cryo-em) of macromolecular assemblies. Tubulin, XKCM1, transcription factors, TFIID, ARC, CRSP, chromatin remodeling. From UC-Berkeley.
Pat Brown's Lab
Identification of clinically distinct expression patterns, using DNA microarrays; with up to 30,000 genes to survey thousands of human samples at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, CA.
Pfaffinger, Paul J.
Research on the structure and function of voltage-gated potassium channels. From the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Scemama, Jean-Luc
The Scemama Lab is involved in characterizing hox gene expression in Morone saxitilis. From East Carolina University.
Sinz, Andrea
Research in the elucidation of protein-protein interactions and the structure of protein complexes using ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry at BBZ, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Leipzig, Germany.
Stephanopoulos, Gregory N.
A research group that studies bioinformatics and metabolic engineering. From MIT.
Stoddard, Barry
Studies of structural biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.
Suter, Beat
Lab studying the molecular genetics of development at McGill University.
Taylor, John
Career and academic details including abstracts and links to publications. Includes CV document.
Thomas, James L.
Resume and research on three-dimensional structure of human 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase based on experimentally tested homology modeling, performed at Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia.
Thorpe, P. H.
Studies of Cystic Fibrosis gene therapy. From the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Triantaphyllidis, Konstantinos
Professor describes studies of biochemical and DNA analysis of animals, and lists publications. Resume in a downloadable .doc file.
Warshaw, David M.
Research on the structure and function of proteins associated with muscle contraction at the intracellular level. From the Health Science Research Facility of the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
White, Michael
Cell and molecular biology research on the Apicomplexan protozoans and Toxoplasma Gondii at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
Willmore, William G.
How does oxygen modify protein structure and function? Low-oxygen adaptation and gene expression at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Wold, Marc
A tour of the Wold laboratory, which does research on eukaryotic DNA replication and repair at the University of Iowa.
Wymann, Matthias
Research on signal transduction of phosphoinositide 3-kinases in chronic inflammatory and proliferative diseases. From the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Yates, John
The Yates Lab develops new technologies for proteomic mass spectrometry such as the SEQUEST algorithm, MuDPIT separations, and the DTASelect / Contrast algorithms. From the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
Zinselmeyer, Bernd H.
CV and research interests of German-born PhD student currently in Scotland working on gene delivery.