Faculty

Lesa Beamer (Biochemistry) — beamerl@missouri.edu
Structural biology: X-ray crystallography of medically important proteins.

Fabio Gallazzi (Structural Biology Core) — gallazzif@missouri.edu
Synthesis and analyses of biopolymers: Peptides, peptidomimetics and bioconjugates for biomedical applications.

Tom Quinn (Biochemistry) — quinnt@missouri.edu
Cancer diagnostics, radiopharmaceutical imaging and therapy; cell and molecular imaging.

Stefan Sarafianos (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology) — sarafianoss@missouri.edu
Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and inhibition of HIV, SARS, and other viral and bacterial pathogens.

Chun Tang (Starting Spring 2008) — tangch@missouri.edu
Spatial and temporal characterization of macromolecular dynamics involved in protein complexes and signaling pathways.

Jack Tanner (Chemistry) — tannerjj@missouri.edu
X-ray crystallography of proline metabolic enzymes, bacterial virulence proteins and anti-DNA antibodies; structural bioinformatics of protein-bound water; molecular dynamics simulations of biological molecules.

Steve Van Doren (Biochemistry) — vandorens@missouri.edu
Structural biology: NMR investigations of protein structure, dynamics and protein-protein interactions, particularly proteins important in inflammatory diseases.