Research Areas

Studies of human and animal diseases with the purpose of screening, developing, and testing drugs, therapeutics, and vaccines against the infectious agents causing disease.

Studies that seek to understand the fundamental chemistry of life, the enzymes that control it, and how biological systems can be manipulated in novel ways using small molecules and unique chemistries.

Studies of gene structure and regulation using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches.

Studies that explore the physical, chemical and biological properties of membranes and their lipid, protein and carbohydrate constituents.

Studies that examine the organizational and dynamic properties of life at the scale of a living cell, including how networks of chemical interconversion within a cell create the energy and molecules needed for life.

Studies of the fundamental biology and therapeutic applications of single-celled organisms like bacteria, fungi, and protozoa and some of the important viruses that prey upon them.

Studies that examine the fundamental molecular, cellular and organismal biology of photosynthetic organisms, including how they can be engineered for important applications like biofuel production.

Studies that employ mathematically rich approaches to the investigation and modeling of biological systems, often involving the use of biophysics, computation, informatics, simulation and big data analytics.

Studies that explore the fundamental construction and dynamics of biological macromolecules and how these structures and their movements help create life.