Student Portal   :   Info For Faculty/Staff   :   FAQ   :   Announcements   :   Contact Us 
      :        :        :      :        :    
UCSC General Catalog
Welcome
Introducing UCSC
Fields of Study
Academic Calendar
Undergraduate Admission
Undergraduate Expenses and Financial Resources
Undergraduate Academic Programs
Graduate Studies
Resources for Learning and Research
The Colleges
Student Life
Programs and Courses
Teaching and Administrative Staff
Appendixes
Nondiscrimination Statement

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

230 Physical Sciences Building
(831) 459-4125
http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu


Program Description | Faculty | Course Descriptions

Faculty and Professional Interests

Manuel Ares, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
RNA processing, structure and function of RNA

Roberto A. Bogomolni, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biophysical chemistry, photobiology, light energy conversion and signal transduction in biological systems

Barry J. Bowman, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Membrane biochemistry and genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology of membrane proteins

Andrew Chisholm, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Genetic analysis of epithelial morphogenesis

Joshua M. Deutsch, Physics
Condensed matter theory

Ólöf Einarsdóttir, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Time-resolved spectroscopy, biophysics and bioenergetics, heme-copper oxidases, electron transfer, proton translocation

Jerry F. Feldman, Emeritus

Anthony L. Fink, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Molecular basis of protein deposition diseases-for example, Parkinson's disease and amyloidoses; development of drugs to prevent protein deposition, protein folding, and aggregation; biophysical studies of protein structure

Lindsay Hinck, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Neurobiology, cell biology, development

Theodore R. Holman, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bioinorganic and biological chemistry

Yishi Jin, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
HHMI investigator: synaptic development and plasticity in C. elegans

Douglas Kellogg, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Coordination of cell growth and cell division

Robert S. Lokey, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Organic chemistry; combinatorial synthesis, biotechnology, molecular cell biology

Robert A. Ludwig, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Plant microbe interactions, photorespiration, genetic recombination in plants

Pradip Mascharak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bioinorganic chemistry, design of antitumor drugs, modeling of active sites of metalloenzymes, design of catalysts for hydrocarbon oxidation, studies on intermediates in non-heme oxygenase chemistry, design of NO-donors for photodynamic therapy

Glenn L. Millhauser, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Electron spin resonance; nuclear magnetic resonance, melanocortin receptor signaling, agouti proteins, prions, peptide synthesis

Harry F. Noller, Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Ribosomes, RNA structure and function, RNA protein interaction

Clifton A. Poodry, Emeritus

Thomas W. Schleich, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biomedical magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry

William G. Scott, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Structure and function of RNA, proteins, and their complexes

William Sullivan, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Genetics, cell biology, development of the Drosophila embryo

Lincoln Taiz, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Plant development, light regulation of stomatal opening

Frank J. Talamantes, Emeritus

John W. Tamkun, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Transcriptional regulation, molecular genetics of Drosophila development, regulation of gene expression

Alan M. Zahler, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Molecular biology, splice site selection, and alternative pre-mRNA processing

Martha C. Zuniga, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Molecular, cellular, and developmental biology of the immune system