Ph.D. Program in Structural and
Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics

Alumni in SCBMB

Gareth Adams, M.D., Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
gjadams@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 281-485-7451
Fax: 713-798-8941
Noninvasive assessment of peripheral atherosclerosis.
Mariah Baker Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
mariahb@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-5720
Fax: 713-798-6325
Structural Studies of the Calcium Release Channel
Mathew Baker, Ph.D. Alumni

mbaker@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-6989
Fax: 713-798-1625
Development and Applications of Intermediate Resolution Structural Analysis Tools: Integrating Bioinformatics and Electron Cryomicroscopy
ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu/~baker
Christopher Booth Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
christopher.booth@gmail.com
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“Developing and Applying Tools for Data Collection in Electron Cryomicroscopy”
Ezgi Okyay Booth Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
eo135456@bcm.tmc.edu
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Functional genomics
Carlos Cantu III, Ph.D. Alumni

texcar@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 858-677-0466
Fax: 858-677-0458
Engineering Substrate Specificity Changes in Tem-1 Beta-Lactamase With Limited Amino Acid Substitutions
James Carson, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College Medicine
james.carson@gmail.com
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Characterization and comparison of gene expression patterns in mouse brain
Juan Chang, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
juan.chang@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-6989
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Structural biology
Dissertation

Synergistic Approaches for Virus Structure Determination

ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu

Chetlen R. Crossnoe, M.D., Ph.D. Alumni

chetlen.crossnoe@ttuhsc.edu
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Structural Studies of [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxins and Their Application to the Mechanism of Action of Metronidazole
Xu Cui Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
xu.cui@bcm.edu
Phone: 713-798-1734
Fax: 713-798-4488
temporal perception, neuroeconomics
www.hnl.bcm.edu/
Wei Dai Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
wei.dai@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: (713) 500-5299
Fax: (713) 798-6325
Structural study of herpesviruses and macormolecules
http://hub.med.uth.tmc.edu/~hong/
Xiaoqun Joyce Duan, Ph.D. Alumni

joyce.j.duan@gsk.com
Phone: (919) 483-9294
Fax: (919) 315-4175
X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF PI-Sce I, A HOMING ENDONUCLEASE WITH PROTEIN SPLICING ACTIVITY
Anjelica Gonzalez, Ph.D. Alumni
Rice University
ag042775@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 832-824-4360
Fax: 713-798-0337
Tissue Engineering Approach to Leukocyte Migration
Jing He, Ph.D. Alumni

jinghe@cs.nmsu.edu
Phone: (505) 646-6256
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Finding and using local symmetry in analyzing 3-dimensional virus structures from electron cryomicroscopy and image processing
Guanghui Hu, Ph.D. Alumni

guanghui.2.hu@gsk.com
Phone: 610-270-6926
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Eryong Huang Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
eh139881@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: (713) 798-4347
Fax: (713) 798-1021
bZIP transcription factors and the development of Dictyostelium Discoideum
Hariharan Jayaram, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
hari@brandeis.edu
Phone: 781-736-2344
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Thesis: X-ray Structure of a Rotavirus Protein Involved in Genome Replication and Packaging
http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/miller_bio.html
Daoyun Ji, Ph.D. Alumni

dji@mit.edu
Phone: 617-252-1841
Fax: 617-452-4120
NICOTINIC MECHANISMS IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS
web.mit.edu/wilsonlab/
Wen Jiang, Ph.D. Alumni

jiang12@purdue.edu
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High Throughput Icosahedral Particle Reconstruction and Structural Interpretation at Sub-nanometer Resolutions
Kenneth J. Kalafus, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
kkalafus@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: (713) 798-4873
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Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics
brl.bcm.tmc.edu
Yifei Kong, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
yifeik@tammy.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-8997
Fax: 617-496-4793
Multiscale Simulation and Modeling
David Kristensen Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
dk131363@gmail.com
Phone: 713-798-7677
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Large Scale Discovery and Annotation of Functional Sites in Protein Structures
Kwanghyuk (Danny) Lee Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
kl148313@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-7335
Fax: 713-798-4373
Statistical Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Gene mapping
www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/genemapping/
Bingshan Li Alumni

bli1@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-7812
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Mapping disease causal genes using linkage analysis and population/family based genetic association study. Focusing on both methodology development and application of statistical methods on data analysis.
Jialin Li Alumni

jl148012@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-8190
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Yue Liu, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
yl131317@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-7334
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Development of Genome Assembly Software for Whole Genome Shotgun Projects
hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu
Srinivasan Madabushi, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
smadabushi@gmail.com
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Thesis: “Evolutionary Analysis of G-Protein Coupled Receptors’ Structure and Function”
imgen.bcm.tmc.edu/molgen/labs/lichtarge/
Vladimir Makarov, Ph.D. Alumni

vmakarov@amgen.com
Phone: 805-447-8575
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Yuxin Mao, Ph.D. Alumni

y.mao@yale.edu
Phone: 737-4469
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Thesis: Structure and Function of AP180 and Hrs Proteins of the Endocytosis Machinery
Mike Marsh Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
michael.marsh@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-6989
Fax: 713-798-8031
Structural Analysis of Human Adenovirus by Electron Cryomicroscopy
mikemarsh.googlepages.com/home
David Mittelman, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
david.mittelman@rice.edu
Phone: 832-413-3705
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Genome Engineering
Chaoping Qin Alumni

qin@bcm.edu
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Graham Randall Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
grandall@bcm.edu
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Multi-Scale Simulations of Type-II Topoisomerases


grandall.org

Scott Seo, M.D., Ph.D. Alumni


Phone: 410-955-5700
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Studies of LFA-1 and Mac-1 Adhesion on Human Neutrophils
Yufeng Shen Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
ys135495@bcm.edu
Phone:
Fax: 713-798-4373
Computational Genomics
Mathew Sowa Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
mathew_sowa@hms.harvard.edu
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Computational and Experimental Investigations into G protein signaling pathways.
134.174.17.106/pathol/labs/harper/NearFinalsite/harperwebpageNF.htm
Pamela A. Thuman-Commike, Ph.D. Alumni

pam@qedlabs.com
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www.qedlabs.com
Zhongmin Wang Alumni

zwang@newcenturypharm.com
Phone: 256-461-0024 ext 229
Fax: 256-461-4224
X-ray Structure and Function of Two Proteins: A Phosphate Transport Receptor and Adenosine Deaminase
Tiffany Weksberg Alumni
University of Houston
tw135464@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-743-3264
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Trichomonas Vaginalis Ferredoxin
www.chem.uh.edu/Faculty/Pettitt/ResearchWebpages/INDEX.HTML
Qikai Xu Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine

Phone: (713) 798-8308
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Systematic Study of Gene Expression and Function Correlation in Dictyostelium
Hui Yao Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine

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Computational analysis of protein structure and function from evolutionary perspective
Junjie Zhang Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
junjie.zhang@bcm.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-798-6989
Fax: 713-798-8031
Structural and Functional Study of Protein Machinery by Electron Cryomicroscopy, Image Processing, Computer Simulation and Bioinformatics Techniques
ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu
Zhen Zhang, Ph.D. Alumni
Baylor College of Medicine
zz2121@columbia.edu
Phone: 212-305-1046
Fax: 212-305-7379
Protein-protein interactions and protein engineering