SCBMB: Ph.D. Program in Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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Faculty in SCBMB

Jonas Almeida	Faculty	jalmeida@mathbiol.org Phone: (713) 792-9875 Fax:	Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Patrick Barth	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	patrickb@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-8508 Fax: 713-798-3145	Signaling mechanisms across biological membranes by computational modeling, design and experimental biophysics
Hugo Bellen	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	hbellen@bcm.edu Phone: (713) 798-5272 Fax: (713) 798-3694	Genetic and molecular analysis of neurotransmitter release and nervous system development in Drosophila www.bcm.edu/genetics/faculty/index.html
John Belmont	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	jbelmont@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-4634 Fax: 713-798-8142	Cardiovascular Genetics www.bcm.edu/genetics/faculty/index.html
Elmer V. Bernstam	Faculty University of Texas Health Science	Elmer.V.Bernstam@uth.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 500-3927 Fax: 713 500-3929	Biomedical Informatics www.sahs.uth.tmc.edu/evbernstam/
Penelope Bonnen	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	pbonnen@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-4256 Fax: 713-798-5741	Molecular and Human Genetics www.bcm.edu/genetics/?pmid=10590
Aladin Boriek	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	boriek@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-6091 Fax: 713-798-3619	Respiratory muscle mechanics; computational models of tissue mechanics, mechanical role of structural proteins in skeletal and smooth muscles, mechanical signal transduction in skeletal and smooth muscles
Jim Briggs	Faculty University of Houston	jbriggs@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-8366 Fax: 713-743-8351	Computer-aided drug design; Molecular modeling; Computational biophysics adrik.bchs.uh.edu
William Brinkley	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	brinkley@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5263 Fax: 713-798-5762	Structure and assembly of the mitotic apparatus; molecular mechanisms for aneuploidy and genomic instability in tumor cells.
William Brownell	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	brownell@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-8540 Fax: 713-798-8553	Cochlear biophysics and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility. public.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/research/cochlea/index.html
Wah Chiu	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	wah@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-6985 Fax: 713-798-8682	Structural and Computational Biology of Biological Machines ncmi.bcm.edu
John W. Clark, Jr.	Faculty Rice University	jwc@rice.edu Phone: 713-348-3597 Fax: 713-348-5686	Cell Modeling; Engineering in Critical Care Medicine www.ece.rice.edu/~jwc/
Cecilia Clementi	Faculty Rice University	cecilia@rice.edu Phone: (713) 348-3485 Fax: (713) 348-5155	Theory of Protein Folding; Protein Modeling and Simulations; Folding/Function relationship leonardo.rice.edu/~cecilia/research/
John Dani	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	jdani@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-3710 Fax: 713-798-3946	Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Communication and Plasticity neuro.bcm.edu/danilab/
Anne Delcour	Faculty University of Houston	adelcour@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-2684 Fax: 713-743-2636	Molecular mechanisms of bacterial ion channels www.bchs.uh.edu/people/faculty/research-divisions/index.php?155622-961-5=biolcc
Mary E. Dickinson, Ph.D.	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	mdickins@bcm.edu Phone: (713) 798-2104 Fax: (713) 798-3475	In vivo optical microscopy; Analysis of vascular networks; Role of mechanical forces in vertebrate development www.bcm.edu/physio/faculty/dickinson/dickinson.htm
Henry Epstein, M.D.	Faculty University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston	hepstein@utmb.edu Phone: 409-772-1826 Fax: 409-772-3381	Structural biology of myosin filaments, molecular chaperones, and protein kinase complexes. www.utmb.edu/ncb/Faculty/EpsteinHenry.html
Mary Estes	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	mestes@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-3585 Fax: 713-798-3586	Molecular biology and structure of virus assembly. www.bcm.edu/molvir/faculty/mestes.htm
Mauro Ferrari	Faculty The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine	mauro.ferrari@uth.tmc.edu Phone: 713-500-2444 Fax: 713-500-2462	Nanotechnology in Biomedical Applications nanomed.uth.tmc.edu
George E. Fox	Faculty University of Houston	fox@uh.edu Phone: (713) 743-8363 Fax: (713) 743-8351	RNA structure, function & evolution; bioinformatics prion.bchs.uh.edu/1/
Fabrizio Gabbiani	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	gabbiani@bcm.edu Phone: 713 798 1849 Fax: 713 798 3946	Biophysics of information processing in the nervous system glab.bcm.tmc.edu
Xiaolian Gao	Faculty University of Houston	xgao@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-2805 Fax: 713-743-2709	Biophysical and bioorganic chemistry of nucleic acids; NMR of nuclei acids, proteins, antitumoor antibiotics, and their complexes; development of biochips for genetic screening. gaolab.chem.uh.edu
Richard Gibbs	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	agibbs@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-6539 Fax: 713-798-5741	The Human Genome Project; molecular basis of human genetic diseases; molecular evolution. www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/
Hiram F Gilbert	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	hgilbert@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-4032 Fax: 713-798-6325	Protein folding and catalysis of disulfide formation during protein secretion in yeast www.bcm.edu/biochem/?PMID=3763
Ido Golding	Faculty	igolding@illinois.edu Phone: 217‐244‐4775 Fax: 217‐244‐7187	Experimental biological physics; spatio-temporal dynamics in living cells—real-time studies having single-event resolution physics.illinois.edu/people/profile.asp?igolding
David Gorenstein	Faculty The University of Texas - Houston Medical School	david.g.gorenstein@uth.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 500-2233 Fax:	Mol. Medicine Cardiovascular Research www.hbcg.utmb.edu/faculty/gorenstein/
Dan Graur	Faculty University of Houston	dgraur@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-7236; (lab) 713-743-2312 Fax: 713-743-2636	Biology and Biochemistry nsm.uh.edu/~dgraur
Rudy Guerra	Faculty Rice University	rguerra@rice.edu Phone: (713) 348-5453 Fax: (713) 348-5476	Meta-analysis for genetic linkage studies, case-control studies using haplotype blocks, and identification of multiple genetic markers influencing a single trait. www.stat.rice.edu/~rguerra/
Susan Hamilton	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	susanh@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5704 Fax: 713-798-5441	Calcium Release Channel Structure and Function www.bcm.edu/physio/hamilton/?pmid=6654
Vincent J. Hilser	Faculty University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston	vjhilser@utmb.edu Phone: (409) 747-6813 Fax: (409) 747.6816	Experimental and theoretical studies of protein structure and dynamics. www.hbcg.utmb.edu/hilser/index.htm
Frank Horrigan	Faculty	horrigan@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-4675 Fax: 713-798-5441	Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Ion Channel Function. www.bcm.edu/physio/horrigan/?PMID=9057
Lennart Johnsson	Faculty University of Houston - TLC2	johnsson@cs.uh.edu Phone: 713-743-3371 Fax: 713-743-3376	Computational Science www.cs.uh.edu/~johnsson/
Lydia E. Kavraki	Faculty Rice University	kavraki@rice.edu Phone: 713-348-5737 Fax: 713-348-5930	Computation of Shape and Motion in Biology, Computer-Assisted Drug Design www.cs.rice.edu/~kavraki
Ching-Hwa Kiang	Faculty Rice University	chkiang@rice.edu Phone: 713-348-4130 Fax: 713-348-4150	Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Biomolecules www.chkiang.rice.edu
Choel Kim	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	ckim@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-8411 Fax: 713-798-3415	Pharmacology www.bcm.edu/pharmacology/?pmid=9685
Marek Kimmel	Faculty Rice University	kimmel@rice.edu Phone: 713-348-5255 Fax: 713-348-5476	Informatics and statistical modeling of genome dynamics www.stat.rice.edu/~mathbio
Stephen Laconte	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	laconte@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-8499 Fax: 713-798-3946	www.cpu.bcm.edu/laconte/
Ching C. Lau	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	clau@txccc.org Phone: 832-824-4543 Fax: 832-825-4038	Genomics and proteomics of cancer, bioinformatics, and development of targeted therapy. public2.bcm.tmc.edu/pediatrics/index.cfm?This_Template=pedi_bio_lau.cfm&Realm=99992434
Suzanne M. Leal	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	sleal@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 798-4011 Fax: (713) 798-4373	Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/genemapping/
Olivier Lichtarge	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	lichtarge@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5646 Fax: 713-798-1116	Annotation and Designed Perturbation of Protein Function and Pathways mammoth.bcm.tmc.edu/
Steve Ludtke	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	sludtke@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-9020 Fax: 713-798-1625	electron cryomicroscopy, scientific image processing, structural biology, supercomputing ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu
Ellen Lumpkin	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	lumpkin@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-3418 Fax: 713-798-3946	Neuroscience Molecular Physiology & Biophysics MH Genetics neuro.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu/?sct=gfaculty&prf=29#awards
Jianpeng Ma	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine & Rice University	jpma@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-8187 Fax: 713-796-9438	Computational Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology sigler.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu/MaLab/
Michael A. Mancini	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	mancini@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-8952 Fax: 713-798-3175	Transcriptional analyses at the single cell level www.bcm.edu/mcb/?PMID=9330
Aleksandar Milosavljevic	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	amilosav@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 798-8719 Fax: (713) 798-4373	Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics brl.bcm.tmc.edu
Read Montague	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	read@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-3134 Fax: 713-798-3946	Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neural economics www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/faculty.html
Joel Morrisett	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	morriset@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-4164 Fax: 713-798-4121	Imaging, Genomics, and Proteomics of Human Atherosclerosis www.bcm.edu/biochem/?PMID=3769
Luay Nakhleh	Faculty Rice University	nakhleh@cs.rice.edu Phone: 713-348-3959 Fax: 713-348-5930	Computational biology and bioinformatics www.cs.rice.edu/nakhleh/
Timothy Palzkill	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	timothyp@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5609 Fax: 713-798-3145	Protein Structure-Function and Functional Genomics
Steen Pedersen	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	pedersen@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-3888 Fax: 713-798-3475	Allosteric mechanisms of ion channel function www.bcm.tmc.edu/physio/lab_pages/pedersen/index.html
Pawel A. Penczek	Faculty The University of Texas - Houston Medical School	Pawel.A.Penczek@uth.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 500-5416 Fax: (713) 500-0652	Structural Determinatin of Proteins and Molecular Assemblies
Monte Pettitt	Faculty University of Houston	pettitt@uh.edu Phone: 713-743-2709 Fax: 713-743-2709	Development of methods for calculating structure and conformational equilibria of biomolecules in aqueous environments.
Paul Pfaffinger	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	paulp@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-3060 Fax: 713-798-3946	Molecular Biology and Biophysics of Potassium Ion Channels t1domain.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu/
James Pflugrath	Faculty Rigaku Americas Corporation	jim.pflugrath@rigaku.com Phone: 281-362-2300 Fax: 281-364-3628	New methods of macromolecular crystal data collection and structure determination
Henry Pownall	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	hpownall@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-4160 Fax: 713-798-5134	Structures of Native and Model Plasma Lipoproteins http://www.bcm.edu/medicine/athero/?PMID=5154
B. V. Venkataram Prasad	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	vprasad@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5686 Fax: 713-798-1625	Structural Basis of replication in RNA viruses
Jun Qin	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	jqin@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-1507 Fax: 713-798-1625	Network analysis proteomics; the human DNA damage signaling network www.bcm.edu/biochem/?PMID=3779
Florante A. Quiocho	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	faq@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-6565 Fax: 713-798-8516	Protein Atomic Structure, Molecular Recognition and Function www.bcm.edu/biochem/?PMID=3780
Robert Raphael	Faculty Rice University	rraphael@rice.edu Phone: 713-348-3494 Fax: 713-348-5877	Cell Membrane Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Biophysics www.ruf.rice.edu/~rraphael/
Peter Saggau	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	psaggau@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-5082 Fax: 713-798-3946	Mechanisms and Modulation of Synaptic Transmission; Single Neuron Computation; Advanced Optical Imaging Techniques in Neuroscience
Michael F. Schmid	Faculty	mfs@tiger.3dem.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5734 Fax: 713-798-1625	Image Processing and Electron Crystallography of Macromolecular Machines ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu
Gadi Shaulsky	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	gadi@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 798-8082 Fax: (713) 798-1021	Genetics and Functional Genomics of Dictyostelium Development www.bcm.edu/db/db_fac-shaulsky.html
Richard N. Sifers	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	rsifers@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-3169 Fax: 713-798-5838	Glycobiology; regulation of endoplasmic reticulum degradation; conformational disease; alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency public.bcm.tmc.edu/mcb/faculty/sifers.html
Jack Smith	Faculty University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Jack.W.Smith@uth.tmc.edu Phone: 713-500-3925 Fax: 713-500-3907	Decision-Support Systems and Intelligent-Tutoring www.shis.uth.tmc.edu
Danny Sorensen	Faculty Rice University	sorensen@caam.rice.edu Phone: 713-348-5193 Fax: 713-348-5318	Numerical linear algebra and optimization; parallel computing; large-scale Eigenanalysis report.rice.edu/view/index.cfm?FDSID=807
John Spudich	Faculty Director, Center for Membrane Biology, The University of Texas - Houston Medical School	John.L.Spudich@uth.tmc.edu Phone: 713-500-5458 Fax: 713-500-5499	Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction / Microbial Rhodopsins www.uth.tmc.edu/cmb/
David J States	Faculty The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	David.J.States@uth.tmc.edu Phone: 734-615-5510 Fax: (713) 500-3907	Multidisciplinary computational applications for biomedicine. www.stateslab.org/contact.html
Francis Tsai	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	ftsai@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: (713) 798-8668 Fax: (713) 796-9438	Structure and Function of Macromolecular Complexes and Supramolecular Assemblies www.bcm.edu/labs/tsai/
Salih Wakil	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	swakil@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-4783 Fax: 713-796-9438	Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Multifunctional Enzymes, Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase and Fatty Acid Synthase intranet.bcm.tmc.edu/departments/biochemistry.html
Theodore Wensel	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	twensel@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-6994 Fax: 713-796-9438	Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu/~twensel/
Richard Willson	Faculty University of Houston	willson@uh.edu Phone: (713) 743-4308 Fax: (713) 743-4323	Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering; Biology & Biochemistry
John Wilson	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	jwilson@bcm.edu Phone: 713 798-5760 Fax: 713 796-9438	Instability of trinucleotide repeats in human disease, gene therapy for diseases of the eye
Stephen Wong	Faculty The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	STWong@tmhs.org Phone: 713-441-5884 Fax: 713-441-8699	Computational biology, high throughput cell imaging and medical imaging.
Sam Wu	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	swu@bcm.tmc.edu Phone: 713-798-5966 Fax: 713-798-6457	Retinal Neurophysiology www.bayloreye.org/cfdir/wu.html
Lynn Zechiedrich	Faculty Baylor College of Medicine	elz@bcm.edu Phone: 713-798-5126 Fax: 713-798-7375	DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance www.bcm.tmc.edu/labs/zechiedrich