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Bagdasarian,
Michael (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) Structural Biology,
Molecular Pathogenesis, Protein Secretion, Recombinant Vaccines (bagdasa3@msu.edu)
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Bates, Peter (Mathematics) Infinite-dimensional dynamical
systems, nonlinear elliptic and parabolic PDE, phase transitions (mathchair@math.msu.edu)
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Bauer, Wolfgang
(Physics and Astronomy) Nuclear theory, in particular heavy ion reaction
theory (bauer@pa.msu.edu)
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Beck, Warren
(Chemistry) Protein dynamics and reactions in proteins using fast
laser spectroscopic methods(beck@msu.edu)
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Billinge,
Simon (Physics and Astronomy) Study the relationship between local
atomic structure and properties of materials using novel x-ray and
neutron scattering techniques (billinge@msu.edu)
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Blanchard,
Gary (Chemistry) (blanchard@chemistry.msu.edu)
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Cao,
Yue (Radiology) Application of new MRI techniques to address clinical
driven neurological and radiological questions (caoyu@msu.edu)
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Chan,
Christina (Chemical Engineering and Material Science) Integrating
various levels of information from genetic expression to metabolic
data (krischan@egr.msu.edu)
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Cheng, Hans (USDA-ARS
Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory) Structural and functional genomics
of disease resistance in chicken.  |
Cole, James
(Microbial Ecology Center) The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) provides
ribosome related data services to the scientific community (colej@msu.edu)
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Cukier,
Robert (Chemistry) Quantum and classical mechanics methods development
for simulation of reaction mechanisms in enzymes; Modelling kinetics
and electrostatic interactions of protein assemblies (cukier@cem.msu.edu)
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Duxbury,
Phillip (Physics and Astronomy) Statistical Mechanics, Disordered
Systems, Materials Theory, Computational Physics (duxbury@pa.msu.edu)
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Feig,
Michael (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Chemistry) Modeling
of supramolecular assemblies and membrane environments. Protein structure
prediction and refinement (feig@msu.edu)
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Ferguson-Miller,
Shelagh (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Cytochrome c oxidases,
protein structure and computation (fergus20@msu.edu)
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Fu,
Wenjiang (Epidemiology) Statistical and epidemiological research,
including cancer studies, and methodological research in statistical
computing and clinical trials (fuw@msu.edu)
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Garavito,
Michael (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Elucidation of structure-function
relationships in membrane proteins and molecular complexes using macromolecular
crystallography and other biophysical methods (garavito@msu.edu)
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Gardiner,
Joseph (Epidemiology) Development of models that reflect the experience
of patients in sustained and changing states of health, and methods
for analyzing jointly both cost and effectiveness measures using multivariate
methods from survival analyses (gardine3@msu.edu)
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Getty, Thomas
(Zoology/Kellogg Biological Station) Evolution of signaling, social
behavior and life history strategies (getty@kbs.msu.edu)
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Goodman, Erik
(Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering)
The Genetic Algorithms Research and Applications Group (GARAGe) studies
and advances evolutionary computation, building on principles abstracted
from nature (goodman@egr.msu.edu)
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Harrison,
Michael (Physics and Astronomy) Physics of sensory thresholds
in primates: signal-to-noise factors in theoretical neuroscience (harrison@pa.msu.edu)
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Hartmann,
William (Physics and Astronomy) Systems Biology. Test theories
of sound localization and binaural hearing against experiments on
human listeners (hartmann@pa.msu.edu)
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Hausinger,
Robert (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics/Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology) structure/function studies of enzymes and biological processes
involving metal ions (hausinge@msu.edu)
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Hayes, Daniel
(Fisheries and Wildlife) Determine how fish habitat affects their
population dynamics, general ecology of fishes (hayesdan@msu.edu)
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Hoogstraten,
Charles (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Cell and Molecular
Biology Program) RNA catalysis and RNA-protein interactions; biomolecular
NMR and EPR methods and applications(hoogstr3@msu.edu)
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Huebner,
Marianne (Statistics and Probability) Host-parasite systems in
mathematical ecology; statistical issues in data analysis of microarray
experiments; genetic association for complex traits; biological networks
(huebner@msu.edu)
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Jackson, Julius
(Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) Gene and protein sequence in
evolution (jhjacksn@msu.edu)
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Kron, Michael (Medicine, College of Human Medicine,
and Institute of International Health) Drug development (Michael.Kron@ht.msu.edu)
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Kroos,
Lee (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics) Determining the structures of bacterial transcription factors;
Molecular mechanisms of signaling and gene regulation during bacterial
development (kroos@msu.edu)
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Kuhn, Leslie
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Developing computational approaches
for protein folding, ligand interactions, and design (KuhnL@msu.edu)
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Lenski, Richard
(Crop and Soil Science/Microbiology and Molecular Genetics/Zoology)
Experimental evolution, Escherichia coli and Digital organisms
in the Avida system (lenski@msu.edu)
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McCracken,
John (Chemistry) Development and use of Electron Paramagnetic
Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy for the structural characterization of
paramagnetic centers in biologicalsystems (mccracke@msu.edu)
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Ofria, Charles
(Computer Science and Engineering) (ofria@msu.edu)
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Piecuch,
Piotr (Chemistry) (piecuch@cem.msu.edu)
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Preiss, Jack
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Structural Biology, Evolutionary
Modeling (preiss@msu.edu)
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Punch, William
(Computer Science and Engineering) (punch@cse.msu.edu)
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Schmidt, Thomas
(Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) (tschmidt@msu.edu)
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Seibold,
Steve (Chemistry) Computational methods (Molecuar Dynamics, Docking,
etc.) to investigate protein structure function relationships in ligand
binding and water chain formation necessary for enzyme activity (seibolds@msu.edu)
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Shachar-Hill,
Yair (Plant Biology) We study metabolic networks in plant systems
including developing seeds and mycorrhizas. (yairhill@msu.edu)
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Sklenak,
Stepan Jaroslav Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy
of Sciences of the Czech Republic (stepan.sklenak@jh-inst.cas.cz)
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Tang, Moxun (Mathematics)
(tang@math.msu.edu)  |
Tomanek,
David (Physics and Astronomy) Nanostructures (tomanek@pa.msu.edu)
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Torng, Eric
(Computer Science and Engineering) Developing algorithms for identifying
disulfide bonds given mass spectral data; Evaluating and developing
algorithms for phylogeny reconstruction (torng@msu.edu)
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Vieille,
Claire (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Studying the determinants
of protein thermostability using hyperthermophilic enzymes as models
; Changing enzyme substrate and cofactor specificities, changing enzyme
stability to temperature and pH; Comparing flexibility in mesophilic
and hyperthermophilic proteins by NMR and molecular dynamics (vieille@msu.edu)
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Wang, Chang Yi (Mathematics) (cywang@math.msu.edu)
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Wedemeyer,
Bill (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Physics and Astronomy)
(proteins@msu.edu)  |
Wei, Guowei
(Mathematics) Advanced numerical methods for the structure and dynamics
of biological macromolecules. (
wei@math.msu.edu)  |
Weliky,
David (Chemistry/Cell and Molecular Biology Program) NMR and crystallography
for structure determination of viral fusion peptides and proteins
(weliky@cem.msu.edu)  |
Wenkert, David (Physiology) Collaborations in drug design
in the areas of infectious diseases and cancer (wenkert@msu.edu)
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Yan,
Honggao (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Protein structure,
function and dynamics with applications to protein engineering and
structure-based drug design (yanh@msu.edu)
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Executive
Committee
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Bates, Peter (Mathematics) (mathchair@math.msu.edu)
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Bauer, Wolfgang
(Physics and Astronomy) (bauer@pa.msu.edu)
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Chan,
Christina (Chemical Engineering and Material Science) Integrating
various levels of information from genetic expression to metabolic
data (krischan@egr.msu.edu)
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Cukier,
Robert (Chemistry) Quantum and classical mechanics methods development
for simulation of reaction mechanisms in enzymes; Modelling kinetics
and electrostatic interactions of protein assemblies (cukier@cem.msu.edu)
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Duxbury,
Phillip (Physics and Astronomy) Statistical Mechanics, Disordered
Systems, Materials Theory, Computational Physics (duxbury@pa.msu.edu)
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Feig,
Michael (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Chemistry) Modeling
of supramolecular assemblies and membrane environments. Protein structure
prediction and refinement (feig@msu.edu)
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Ferguson-Miller
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Cytochrome c oxidases, protein
structure and computation (fergus20@msu.edu)
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Hausinger,
Robert (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics/Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology) structure/function studies of enzymes and biological processes
involving metal ions (hausinge@msu.edu)
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Hoogstraten,
Charles (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) RNA catalysis and
RNA-protein interactions; biomolecular NMR and EPR methods and applications
(hoogstr3@msu.edu)  |
Huebner,
Marianne (Statistics and Probability) Host-parasite systems in
mathematical ecology; statistical issues in data analysis of microarray
experiments; genetic association for complex traits; biological networks
(huebner@msu.edu)  |
Kuhn, Leslie
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Developing computational approaches
for protein folding, ligand interactions, and design(KuhnL@msu.edu)
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Lenski, Richard
(Crop and Soil Science/Microbiology and Molecular Genetics/Zoology)
(lenski@msu.edu)  |
Ofria, Charles
(Computer Science and Engineering) (ofria@msu.edu)
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Punch, William
(Computer Science and Engineering) (punch@cse.msu.edu)
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Torng, Eric
(Computer Science and Engineering) Developing algorithms for identifying
disulfide bonds given mass spectral data; Evaluating and developing
algorithms for phylogeny reconstruction (torng@msu.edu)
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Vieille,
Claire (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Studying the determinants
of protein thermostability using hyperthermophilic enzymes as models
; Changing enzyme substrate and cofactor specificities, changing enzyme
stability to temperature and pH; Comparing flexibility in mesophilic
and hyperthermophilic proteins by NMR and molecular dynamics (vieille@msu.edu)
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Wedemeyer,
Bill (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Physics and Astronomy)
(proteins@msu.edu)  |
Yan,
Honggao (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Protein structure,
function and dynamics with applications to protein engineering and
structure-based drug design (yanh@msu.edu)
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External
Advisory Board
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Adami,
Chris (Digital Life Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences) Understanding how
the fundamental principles of evolution shape genomes, populations,
and ecosystems (adami@caltech.edu)
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Banavar,
Jayanth (Physics, Pennsylvania State University) (jayanth@phys.psu.edu)
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Levy,
Ronald (Rutgers University) Computational approaches to protein
structure, folding, dynamics, and ligand binding; structural biology
of transcription and macromolecular machines; Transcriptional regulation
and gene expression, statistical models for biological networks (ronlevy@lutece.rutgers.edu)
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Maggiora,
Gerald (Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona College
of Pharmacy Institute for Biomedical Research and Biotechnology, University
of Arizona) Includes drug design, ligand-protein interactions, protein
structure, SAR; Relational methods in biology and mathematical modeling
(maggiora@pharmacy.arizona.edu)
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Sun, Fengzhu
(Molecular Biology and Mathematics, University of Southern California)
Mutation mechanisms of PCR, microsatellite evolution; Interaction
networks, protein function (fsun@usc.edu)
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