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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Heersink School of Medicine

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Primary Faculty

  • Banerjee, Sanjib, Ph.D.

    Banerjee

    Assistant Professor

    Research Areas
    Human papillomaviruses

  • Bedwell, David, Ph.D.

    david bedwellProfessor and Chair; Co-Director, UAB Structural Biology Program; Associate Director, Gregory Fleming James CF Research Center

    Research Areas
    Translation termination in eukaryotes

  • Beliaeva, Olga, Ph.D.

    olga beliaeva

    Assistant Professor

    Research Areas
    Retinoic acid biosynthesis pathway

  • Broker, Tom, Ph.D.

    Broker

    Professor Emeritus

    Research Areas
    Human papillomavirus gene expression, replication, and pathogenesis

  • Chesnokov, Igor, Ph.D.

    igor chesnokovProfessor and Vice Chair of Research

    Research Areas
    DNA replication and cell cycle progression in eukaryotes

  • Chow, Louise T., Ph.D.

    louise chowProfessor Emerita

    Research Areas
    Human papillomaviruses

  • Cingolani, Gino, Ph.D.

    Cingolani, Gino, Ph.D. HeadshotProfessor

    Research Areas
    Nucleocytoplasmic transport; viral genome delivery; bacterial viruses

  • Deivanayagam, Champion, Ph.D.

    champion deivanayagamAssociate Professor

    Research Areas
    Bacterial pathogenesis

  • Du, Ming, Ph.D.

    ming duAssistant Professor

    Research Areas
    Premature termination codons

  • Edwards, Yvonne J.K., Ph.D.

    Yvonne EdwardsAssociate Professor and Director of Bioinformatics

    Research Areas
    Bioinformatics to study Complex Biological Systems and Disease; Precision Medicine

  • Gupta, Romi, Ph.D.

    RomiGuptaAssociate Professor 

    Research Areas
    Genomic and Targeted Approaches for Cancer Gene and Therapeutic Target Discovery

  • Kedishvili, Natalia, Ph.D.

    natalia kedishviliProfessor and Departmental Wellness Champion

    Research Areas
    Biosynthesis of retinoic acid

  • Keeling, Kim, Ph.D.

    kim keelingAssociate Professor

    Research Areas
    Premature termination codons

  • Petit, Chad, Ph.D.

    chad petitAssociate Professor

    Research Areas
    Host-pathogen interactions involving influenza viruses and coronaviruses

  • Placzek, William, Ph.D.

    will placzekAssociate Professor

    Research Areas
    Cancer gene regulation

  • Popov, Kirill, Ph.D.

    kiril popovProfessor

    Research Areas
    Molecular mechanisms of metabolic control

  • Renfrow, Matthew, Ph.D.

    Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Developmentmatt renfrow.200.edited

    Research Areas
    IgA nephropathy and the analysis of protein glycosylation in diseases by mass spectrometry

  • Rizzardi, Lindsay F., Ph.D.

    Jerry Wang

    Assistant Professor

    Research Areas
    Functional genomics; single cell technologies, long-read transcriptomics, neurodegenerative diseases

  • Ryan, Thomas M., Ph.D.

    thomas ryanAssociate Professor

    Research Areas
    Cellular, genetic, and stem cell therapies in humanized animal models of hemoglobinopathy

  • Schneider, David, Ph.D.

    david schneiderProfessor and Vice Chair of Education

    Research Areas
    Ribosome biosynthesis; Regulation of gene expression

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