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Gino Cingolani, Ph.D.

Gino Cingolani, Ph.D.

Director, UAB Center for Integrative Structural Biology
Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Cellular trafficking; Virus Structure and Assembly; Viral Genome Ejection

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Stephen Aller, Ph.D.

Stephen Aller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Structure and function of membrane proteins

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David Bedwell, Ph.D.

David Bedwell, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Dept of Biochemistry and Mol Genetics
Research: Translation termination in eukaryotes

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Juan Calix Jr, M.D., Ph.D.

Juan Calix Jr, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Research: Bacterial pathogens; Infectious Diseases; microbial surface glycans

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Debasish Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.

Debasish Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Research: Structural biology of enzyme pathways from pathogenic parasites

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Champion CS Deivanayagam, Ph.D.

Champion CS Deivanayagam, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Adherence mechanisms of gram positive bacterial surface proteins

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Terje Dokland, Ph.D.

Terje Dokland, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology
Research: Structural biology of viral assembly and bacterial pathogenicity

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Todd Green, Ph.D.

Todd Green, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Microbiology
Research: Structure-function relationships of viral replication, capsid structure

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Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D.

Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
Research: Design and synthesis of polymeric materials for controlled delivery of drugs and other applications

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Pramod Kumar, Ph.D.

Pramod Kumar, Ph.D.

Scientist III
Research: Signal transduction; Ion Channels; cryogenic Electron Microscopy

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Ravi K Lokareddy, Ph.D.

Ravi K Lokareddy, Ph.D.

Scientist III
Research: Protein Biochemistry; Viral DNA Ejectosome; Bacteriophage Structure and Function

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Aaron L. Lucius, Ph.D.

Aaron L. Lucius, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
Research: Biophysical chemistry of proteins and protein-protein interactions

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William M. Marsiglia, Ph.D.

William M. Marsiglia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Research: Signal Transduction, PI3K-AKT signaling, chemical biology, protein-protein interactions, kinases, structural biology

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Michael Niederweis, Ph.D.

Michael Niederweis, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology
Research: Functions and structures of outer membrane proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Jan Novak, Ph.D.

Jan Novak, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology
Research: Structure and function of autoantibodies specific for aberrant glycoproteins found in human diseases

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Chad Petit, Ph.D.

Chad Petit, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Molecular mechanisms of the influenza non-structural protein 1 (NS1)

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William J. Placzek, Ph.D.

William J. Placzek, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Anti-cancer target validation and structure-based drug discovery using NMR

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Peter E. Prevelige, Jr., Ph.D.

Peter E. Prevelige, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology
Research: Structural mass spectrometry of HIV1 and other macromolecules

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Matthew B. Renfrow, Ph.D.

Matthew B. Renfrow, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Analysis of protein glycosylation in human disease by high resolution mass spectrometry

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Jamil Saad, Ph.D.

Jamil Saad, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology
Research: Structural biology of proteins involved viral replication and cancer

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Yuhua Song, Ph.D.

Yuhua Song, Ph.D.

Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research: Identification and mechanism study of small molecule drug candidates for target proteins including immune receptor to regulate important cellular activities in Alzheimer's disease, cancer and other diseases using integrated computational bioengineering, computational biology, and experimental approaches

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Sadanandan Velu, Ph.D.

Sadanandan Velu, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
Research: Medicinal chemistry and drug discovery

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Mark R. Walter, Ph.D.

Mark R. Walter, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology
Research: Structure-function studies on host and viral proteins that alter the immune system

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Pengfei Wang, Ph.D.

Pengfei Wang, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
Research: Chemical strategies to develop vaccines and vaccine adjuvants

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Fengbin (Jerry) Wang, Ph.D.

Fengbin (Jerry) Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Microbial appendages, self-assembled nanotubes, cryo-EM and method development

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Jun Zhang, Ph.D.

Jun Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research: Structural biology of intrinsically disordered and RNA-binding proteins; RNA splicing

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Kevin Pawlik, Ph.D.

iSB Project Manager
E-mail: iSB@uab.edu


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