Faculty
The Center faculty includes clinical and basic science investigators from Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Feinberg School of Medicine, University of Illinois' College of Medicine and the Biological Division at the University of Chicago.
Affiliated Faculty
Wayne Anderson
X-ray crystallographic analysis of protein-ligand interactions
wf-anderson@northwestern.edu
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Michael J. Avram
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of hypnotics, sedatives, opioids, analgesics, non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockers, chemotherapeutics
mja190@northwestern.edu
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Lester (Skip) Binder
Microtubule proteins, fibrillar pathology in neurodegenerative disease
l-binder@northwestern.edu
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Paul Bryce
Nischarin as a target for drug development for anaphylaxis
p-bryce@northwestern.edu
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Irina Budunova
Alteration of cell signaling during tumorigenesis as the basis for the development of new approaches to prevention and treatment of cancer
i-budunova@northwestern.edu
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John Crispino
Transcriptional regulation of normal and malignant blood cell development
j-crispino@northwestern.edu
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John Disterhoft
Cellular mechanisms and pharmacological enhancement of learning in young and aging brain
jdisterhoft@northwestern.edu
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David Engman
Biology of parasitic diseases; Pathogenesis and treatment of myocarditis
d-engman@northwestern.edu
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Sui Huang
The perinucleolar compartment and malignant transformation
s-huang2@northwestern.edu
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William Klein
Cell and structural biology of Alzheimer’s disease; memory-linked synapse structure and signal transduction
wklein@northwestern.edu
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Robert Lamb
Viral glycoproteins, ion channels, and RNA-binding proteins
ralamb@northwestern.edu
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Brian Layden
Identification of selective small molecules agonists for the GPCR target FFAR2 (GPR43) through in-silico docking
b-layden@northwestern.edu
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Richard Longnecker
Epstein-Barr virus transformation, latency and entry
r-longnecker@northwestern.edu
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Thomas Lukas
Signal transduction, proteomics, systems biology, neurodegenerative disease, vascular disease
t-lukas@northwestern.edu
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Andrew Mazar
Cancer, pulmonary and neurodegnerative translational medicine
a-mazar@northwestern.edu
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Thomas Meade
Inorganic coordination chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry, and molecular imaging
tmeade@northwestern.edu
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Marsel Mesulam
Cholinergic pathways, cognitive mapping, Alzheimer's disease
mmesulam@northwestern.edu
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Stephen Miller
Regulation of T-cell immune responses, autorimmune disease models of multiple sclerosis
s-d-miller@northwestern.edu
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Alfonso Mondragon
DNA topoisomerases & proteins that modify DNA topology; RNA structure/function, spectrin & related proteins
a-mondragon@northwestern.edu
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Richard Morimoto
Molecular response to stress, protein folding quality control, misfolded proteins & neurodegenerative diseases
r-morimoto@northwestern.edu
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Sonbinh Nguyen
Inorganic/organometaollic chemistry, organic synthesis, polymer science, environmental friendly catalysis and biomaterials
stn@northwestern.edu
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Thomas O'Halloran
Chemistry and biology of transition metals and metalloproteins
t-ohalloran@northwestern.edu
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Leonidas Platanias
chronic leukemias, multiple myeloma, non-hodgkin's lymphoma
l-platanias@northwestern.edu
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Sarah Rice
Structural mechanisms for molecular motor function and regulation
s-rice@northwestern.edu
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Steven Rosen
Hormonal therapies of cancer and resistance mechanisms
s-rosen@northwestern.edu
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Karl Scheidt
New organic reaction development and the synthesis of molecules with interesting biological and structural attributes
scheidt@northwestern.edu
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Mala Shanmugam
HIV Protease Inhibitor Pharmacophore Based Development of GLUT4 Targeting Compounds for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma and GLUT4-Dependent Malignancies
mala@northwestern.edu
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Teepu Siddique
Molecular basis of neurodegeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
t-siddique@northwestern.edu
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Richard Silverman
Design/synthesis of enzyme inhibitors; mechanisms of enzyme inactivation; enzyme-adduct structures
r-silverman@northwestern.edu
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Alexander Statsuk
Chemical biology, protein degradation pathways, cancer
a-statsuk@northwestern.edu
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Regan Thomson
Synthesis and application of natural products to medicinal and biological problems, especially cancer and neurodegenerative disorders
r-thomson@northwestern.edu
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Robert Vassar
Secretases and animal models of Alzheimer's disease
r-vassar@northwestern.edu
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Douglas Vaughan
Plasminogen activator system in cardiovascular disease
d-vaughan@northwestern.edu
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D.Martin Watterson
Signal transduction pathways as drug discovery targets
m-watterson@northwestern.edu
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Gayle Woloschak
Nanocomposites; Genes controlling radiosensitivity and motor neuron dysfunction
g-woloschak@northwestern.edu
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Phyllis Zee
Aging and the circadian clock system; genetics of sleep disorders
p-zee@northwestern.edu
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