Faculty Research Interests in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

• Enzymology of DNA mismatch repair and DNA replication in E. coli and S. cerevisiae

• Molecular genetics of gene silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Chromosome structure and function

• Gene Co-Regulation and Evolution in the Olfactory System.

Chromosome Dynamics during meiosis in C. elegans and S. cerevisiae

Michael McAlear

• Molecular Genetic Analysis of DNA Replication and DNA Repair Proteins in Yeast
• Molecular analysis of the yeast homolog of the EBNA1-binding protein EBP2.

• Protein and nucleic acid structure
• Structure-function relationships in protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions using UV resonance Raman spectroscopy

• Analysis of protein translocation pathways in bacteria: its genetics, regulation and biochemistry 

Rich Olson

• X-ray crystallography and biophysical characterization of soluble/membrane proteins