Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

genome replication and maintenance •  transcription • RNA splicing • protein synthesis and folding • protein sorting •  protein structure and design •  macromolecular machines • enzymology • metalloproteins • metabolism • molecular modeling • signal transduction • drug design • glycobiology

Matthew Vander Heiden
Faculty Spotlight

Matthew Vander Heiden

Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Lester Wolfe Professor of Molecular Biology

Matthew Vander Heiden is interested in the role that cell metabolism plays in mammalian physiology, with a focus on cancer.

CHARMed collaboration creates a potent therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases

She’s fighting to stop the brain disease that killed her mother before it gets her

New technique reveals how gene transcription is coordinated in cells

“Rosetta Stone” of cell signaling could expedite precision cancer medicine

Taking RNAi from interesting science to impactful new treatments

News brief: Davis Lab

De-tail-ing RNA regulation in eggs and early embryos

How signaling proteins get to the mitochondrial surface