Featured Research
Research within the Biophysics Graduate Group covers a wide range of topics at the
interface between physics and biology.
Physics
Theory
Computer modeling (Fink,
Fong,
Jensen
,
Longo ,
Singh,
Stuchebrukhov,
Benham)
Computer simulation (Allen)
Electron transfer (Fink,
Stuchebrukhov)
Electrostatics
Protein electrostatics (Stuchebrukhov)
Proton transfer (Stuchebrukhov)
Quantum mechanical calculations
Statistical Mechanics (Allen)
Magnetic Resonance
Electron spin resonance/electron paramagnetic resonance
(Britt,
Voss)
Nuclear magnetic resonance
(Dieckmann
Jue,
LaMar,
Troy
Optics
Fluorescence (Fairclough,
LaSalle,
Longo ,
Kowalczykowski ,
Simon,
Parikh,
Yeh)
Optical trapping
(Kowalczykowski,
Yeh)
Scattering/Diffraction
Diffraction (Fairclough)
Electron crystallography (Stahlberg)
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (Cramer)
X-ray crystallography (Baldwin,
Fisher,
Toney,
Wilson)
X-ray/neutron reflectometry (Kuhl)
In Vivo Imaging
Elastography
Magnetic resonance (Jue)
Ultrasound (Insana)
Microscopy
Atomic force microscopy (Fairclough,
Kowalczykowski,
Longo,
Yeh)
Confocal microscopy (Fairclough,
Longo)
Electron microscopy (Fairclough,
Stahlberg)
Laser scanning cytometry (LaSalle)
Surface Force Apparatus (Kuhl)
Mass Spectrometry (Lebrilla)
Biology
Back to Physics
Bioenergetics (Theg)
Biofluid mechanics (Barakat)
Bioinorganics (Cramer)
Biomechanics (Insana,
Kowalczykowski,
Longo,
Simon,
Yeh)
Biomolecules (Baldwin,
Jensen, Stahlberg)
Cell biology (Bradbury,
Britt,
Jue,
Yeh)
Chemical signalling (Pappone)
Chromosomes/genes
(Kowalczykowski,
LaSalle)
Cryopreservation (Crowe)
Enzymes (Baldwin,
Britt,
Cramer,
Toney,
Wilson)
Fertilization (Hedrick)
Glycoproteins/glycolipids (Fink,
Hedrick, Lebrilla,
Troy)
Ion channels (Fairclough,
Chen ,
Allen)
In vivo spectroscopy/imaging
Lipid dynamics (Kuhl,
Troy)
Membrane Proteins (Stahlberg,
Voss,
Allen)
Membranes (Fairclough,
Kuhl,
Longo,
Parikh,
Stahlberg,
Allen)
Metalloprotein (LaMar)
Molecular cytognetics
Muscle dynamics (Baskin)
Nucleic acids (Baldwin,
Baskin,
Benham,
Bradbury,
Dieckmann,
Kowalczykowski,
Singh)
Prions (Singh)
Protein-nucleic acid interaction (Baldwin,
Bradbury,
Dieckmann,
Kowalczykowski)
Protein structure/function (Baldwin,
Chen,
Fairclough,
Fisher,
Hedrick,
Kuhl,
Longo,
Parikh,
Singh,
Stahlberg,
Theg,
Voss,
Wilson,
Yeh)
Reproduction (Lebrilla)
Signal transduction (Chen)
Tissue/cellular engineering (Barakat,
Simon)
Tumor biology (Troy)
Viral infection (Dieckmann,
Longo)