UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT THE
chemistry/biology interface
The University of Delaware offers a multidisciplinary graduate program at the interface between chemistry and biology, funded by NIH. The program involves faculty from six academic units and allows students to obtain a Ph.D. degree in either Chemistry and Biochemistry, in Chemical Engineering or in Biological Sciences. Research disciplines include: biochemistry, biochemical engineering, bioorganic chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, virology, bioanalytical chemistry, structural biology, bioinorganic chemistry, materials science and plant biochemistry. The program features: laboratory rotations to introduce students to diverse research areas; graduate courses that can be selected from six departments; a course on scientific integrity and ethical principles in research; a multidisciplinary seminar; and an intense research experience culminating in the submission of a Ph.D. dissertation.
- An intensive research experience in the laboratory of any faculty member of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program leads to a research dissertation.
- Multidisciplinary Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar, attended by students and faculty in the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program, featuring student and faculty presentations, as well as seminars by outside speakers from academia and industry.
- Ph.D. Advisory Committee composed of the research advisor and 3 to 5 others.
- Scientists meet with student regularly to monitor progress.
- Annual Poster Sessions attended by students and faculty in the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program to discuss their research in an informal setting.
- Weekly Seminar
- Student-invited speakers
By application to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, to the Department of Chemical Engineering, to the Department of Biological Sciences, or directly to the Chemistry-Biology Interface Graduate Program. Acceptance to a Ph.D. program in one of the three departments is required in order to be considered for admission to the CBI Program. Decisions on admission to the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program are made subsequently by the Steering Committee.
Because funding of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program comes from the National Institutes of Health, admission to the CBI Program is limited to United States citizens and permanent residents.
| ROBERTA
F. COLMAN Program Director (Chemistry and Biochemistry): Enzymology of Dehydrogenases and Glutathione S-transferases; Affinity Labeling and Mutagenesis of Adenylosuccinate Lyase and other Nucleotide Binding Enzymes |
MACIEK R. ANTONIEWICZ Metabolic Flux Analysis; Systems Biology; Computational Tools for Quantifying Cellular Physiology | BRIAN BAHNSON (Biochemistry): Intermediates of Enzyme Reactions and Enzyme Motions in Catalysis Viewed by X-ray Crystallography |
| THOMAS P. BEEBE, JR.(Analytical Chemistry): Measurement of Ligand - Receptor Interactions in Neurons Growing on Tailored Biomaterial Surfaces | JOAN BURNSIDE (Animal & Food Sciences): Regulation of Gene Expression by Growth Hormone and Cytokines | DANIEL D. CARSON (Biology): Extracellular Matrix Expression and Function; Reproductive, Developmental and Cancer Biology |
| JUNGHUEI CHEN (Biochemistry): Mechanism of Recombination in Both Prokaryotes and Eukaryotic Systems | CARLTON R. COOPER (Biology): Prostate Metastasis to Bone and Cell Adhesion | PATRICIA A. DELEON (Biology): Reproductive Genetics, Genomics, Sperm Proteomics, Male Infertility, Spermatogenesis, Molecular Aspects of Fertilization |
| MELINDA DUNCAN (Biology): Molecular Mechanisms of Vertebrate Eye Development | M. CYNTHIA FARACH-CARSON (Biology): Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Bone Extracellular Matrix; Ca2+ Homeostasis | JOSEPH M. FOX (Organic Chemistry): Synthetic Methodology and Organometallic Chemistry |
| ERIC M. FURST (Chemical Engineering): Cytoskeletal Structure — Function, Motor Protein Biophysics, Tissue Engineering | PAMELA J. GREEN (Plant and Soil Sciences; Marine Studies): mRNA Stability; Ribonucleases; Functional Genomics of Noncoding and Peptide Coding RNAs | XINQIAO JIA (Materials Science & Engineering) Novel Biomimetic Materials; Functional Biointerfaces; Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery |
| MURRAY V. JOHNSTON (Analytical Chemistry): Biological Mass Spectrometry | KRISTI L. KIICK (Materials Science & Engineering): Polymeric Materials for Cellular and Molecular Recognition | ERIC B. KMIEC (Biological Sciences): Genetic Engineering and Gene Targeting in Plant and Mammalian Cells |
| JOHN T. KOH (Bioorganic Chemistry): Chemical Biology of Nuclear and Steroid Hormone Receptors | KELVIN H. LEE (Chemical Engineering) Proteomics. Gene Expression Profiling to identify Rate-limiting Steps in Protein Secretion Pathways | JUNG-YOUN LEE (Plant & Soil Sciences) Molecular Mechanisms and Components of Cell-Cell Communication |
| ABRAHAM M. LENHOFF (Chemical Engineering): Separation Processes; Protein Molecular Biophysics, Protein Thermodynamics | ROBIN W. MORGAN (Animal & Food Sciences): Molecular Biology of Marek's Disease Virus, an Oncogenic Avian Herpes Virus | ULHAS P. NAIK (Biology): Signaling Through Cell Adhesion Molecules |
| SHARON L. NEAL (Analytical Chemistry): Fluorescence Probe Kinetics in Biomembrane Models | ELEFTHERIOS TERRY PAPOUTSAKIS (Chemical Engineering): Metabolic Flux Analysis; Metabolic Engineering and Genomics; Stem-Cell Engineering | DARRIN J POCHAN (Materials Science & Engineering) Materials via Self Assembly; Nanotechnology; New Biomaterials; Bio-inorganic organic Hybrids |
| TATYANA POLENOVA (Physical Chemistry) Biophysics and Structural Biology of Protein Interfaces; Protein Assemblies, and Metallo-proteins; Biomolecular Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy | CHARLES RIORDAN (Inorganic Chemistry): Synthetic and Mechanistic Models for Nickel and Zinc Sites in Proteins; Organometallic Drug Design | CHRISTOPHER J. ROBERTS (Chemical Engineering): Protein Aggregation; Prediction of Protein Degradation and Shelf Life; Protein Preservation |
| ANNE ROBINSON (Chemical Engineering): Molecular and Cellular Engineering; Engineering Protein-Protein Interactions in vivo and in vitro for Improved Protein Production | SHARON ROZOVSKY (Biochemistry and Biophysics) Function of Membrane Proteins; Lipid-Protein Interactions; Membrane Biophysics | JOEL P. SCHNEIDER (Bioorganic Chemistry): Peptide and protein de novo Design. Synthesis of Peptide Receptors, Probes and Biomaterials. |
| ERICA M SELVA (Biology): Genetic and Molecular Control of Signal Transduction during Drosophila Development | ROBERT A. SIKES (Biological Sciences): Prostate Development; Prostate Cancer Development, Progression and Testing of Novel Therapeutic Agents | DANIEL T. SIMMONS (Biology): Virology and Molecular Biology; Structure and Function of SV40 T Antigen and Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 |
| MILLICENT O. SULLIVAN (Chemical Engineering) Design of Polymeric Materials for Improved Drug and Gene Transport; Engineering of Cell-Biomaterial Interactions | DOUGLASS F. TABER (Organic Chemistry): Stereoselective Synthesis of Complex Physiologically Active Natural Products; Computational Organometallic Chemistry | COLIN THORPE (Biochemistry): Enzymology of Flavoproteins in Fatty Acid Metabolism; Protein Disulfide Bond Formation |
| ZHIHAO ZHUANG (Biochemistry) Chemical Biology. Molecular Mechanism of Protein Machineries in DNA Damage Repair and Tolerance Pathways, particularly the Regulation of these pathways by Post-Translational Protein Modification by Ubiquitination and Sumoylation | NEAL J. ZONDLO (Bioorganic Chemistry): Functional Molecular Recognition by Designed Architectures | |
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