The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at UAB is comprised of scientists focused on cutting-edge research and discovery. To accomplish their research goals, our faculty deploy a diverse range of experimental and analytical technologies, including NMR, mass spectrometry, crystallography, genetic analyses, genomics, and enzymology.
Our faculty are housed in the Shelby Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, the McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building, the Bevill Biomedical Research Building, and the Kaul Human Genetics Building. Being centrally located in the UAB Health Sciences complex provides unique opportunities for collaborative research with many other basic and clinical investigators.
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics has assembled a diverse faculty of scientists focused on cutting-edge research and discovery. Areas of research include:
Cancer Biology
Sanjib Banerjee, Tom Broker, Louise Chow, Yvonne Edwards, Romi Gupta , Kejin Hu, Natalia Kedishvili, Will Placzek, David Schneider, Narendra Wajapeyee, Xinyang Zhao
Chromatin and Epigenetic Regulation
Igor Chesnokov, Kejin Hu, Tom Ryan, Tim Townes, Rui Zhao, Xinyang Zhao
Metabolism and Signaling
David Bedwell, Natalia Kedishvili, Kirill Popov, David Schneider, Xinyang Zhao
Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
David Bedwell, Yvonne Edwards, Kim Keeling, Matt Renfrow, Hengbin Wang, Rui Zhao, Xinyang Zhao
Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
Yvonne Edwards, Kejin Hu, Tom Ryan, David Schneider, Tim Townes,
Structural Biology
Champion Deivanayagam, Chad Petit, Will Placzek, Matt Renfrow, Dmitry Vassylyev
DNA Synthesis & Repair
Sanjib Banerjee, Tom Broker, Igor Chesnokov, Louise Chow, Pat Higgins
Disease Mechanisms
David Bedwell, Igor Chesnokov, Natalia Kedishvili, Kim Keeling, Matt Renfrow, Tom Ryan, Tim Townes, Rui Zhao
"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry." – Francis Crick (1966) Of Molecules and Men.