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Department of

Biochemistry

Faculty in the Department of Biochemistry participate in the following graduate training programs:

Biochemistry and Structural Biology Tri-Institutional Training Program in Chemical Biology Tri-Institutional MDPhD Training Program Neuroscience Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology
Primary Faculty
faculty photo Maxfield, Fred

Chair, Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Membrane Biology & Disease

faculty photo Dittman, Jeremy

Assistant Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Biophysics of synaptic proteins in C. elegans

faculty photo Eliezer, David

Associate Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Structural Biology of Neurodegeneritive Diseases

faculty photo Lam, Amy

Assistant Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Mechanisms of Proteosome Function

faculty photo Lu, Min

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Strucural Biology & Biophysical Chemistry of Proteins

faculty photo McGraw, Tim

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Membrane Trafficking and Metabolic Disorders

faculty photo Menon, Anant

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Mechanisms of Cellular Membrane Biogenesis

faculty photo Radhakrishnan, Arun

Assistant Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Mechanisms of Cholesterol Homeostasis & Transport

faculty photo Ryan, Tim

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Biophysical chemistry of the synapse

faculty photo Tate, Suresh

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Molecular Basis of Amino Acid Transport

faculty photo Wu, Hao

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Structural Studies of Cell Survival and Cell Death Signalling

Affiliated Faculty
faculty photo Allis, David

Tri-Institutional Professor

The Rockefeller University

Chromatin Biology & Epigenetics

faculty photo Hajjar, David

Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Nitirc Oxide - Eisosanoid Biochemistry

faculty photo Nimigean, Crina

Assistant Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Ion channel Structure & Mechanism

faculty photo Njardarson, Jon

Tri-Institutional Assistant Professor

Cornell University

Synthesis of natural products

faculty photo Tan, Derek

Tri-Institutional Assistant Professor

Sloan Kettering Institute

Synthetic Organic Chemistry & diversity-oriented synthesis

Core Facility Directors
faculty photo Bracken, Clay

Associate Research Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Director of the NMR Spectroscopy Core Facility

faculty photo Mukherjee, Sushmita

Assistant Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Director of the Multiphoton Imaging Core Facility

faculty photo Warren, David

Assistant Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Director of the Synthetic Chemistry Core Facility

Emeritus Faculty
faculty photo Breslow, Esther

Professor Emerita

Weill Cornell Medical College

Protein Folding & Interactions

faculty photo Horecker, Bernard

Professor Emeritus

Weill Cornell Medical College

Enzymes, Pentose phosphate pathway

faculty photo Wellner, Daniel

Professor Emeritus

Weill Cornell Medical College

Microsequencing and amino acid analysis in the determination of protein structure

Upcoming Seminars

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Endocytosis of EGF Receptor and Dopamine Transporter: Biological Functions and Unexpected Similarity of Mechanisms

E-115 12:00-1:00 PM

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Reid Gilmore, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Distinct Roles for Mammalian Oligosaccharyltransferase Isoforms in N-glycosylation of Proteins

E-115 12:00-1:00 PM

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Gabriel H. Travis, M.D.

Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine

New Insights into the Retinoid Cycle for Regenerating Opsin Visual Pigments

E-115 12:00-1:00 PM

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