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The Center faculty includes clinical and basic science investigators from Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Feinberg School of Medicine, University of Illinois' College of Medicine and the Biological Division at the University of Chicago.


Affiliated Faculty

Wayne Anderson, X-ray crystallographic analysis of protein-ligand interactions
wf-anderson@northwestern.edu | website

Raymond Bergan, Pharmacologic regulation of cell adhesion
r-bergan@northwestern.edu | website

Lester (Skip) Binder, Microtubule proteins, fibrillar pathology in neurodegenerative disease
l-binder@northwestern.edu | website

Vincent Cryns, Modulation of cell death pathways
v-cryns@northwestern.edu | website

John Disterhoft, Cellular mechanisms and pharmacological enhancement of learning in young and aging brain
jdisterhoft@northwestern.edu | website

David Engman, Biology of parasitic diseases; Pathogenesis and treatment of myocarditis
Engman Laboratory
d-engman@northwestern.edu | website

Douglas Freymann, Structural basis of GTPase-ligand interactions
freymann@northwestern.edu | website

Jaime Grutzendler, Cellular dynamics in the neurovascular unit (neurons, astrocytes, microglia and blood vessels)
grutzj@northwestern.edu | website

Adrian Gross, Structure and dynamics of ion channels
a-gross@northwestern.edu | website

Changiz Geula, Molecular neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease
c-geula@northwestern.edu | website

Sui Huang, The perinucleolar compartment and malignant transformation
s-huang2@northwestern.edu | website

William Karpus, Role of chemokines and cytokines in autoimmunity
w-karpus@northwestern.edu | website

Anthony Kossiakoff, Structure/function of hormone: receptor complexes; inhibitor-protease structural studies
koss@cummings.uchicago.edu | website

Mary Jo LaDu, Apolipoproteins and neurodegenerative disease
mladu@uic.edu | website

Richard Longnecker, Epstein-Barr virus transformation, latency and entry
r-longnecker@northwestern.edu | website

Thomas Meade, Inorganic coordination chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry, and molecular imaging
tmeade@northwestern.edu | website

M-Marsel Mesulam, Cholinergic pathways, cognitive mapping, Alzheimer's disease
mmesulam@northwestern.edu | website

Richard Miller, Neural ion channels; neuronal death mechanisms
r-miller10@northwestern.edu | website

Stephen Miller, Regulation of T-cell immune responses, autorimmune disease models of multiple sclerosis
s-d-miller@northwestern.edu | website

Alfonso Mondragon, DNA topoisomerases & proteins that modify DNA topology; RNA structure/function, spectrin & related proteins
a-mondragon@northwestern.edu | website

Richard Morimoto, Molecular response to stress, protein folding quality control, misfolded proteins & neurodegenerative diseases
r-morimoto@northwestern.edu | website

Sonbinh Nguyen, Inorganic/organometaollic chemistry, organic synthesis, polymer science, environmental friendly catalysis and biomaterials
stn@northwestern.edu | website

Thomas O'Halloran, Chemistry and biology of transition metals and metalloproteins
t-ohalloran@northwestern.edu | website

Sarah Rice, Structural mechanisms for molecular motor function and regulation
s-rice@northwestern.edu | website

Steven Rosen, Hormonal therapies of cancer and resistance mechanisms
s-rosen@northwestern.edu | website

Karl Scheidt, New organic reaction development and the synthesis of molecules with interesting biological and structural attributes
scheidt@northwestern.edu | website

Teepu Siddique, Molecular basis of neurodegeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neuromuscular Disorders Program
t-siddique@northwestern.edu | website

Richard Silverman, Design/synthesis of enzyme inhibitors; mechanisms of enzyme inactivation; enzyme-adduct structures
r-silverman@northwestern.edu | website

D. James Surmeier, Modulation of neuronal excitability
j-surmeier@northwestern.edu | website

Regan Thomson, Synthesis and application of natural products to medicinal and biological problems, especially cancer and neurodegenerative disorders
r-thomson@northwestern.edu | website

Robert Vassar, Secretases and animal models of Alzheimer's disease
r-vassar@northwestern.edu | website

Mark Wainwright, Mechanisms of acute brain injury in children
m-wainwright@northwestern.edu | website


D. Martin Watterson, Signal transduction pathways as drug discovery targets
m-watterson@northwestern.edu | website

Phyllis Zee, Aging and the circadian clock system; genetics of sleep disorders
p-zee@northwestern.edu | website