Department of Biochemistry
Biochemistry Faculty Members
Boskovic, Danilo S., PhD, Queen’s University, Kingston, ONT, 1997
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Protein interactions in blood coagulation
Duerksen-Hughes, Penelope, PhD, Emory University, 1987
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Cellular responses to stress; genotoxin-triggered apoptotic pathways; papillomavirus modulation of host defense
Langridge, William H.R., PhD, University of Massachusetts, 1973
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Recombinant vaccines for protection against infections and autoimmune diseases
Neidigh, Jonathan W., PhD, University of Washington, 1999
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Cellular pharmacology of chemotherapy agents, nucleic acid metabolism, and protein design
Soto-Wegner, Ubaldo A., PhD, Catholic University of Santiago, 1994
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Mechanisms by which cancer associated viruses interfere with signal transduction pathways. Tumor microenvironment and tumor stem cells in tumor development.
Sowers, Lawrence C., PhD, Duke University, 1983
Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Genetic causes of cancer; DNA damage and repair
Wall, Nathan R., PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2000
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Transcriptional regulation of survivin and other essential cancer-associated genes for cancer therapeutics, identification of protein factors associated with cancer cell proliferation and oncogenesis, and molecular gene targeting and anticancer drug action
Wilcox, R. Bruce, PhD, University of Utah, 1962
Professor of Biochemistry
Biochemistry of endocrine system
Adjunct Biochemistry Faculty
Farley, John, PhD, University of California, Davis, 1977
Research Associate Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry
Biochemical mechanisms of bone-volume regulation and enzyme kinetics of mineral metabolism.
Gridley, Daila, PhD, Loma Linda University, 1978
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, of Radiation Medicine
Cancer immunology and radiation
Lau, Kin-Hing William, PhD, Iowa State University, 1982
Research Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry
Protein-tyrosine phosphatases, signal transduction mechanisms in bone cells, mechanosensitivity genes and mechanotransduction mechanisms in bone cells, and skeletal gene therapy.
Linkhart, Thomas, PhD, University of California, Davis, 1975
Research Professor of Pediatrics and of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone cell proliferation and differentiation, gene therapy for bone.
Rossi, John, PhD, University of Connecticut, 1976
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Professor of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
RNA processing catalytic RNAs and RNA interference.
Retired Faculty
Herrmann, E. Clifford, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Study and application of biomolecules: enzymes of proteolysis and casein phosphorylation, antibodies
Javor, George, PhD, Columbia University, 1967
Professor of Biochemistry
Cellular responses to reductive stress, regulation of coenzyme Q and porphyrin biosynthesis
Lessard, George, PhD, University of California, Riverside, 1973
Professor of Biochemistry
Oral biochemistry
Sood, Satish, PhD, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1978
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry
Protein structure and function, human milk and casein system studies, opioids from human milk
