Biochemistry
Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes, which give rise to the intricacy and specificity of life. The biochemistry program at Georgia Tech is multifaceted and relies on the use of state-of-the-art technologies. The program focuses on the evolution, regulation, structure, function, and interactions of biological macromolecules. The division also includes chemical biologists, who use new methods to manipulate and design new biological systems, and molecular biophysicists, who elucidate the physical laws underlying cellular processes. The application of these approaches to biological problems provides innovative solutions to our health and environmental needs.
Faculty
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Natural Products; Genomics; Metagenomics; Biosynthesis; Enzymology; X-ray crystallography; Enzyme engineering; Chemical biology; Drug discovery
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Biophysics, Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, EPR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, Photosynthesis, DNA synthesis, Proton coupled electron transfer, Redox signaling, Solar energy conversion, Biomimetics
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Chemical biology, Organic chemistry, Click chemistry, Catalysis, Materials chemistry, Chemical biology; Organic chemistry; Polymer science; Biomaterials; Immunology; Protein nanoparticles; Medicinal chemistry; Antiviral agents; Combinatorial chemistry; Molecular evolution; SELEX; Cell targeting; Backscattering interferometry
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Bioanalytical mass spectrometry, Mass spectrometry imaging, Whole organ imaging, Metabolomics, Human microbiome analyses, Natural product biosynthesis, Environmental chemistry, Clinical microbiology
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Nucleic acids; chemical evolution; origin of life.
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Aquatic chemical ecology; Chemical signaling; Chemical communication; Marine natural products; Secondary metabolism; Drug discovery; Plankton ecology; Metabolomics
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Acid-β-glucosidase; Alzheimer; Amyloid; Aspartyl protease; Crystallization chaperones; Crystallography; Engineered antibody fragments; Gaucher disease; Intramembrane proteolysis; Lipid storage disorders; Membrane protein; Myocillin; Olfactomedin (OLF); Open angle glaucoma; Protein misfolding diseases; SER-CAT
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Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry; Biochemistry; Bio-inspired delivery of small molecules and nanoparticles; Nucleic Acid small molecule interaction.
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Synthetic Biology; Chemical Biology;
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Metallo-biochemistry, Metallo-chemical biology, Redox biology
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Structure & function of eukaryotic membrane proteins; membrane protein complexes; biophysics; cryo-EM; electron crystallography; 2D crystallization; image processing; inflammation; cancer
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nucleobase radical cations in DNA; oligonucleotides; Oxidation of DNA: Damage to Nucleobases; polymer nanowires; electron oxidization; conjoined DNA conducting DNA
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Proteins; Post-translational modifications; PTMs; mass spectrometry; proteomics; bioinformatics; cell signaling; G proteins; yeast; pharmacology; systems biology; bioinformatics.
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Ribosome; translation; RNA; RNA World; RNA folding; RNA Structure, RNA electrostatics; Iron; DNA Structure; DNA-Protein interactions; DNA-drug interactions; Origin of Life; crystallography; x-ray diffraction; biochemistry; bioinformatics; biophysics
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Analytical Chemistry; Bio-analytical Chemistry, Mass spectrometry (MS), MS-based proteomics; HPLC; LC-MS; Protein post-translational modifications; Cell signaling; Cancer; Metabolism; Disease biomarker.
