Department of Integrative Physiology

  1. Baylor College of Medicine
  2. Departments
  3. Integrative Physiology
  4. Research
  5. Biochemistry and Biophysics

Biochemistry and Biophysics Research

Master
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Areas of Research

Content

Structural Biology

  • Allosteric mechanisms of ligand-gated ion channels
  • Structure and function of the t-tubule L-type Ca2+ channel and the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channel
  • Molecular and biophysical mechanisms of ion channel gating

Cellular Biophysics

  • Understanding molecular force sensors
  • Actin cytoskeletal dynamics and cell motility
  • Inducible protein allele technology
  • Ion channels in cell function

Developmental Biophysics

  • Biophysics of cardiac and vessel formation

Imaging

  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Photon microscopy
  • Ultrasound
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Research Faculty: Biochemistry and Biophysics

People
Beeton
First Name
Christine
Last Name
Beeton
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Professor
Dickinson
First Name
Mary
Middle Name
E.
Last Name
Dickinson
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Dean of Research
Hamilton
First Name
Susan
Middle Name
L
Last Name
Hamilton
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Professor and L. F. McCollum Chair in Molecular Physiology
Horrigan
First Name
Frank
Middle Name
T.
Last Name
Horrigan
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Lagor
First Name
William
Middle Name
R.
Last Name
Lagor
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Professor
Pautler
First Name
Robia
Middle Name
G
Last Name
Pautler
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Professor
Pedersen
First Name
Steen
Middle Name
E
Last Name
Pedersen
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Rodney Jr.
First Name
George
Middle Name
Gerald
Last Name
Rodney Jr.
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Wehrens
First Name
Xander
Last Name
Wehrens
Honorific Title
M.D., Ph.D.
Juanita P. Quigley Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Wythe
First Name
Joshua
Middle Name
D.
Last Name
Wythe
Honorific Title
Ph.D.
Associate Professor