About the Researchers and their projects

The biotechnology core facilty is closely associated with ongoing leading edge research projects on campus.

It offers scientists and students alike access to scientific equipment and expertise that facilitates modern biological discoveries.

Following is a list of our local researchers on campus with a brief summary of their field of research.

If you want to learn more about a particluar researcher or his projects, please use the link on the navigational bar to the left and you will be redirected to the professor's homepage.

Prof. Cheng:

The research field of Prof. Cheng is the discovery and optimization of natural products like antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs and other compounds of medical interest by metabolic engineering of biosynthesis pathways.

Prof. Collins:

The research field of Prof. Collins is in the molecular events involved in membrane biogenesis in phototrophic bacteria and development of methods to study membrane proteins.

Prof. Forst:

The research field of Prof. Forst is in understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria adapt to different host environments. His special focus is a motile gram-negative bacterium that engages in both mutualistic and pathogenic host interactions.

Prof. Kuchin:

The research field of Prof. Kuchin is investigating the regulatory mechanisms that control growth and development in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast).

Prof. McBride:

The research field of Prof. McBride is the movement of cells over surfaces without the aid of flagella

Prof. Prasad:

The research field of Prof.Prasad are functional genomics of nutrient limitation response in Escherichia coli K12 and Nitrogen fixation with non-legumes.

Prof. Steeber:

The research field of Prof. Steeber is the migration of leukocytes from the blood into tissues at sites of infection.

Prof. Saffarini:

The research field of Prof. Saffarini is to identify and characterize the iron and manganese reductases which are part of respiratory processes that impact both the carbon and metal cycles in aquatic environments.

Prof. Yang:

The research field of Prof. Yang is the application of functional genomic tools to investigate microbial gene expression in different environments and developing novel approaches for microbial diversity profiling.