The fundamental unit of all living organisms is invariably the cell, a self-contained system of numerous biomolecules that responds to and interacts with its neighbors and its environment. Areas of interest cover a wide range of scales and systems, such as the packaging of DNA within the nucleus, the organization and function of large complexes such as the ribosome, and the mechanical properties of cells themselves. Cells and the molecular systems contained within are studied using theories and techniques rooted in physics combined with the guiding principles of evolution. Techniques include molecular dynamics, optical tweezers, single-molecule spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and many, many more.
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Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Social evolution, quorum sensing, biofilms, infection, antimicrobial resistance
Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Metabolomics, Microbial Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Natural Product Biosynthesis, Chemical Biology, Biochemistry
Associate Professor, School of Physics
Membrane Proteins, Ribosome, Molecular Dynamics
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Bacterial Genetics, Signal Transduction, Small RNAs, Vibrio Biology, Biofilms
Professor, School of Mathematics
Discrete Mathematical Biology, RNA Secondary Structure, Combinatorics
Professor, School of Mathematics
Probability Theory and Applications, Aspects of Bioinformatics and Statistics
Associate Professor, School of Physics
Single-Molecule Biophysics, DNA-Protein Interactions, Gene Regulation, Chromatin Dynamics, Statistical Physics.
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Quantitative Genetics, Behavior, GPCR-ligand Binding, Epistasis
Assistant Professor , School of Biological Sciences
Cellular Mechanisms of Collective Cell Migration, Coordination of Cytoskeletal Regulators, Cell-Matrix Interaction During Cell Migration, Mathematical Modeling of Cell Migration.
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Computational Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Drug Discovery, Protein Structure Prediction
Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Developmental biology, neuroscience, cell biology, gene regulation, genome engineering
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Protein Biology and Biochemistry; Cell Signaling; Mass Spectrometry; Proteomics
Professor of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech College of Sciences
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics
Collective behavior; Nonlinear dynamics; Fluid dynamics
