Faculty Appointments

Minneapolis Department- Physiological Chemistry/Medical Biochemistry

Name Tenure Research Areas Papers & Photos

Bell, Charles John

1888-1902

 

Beard, Richard Olding

1888-1914

 

Carel, Hubert

1895-1908

 

 

Wilcox, M.

1895-1908

 

 

Sedqwick, Julius Parker

1906-1915

Gastric aciditis, blood sugar and oric acid levels in newborns; dietary management of diabetes.

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Scott, Fredrick

1908-1913

 

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Schultz, Fredrick

19-11-1915

Gastric/pancreatic digestion in infacts; pyrogenic action of lactose.

 

Gibson, Robert

1911-1914

Articial globulin

 

Kingsbury, Francis Bullark

1913-1923

Hippucurate could be used to test for renel function.

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Pettibone, Chauncy Vallette

1913-1929

Amino acids in blood; vitamins

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McClendon, Jesse Francis

1914-1939

Low iodine-goiter relationship; micromanipulation - Frog egg development

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Greisheimer, Ester

1919-1935

Major blood constituents; effect of diet on formation of liver glycogen

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Medes, Grace

1924-1928

Effects of anesthesia on living cells; metabolic studies of tyrosinosis

 

Pascoe, Truman

1925-1930

 

 

Hemingway, Allan

1930-1942

Electrical conductivity of biological materials

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Cavett, Jesse

1930-1937

Clinical biochemistry; thyroid hormone

 

Armstrong, Wallace

1934-1974

Metabolism and biological effects of floride

Univ. MN Archive

Classic Papers

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Arnow, L. Earle

1935-1942

Accurance of glutamic acid in protein

 

Samuels, Leo

1937-1944

Steroid biochemistry

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Freundlich, Herbert

1938-1940

Colloid chemistry

 

Sollner, Karl

1939-1963

Membranes - heterologous pore size, microelectric circulation, electroosmosis

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Burr, George

1940-1946

Discovery of essential fatty acids and Vitamin E

 

Barnes, Richard

1940-1944

Mon-caloric functional dietary fat

 

Mickelson, Olaf

1940-1945

 

 

Lundberg, Walter (Hormel Inst.)

1944-1949

 

 

Barnum, Jr, Cyrus

1942-1965

Polarity of cystine-systine system

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Univ. Min. Archives

Wood, Harland

1943-1946

Metabolic reactions, heavy isotopes, fixation of CO2 into pyruvate and tissue

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Utter, Merton

1943-1946

Metabolic reactions, heavy isotopes, fixation of CO2 into pyruvate and tissue

 

Holman, Ralph (Hormel Inst.)

1944-1948

Endocrinology; steroid biochemistry; essential fatty acids

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Glick, David

1945-1962

Vitamins; enzymes; quantitative histochemistry, mucolytic enzymes

 

Cohen, David

1946-1956

 

 

Frame, Elizabeth

1946-1953

Amino acid metabolism

 

Carr, Charles

1946-1984

Membranes and electrical behavior

Classic Papers

1979 Photo

Singer, Leon

1949-1988

 

1979 Photo

Dunshee, Bryant

1949-1952

 

 

Caster, William

1951-1964

 

 

Gutmann, Helmut (VA Hospital)

1952-1979

Cancer

 

Van Pilsum, John

1954-1992

 

1979 Photo

Boyer, Paul

1955-1963

Enzyme mechanisms; oxidative phosphorylation

 

Von Korff, Richard

1955-1966

Cellular respiration

 

Ungar, Frank

1958-1990

Regulation of enzymes in steroid biosynthesis

1979 Photo

Carlson, Curtis

1959-1964

 

 

Bensen, Ellis

1959-1973

 

 

Smith, Quention

1959

Oral secretions and human pathology

 

Koerner, James

1961-2002

DNA hydrolysis, neurotransmitters and receptors

1979 Photo

Dempsey, Mary

1962-2003

Regulation of lipid metabolism; regulation of cholesterol synthesis, lipid transport proteins and their receptors.

1979 Photo

Wetlaufer, Donald

1962-1975

Biopolymers, protein structure and stability

 

Gray, Ernest

1962-1965

 

1979 Photo

Bernlohr, Robert

1965-1974

Microbial biochemistry

 

Edstrom, Ronald

1964-

 

 

Pollara, Bernard

1964-1969

 

 

Larner, Joseph

1965-1969

 

 

Wold, Finn

1966-1974

Chemistry of proteins and enzymes

Classic Papers

1974 Photo
1979 Photo

Bodley, James

1967-1998

Protein biosynthesis and RNA structure and function.

Classic Papers

1979 Photo
2003 Photo

Pothapragada, Venketaswarlu

19868-1974

 

 

Short, Everett

1969-1974

 

 

Notation, Albert

1968-1976

 

 

Roon, Robert

1970-

Amino acid transport and amino acid neurotransmission
in the mammalian brain.

1979 Photo
2009 Photo

Howard, James

1970-2002

Protein Structure; Metalloproteins

1979 Photo

Rosenberg, Andreas

1970-1998

 

 

Vatessary, Govid
(VA Hospital)

1970-1978

 

 

Blomquist, Charles

1970-

 

 

Kelley, William

1972-1976

 

 

Tan, Agnes
(VA Hospital)

1972-1988

 

 

Gilboe, Daniel
(VA Hospital)

1972-1998

 

 

Oegema, Theodore

1975-2005

Proteoglycan and extracellular matrix function.

1979 Photo

Hogenkamp, Harry

1976-2002

Vitamin B12-dependent enzyme mechanisms

Classic Papers

1979 Photo

Martin, Nancy

1977-1990

 

1979 Photo

Lipscomb, John

1977-2022

Oxygenase mechanisms, metalloproteins, magnetic resonance techniques, kinetics.

1979 Photo

Livingston, Dennis

1977-

Genome stability, mutation; DNA replication, repair and genetic recombination.

1979 Photo
2009 Photo

Adolph, Kenneth

1979-

Gene structure and regulation.

1979 Photo
2009 Photo

Thomas, David

1980-

Molecular dynamics in muscle.

2009 Photo

Towle, Howard

1980-

Nutritional and hormonal regulation of mammalian gene expression.

1979 Photo
2009 Photo

LaPorte, David

1983-

Gene expression; protein phosphorylation cascades.

2009 Photo

Sanders, Michel

1986-

Eukaryotic molecular biology; hormone action; gene expression.

2009 Photo

Goldberg, Nelson

1987-1999

Analysis of cyclic nucleotides and their biological functions as second messengers

Classic Papers

VanNess, Brian

1987-1997

Molecular immunology; gene expression; lymphoid cancers.

 

Banaszak, Leonard

1989-2007

Protein design, structure and function, X-Ray crystallography

2007 Photo
2007 Group Photo

Egelman, Edward

1989-1999

Homologous recombination; RecA protein; F-actin macromolecular assembiles

 

Siliciano, Paul

1990-

Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular genetics.

2009 Photo

Ohlendorf, Douglas

1991-

Protein engineering; structural biology; x-ray crystallography; molecular biology.

2009 Photo

Mayo, Kevin

1993-

Cell adhesion; protein-protein/carbohydrate interactions.

2009 Photo

Lange, Alex

1994-

Diabetes, metabolite sensing and signaling, metabolic enzyme regulation.

2009 Photo

Armitage, Ian

1995-2019

Multinuclear magnetic resonance techniques; metalloproteins/metal homeostasis; Alzheimer's Disease.

2009 Photo

1996-

Carcinogen metabolism and exposure.

2009 Photo


St. Paul Department- Agricultural Biochemistry

Name Tenure Research Areas Papers & Photos

Harper, David N.

1888-1891

 

 

Snyder, Harry

1891-1909

 

 

Hoagland, Ralph

?-1913

 

 

Thatcher, Roscoe W.

?-1917

 

 

Kennedy, Cornellia

1908-1948

 

 

Gortner, Ross A.

1916-1942

 

 

Bailey, Clyde H.

1921-1938

 

 

Palmer, Leroy S.

1919-1944

 

 

Willaman, John J.

 

 

 

Sherwood, Reginald C.

 

 

 

Sandstrom, W. Martin

 

 

 

Greenwoord, Fred

 

 

 

Briggs, David R.

1936-1968

 

 

Geddes, W.F.

1938-1960

 

 

Jenness, Robert

1943-1984

 

 

Boyer, Paul D.

1946-1955

 

 

Schultze, Max O.

1946-1974

Nucleic acid biochemistry

 

Smith, Fred

1947-1965

 

 

Lundberg, Walter O. (Hormel)

1949-1974

 

 

Liener, Irvin E.

1949-1989

Nutritional/agricultural biochemistry

1979 Photo

Cuendet, Louis S.

1950-1955

 

 

Kirkwood, Sam

1955-1987

Barbohydrate biochemistry

1979 Photo

Glass, Robert L.

1956-1987

Lipid biochemistry

1979 Photo

Henderson, LaVell M.

1963-1984

Nutrional biochemistry: Metabolism of niacin, vitamin B-6, tryptophan, lysine, hydroxylysine, and camitine in mammalian cells

Classic Papers

1979 Photo

Gander, John E.

1964-1984

 

1974 Photo

1979 Photo

Lovrien, Rex E.

1965-2003

Bioseparations: biorecognition; energetics; proteins and enzymology

1979 Photo

Warner, Huber R.

1965-1984

Nucleic acid biochemistry

1974 Photo

Dagley, Stanley

1966-1986

Microbial biochemistry

1979 Photo

Chapman, Peter J.

1967-1987

Microbial biochemistry

1979 Photo

Anderson, John S.

1967-2007

Carbohydrate biochemistry

 

Klein, Dolph

1967-1972

 

 

Bloomfield, Victor

1970- 2011

Computational biochemistry and biology teaching; career tools for grad students and postdocs; biological consequences of poverty.

1979 Photo

2010 Photo

Mann, Kenneth G.

1970-1972

 

 

Fuchs, James A.

1972- 2011

Deoxynucleotide metabolism; DNA synthesis; regulation of metabolic pathways.

1974 Photo

2009 Photo

Nelsestuen, Gary L.

1972-2015

Membrane binding proteins; blood coagulation; proteomics; biomarker discovery.

1979 Photo

2009 Photo

Woodward, Clare K.

1972-2002

Protein folding and stability; protein dynamic structure.

1979 Photo

Wold, Finn

1974-1982

Chemistry of proteins and enzymes.

Classic Papers

1974 Photo
1979 Photo

Wood, John M. (GFWBI)

1974-

 

1979 Photo

Muench, Eckard (GFWBI)

1974-1990

 

1979 Photo

Lakowicz, Joseph R. (GFWBI)

1974-1980

 

1979 Photo

Messing, Joachim

1980-1985

Molecular biology

 

Schottel, Janet L.

1981-

Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular biology.

2009 Photo

Ugurbil, Kamil (GFWBI)

1982-1990

NMR studies of intact cells and tissues; metabolism.

 

Flickinger, Michael (BTI)

1984-2007

Biocatalysis; bioseparations

 

Sharrock, William J.

1984-1991

Molecular biology

 

Bernlohr, David A.

1985-

Mechanism of insulin action; regulation of gene expression by lipids; lipid transporters and lipid binding proteins; obesity and metabolic regulation.

2009 Photo

Conti-Fine, Bianca M.

1985-2012

Structure and function of nicotinic receptors in brain and muscle; immunology of myasthenia gravis.

 

Das, Anath

1985-

Molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions and plant gene expression.

2009 Photo

Wackett, Lawrence (GFWBI)

1987-

Biofuels, enzyme sensors, biodegradation, metalloenzymes

2009 Photo

Raftery, Michael A.

1988-2001

Neuronal receptor; synaptic transmission

 

Barry, Brigette A.

1988-2003

Photosynthetic membrane proteins

 

Tsong, Tian Y.

1988-2004

Protein folding; electroconformational coupling

Classic Papers

Allewell, Norma M.

1991-1997

Protein structure, function, design; macromolecular interactions; biological regulation

1995 Photo

Rougvie, Ann

1992-1997

Temporal control of developemt; gene expression; protein-DNA interactions.

 

Simon, Jeffery

1992-1997

Molecular biology of animal development; gene expression; protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions.

 

Hooper, Alan B.

1998-

Microbial biochemistry; redox proteins; N-oxidation; microbial detoxification

2009 Photo


Merged Department- BMBB

Name Tenure Research Areas Papers & Photos

Louis, Charles F.

1998-2000

Intracellular calcium regulation; cell-to-cell communication; swine genome mapping.

 

Potter, Lincoln

1999-

Signal Transduction, Natriuretic Peptides, Guanylyl Cyclase Receptors and cGMP.

2009 Photo

Schmidt-Dannert, Claudia

2000-

Natural product biosynthesis, evolutionary and rational protein design.

2009 Photo

Herrera, Julio

2000-2007

Chromatin structure and dynamics.

2006 Photo

Bielinsky, Anja-Katrin

2001-

Regulation of DNA replication, cell cycle, cancer.

2010 Photo

Hendrickson, Eric

2001-

Mechanisms of mammalian DNA double-strand break repair.

2009 Photo

Khodursky, Arkady

2001-

Functional genomics, analysis of gene expression patterns, whole genome microarrays.

2009 Photo

Matsuo, Hiroshi

2001-2016

Protein structure; RNA structure; Protein-RNA, DNA interaction; Enzyme kinetics.

2009 Photo

Wilmot, Carrie M.

2001-

Structural enzymology: Metal ions & organic co-factors; Human disease: cardiovascular, Alzheimers.

2009 Photo

Walters, Kylie J.

2002-2013

Targeted protein degradation; Protein quality control; NMR spectroscopy.

2010 Photo

Griffin, Timothy J.

2003-

The development and application of mass spectrometry-based tools to study proteins and proteomes.

2009 Photo

Harris, Reuben S.

2003-

Mechanisms of purposeful mutation relating to innate and adaptive immunity.

2009 Photo

Kazlauskas, Romas J.

2003-

Organic synthesis with enzymes, molecular biology, molecular modeling.

2009 Photo

Kim, Do-Hyung

2004-

Biological networks that coordinate metabolism and growth.

2009 Photo

Ervasti, James M.

2006-

Molecular basis of Muscular Dystrophy; Role of actin in cell polarity.

2009 Photo

Veglia, Gianluigi

2006-

Structure and dynamics of membrane embedded enzymes.

2009 Photo

Aihara, Hideki

2008-

Molecular mechanisms of DNA rearrangement/recombination reactions.

2009 Photo

Seelig, Burckhard

2008-

Biocatalysis, Directed Evolution, Protein Engineering, Artificial Enzymes

2009 Photo

Sobeck, Alexandra

2009-

Cellular mechanisms of maintaining genomic stability; DNA damage response during chromosomal replication.

2009 Photo

Dong, Zigang

2009-

Molecular mechanisms of cancer development and the actions of chemopreventive agents in cancer prevention.

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Yong, Jeongsik

2011-

Function of RNA-binding proteins and non-coding RNAs in post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanisms

2011 Photo

Chen, Yue

2013-

Functional proteomics, Protein posttranslational modification

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Gordon, Wendy

2014-

Mechanotransduction; X-ray crystallography; Single molecule force spectroscopy; Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis; Cell signaling assays; Protein labeling

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Smanski, Mike

2014-

Natural product discovery, metabolic pathway engineering, genetic design

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Parker, Laurie

2014-

Post-translational modifications

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Elias, Mikael

2014-

Molecular promiscuity and recognition, extremophiles, molecular evolution

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Kalodimos, Charalampos Babis

2015-

Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy; Protein dynamics; Molecular machineries; Cell signaling; Molecular chaperones; Membrane transporters

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Freeman, Michael

2016-

Secondary metabolism, uncultivated microorganisms, niche microbial expression platforms

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Goldstrohm, Aaron

2016-

Gene regulation, Post-transcriptional control of messenger RNA stability, Translation and localization by RNA-binding proteins, mRNA untranslated regions and nucleases, Genetic mechanisms of development, Cancer, Obesity

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Mashek, Douglas

2016-

Lipid metabolism and metabolic diseases.

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