Research Areas

University of Iowa
Department of Biochemistry
4-403 BSB
Iowa City, IA 52242-1109 USA phone: 877-846-8569
or 319-335-7932
fax: (319) 335-9570
biochem@uiowa.edu

Department of Biochemistry

Graduate Students

Lacy Barton
1st yr. rotations
Rotation Laboratories:
Weeks; Slusarski; Geyer;
Brenner
Phone: 319-335-7932
lacy-barton@uiowa.edu

Ryan Baxley
Geyer Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7967
ryan-baxley@uiowa.edu
MCB Program

Sarah Bergeron
Rubenstein Laboratory
Phone: (319) 353-7912
sarah-bergeron@uiowa.edu
MCB Program

Katrina Bogan
Brenner Laboratory
Phone: 319-384-4099
katrina-bogan@uiowa.edu
Dartmouth MCB Program
New Steps in NAD+
Metabolism

Jennifer Boylston
Brenner Laboratory
Phone: (319) 384-4099
jennifer-boylston@uiowa.edu
MCB Program
Fhit as a Regulator of
Preneoplastic Gene
Expression

Phillip Butler
Mallampalli Laboratory
Phone: 319-335-6856
phillip-butler@uiowa.edu

Ran Chen
1st. yr rotations
Rotation Laboraties:
Wold; Price; Brenner;
Geyer
Phone:(319) 335-7932

Lynne Diekman
Washington Laboratory
Phone:(319) 335-7501
lynne-dieckman@uiowa.edu
MCB Program
Protein-protein Interactions
During Replication of
Damaged DNA

Michael Feldkamp
Shea Laboratory
Phone:(319) 335-7888
michael-feldkamp@uiowa.edu
Interactions of apo Calmodulin
with the Voltage Dependent
Sodium Channel &
Trifluoperazine

Bret Freudenthal
Washington Laboratory
Phone: 319-335-7501
bret-freudenthal@uiowa.edu

Larry Gray
Khademi Laboratory
Phone: (319) 356-7775
lawrence-gray@uiowa.edu
Structure and Function of
Membrane Proteins

Amber Hohl
Geyer Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7967
amber-hohl@uiowa.edu
Genetics Program

Rebecca Krimmel
1st yr. rotations
Rotation Laboratories:
Price; Geyer; Washington;
DeMali
Phone: 319-335-7932
rebecca-krimmel@uiowa.edu

Brian Krueger
Price Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-6742
brian-krueger@uiowa.edu
MCB Program

Karina Kruth
1st yr. rotations
Rotation Laboratories:
Washington; Brenner; Elcock;
Rubenstein

Phone: (319) 335-7932
karina-kruth@uiowa.edu

Xu Liu
Fuentes Laboratory
Phone:(319) 335-7249
xu-liu@uiowa.edu
Structural and biochemical
studies on proteins in the
M. xanthus chemosensory
system

Aaron Mason
Wold Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7851
aaron-mason@uiowa.edu

Eli Musselman
Elcock Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7894
eli-musselman@uiowa.edu

Elke Nelson
DeMali Laboratory
Phone:(319) 335-7662
elke-nelson@uiowa.edu
MCB Program
Investigating a Vinculin-
Activating Peptide (VAP)
in cell adhesion

Susan O'Donnell
Shea Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7888
susan-e-odonnell@uiowa.edu
Thermodynamic & Structural
Properties Governing Calcium-
Dependent Interactions of
Calmodulin with Calcineruin

Xiao Peng
DeMali Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7662
xiao-pen@uiowa.edu
Regulation of Vinculin
in Adherens Junctions

John Pryor
Washington Laboratory
Phone: 319-353-7501
john-pryor@uiowa.edu

Tyson Shepherd
Fuentes Laboratory
Phone:(319) 335-7249
tyson-shepherd@uiowa.edu
Structural biology and
biophysics of signal
transduction

Alexey Soshnev
Geyer Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7967
alexey-soshnev@uiowa.edu
MCB Program

Cathy Staloch
Wold Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7851
cathy-staloch@uiowa.edu
MCB Program
Functions of Replication
Protein A in the
DNA damage response

Ema Stokasimov
Rubenstein Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7912
ema-stokasimov@uiowa.edu

Aaron Ver Heul
Ramaswamy Lab
Phone: (319) 335-8043
aaron-verheul@uiowa.edu
Medical Scientist Training
Program
Structure/function of
innate immune receptors

Jessica Viner
DeMali Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7662
jessica-viner@uiowa.edu
MCB Program
Determining the molecular
link between adherens
junctions and tight junctions

Bo-kuan Wu
Brenner Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-4099
bo-kuan-wu@uiowa.edu
MCB Program

Shun Zhu
Elcock Laboratory
Phone: (319) 335-7894
shun-zhu@uiowa.edu
Computational and
Experimental Studies
of Kinase-Inhibitor
Interactions