Chair: Joseph D. Puglisi
Associate Chair: Michael Levitt
Professors: Theodore Jardetzky, Roger D. Kornberg, Michael Levitt, Peter Parham, Joseph D. Puglisi, William I. Weis
Associate Professor: K. Christopher Garcia
Associate Professor (Research): Yahli Lorch
Assistant Professor (Research): Elizabetta Viani Puglisi
Courtesy Professor: Axel Brunger
Courtesy Associate Professor: Vijay Pande
Courtesy Assistant Professor: Zev Bryant
Department Offices: Fairchild Building, D100
Mail Code: 94305- 5126
Phone: (650) 723-7576
Web Site: http://structuralbio.stanford.edu
The department offers course work and opportunities for research in structural biology. Courses fall into two categories: (1) a series of one quarter courses that treat topics of current interest in structural biology and biophysics at an advanced level; and (2) INDE 216, Cells to Tissues, a course for medical students that includes lectures on structure-function relationships of mammalian cells and tissues and a lab on medical histology.
The emphasis of research in the department is on understanding fundamental cellular processes in terms of the structure and function of biological macromolecules and their assemblies. Techniques used include standard methods of biochemistry, cell culture, single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy, genetic engineering, and three dimensional structure determination by x-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electron microscopy, coupled with the development of computational methods.