John Marko Professor (joint with Biology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular Biology) PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award Marko Research Page Professor Marko works on the application of statistical mechanics and polymer physics to biophysical problems, and in particular to micromechanical studies of DNA, DNA-protein interactions, and chromosome strcuture.  At present Prof. Marko's research group carries out both experimental and theoretical research. Representative Publications D. Skoko, J. Yan, R. C. Johnson, and J.F. Marko Low-Force DNA Condensation and Discontinuous High-Force Decondensation Reveal a Loop-Stabilizing Function of the Protein Fis Physical Review Letters 95, 208101 (2005) J. Yan, R. Kawamura, and J. F. Marko Statistics of Loop Formation along Double Helix DNAs Physical Review E71, 061905 (2005) J. F. Marko and S. Cocco The Micromechanics of DNA Physics World 16, No.3, p 37 (2003) M. G. Poirier and J. F. Marko Mitotic Chromosomes are Chromatin Networks Without an Internal Protein Scaffold Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 99, 15393 (2002) Link to PubMed listing of Marko publications