Abney, Mark - Associate ProfessorStatistical genetics, human population genetics, genetics of quantitative and complex phenotypes.
Adams, Erin - Assistant ProfessorStructure and biochemistry of proteins involved in immunological recognition. Characterization of gamma delta T cell receptors and their ligands and activating and inhibitory receptors involved in the innate immune response.
Bell, Graeme - ProfessorGenetics of diabetes and other metabolic disorders; development and regeneration of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells
Bergelson, Joy - ProfessorThe evolution of plant-pathogen and plant-herbivore interactions; molecular ecology.
Bezanilla, Francisco - ProfessorBiophysics and dynamics of ion channels
Biron, David - Assistant ProfessorBehavior and neuroscience of the nematode C. elegans; Sleep-like behavior of C. elegans.
Bishop, Douglas - ProfessorMeiotic recombination, recombinational DNA repair in yeast and mammalian cells.
Borevitz, Justin - Assistant ProfessorQuantitative and population genetics of local native plant species
Chiang, Kwen-Sheng - Associate ProfessorA novel non-binary propagation pathway of plant mitochondria.
Cox, Nancy - ProfessorQuantitative human genetics, genetics of complex human diseases, including diabetes, asthma, stuttering, and psychiatric disorders.
Crosson, Sean - Assistant ProfessorDeciphering the Structure, Function, and Topology of Microbial Signaling Systems
Cunningham, John - ProfessorBiology and therapy of hemoglobinopathies, developmental biology of blood and neural crest, and stem cell research.
Das, Soma - Associate ProfessorMolecular diagnostics of genetic disease.
Dawson, Glyn - ProfessorLipid signalling pathways and progrd cell death in brain and tumors; inherited lysosomal storage diseases.
Di Rienzo, Anna - ProfessorHuman genetic variation and the evolution of common diseases.
Dobyns, William - ProfessorDevelopmental Neurogenetics, especially human brain development and the molecular genetics of brain malformations.
Dolan, M. Eileen - ProfessorPharmacogenomics of Anticancer Agents
Du, Wei - Associate ProfessorCell cycle, tumor suppressor genes, and development.
Ellis, Nathan - Associate ProfessorMolecular mechanisms that maintain genomic integrity, with special emphasis on the RecQ helicases; the genetics colon cancer susceptibility.
Feder, Martin - ProfessorEvolutionary and ecological functional genomics, with Hsp70 and other molecular chaperones in Drosophila as a focus.
Fehon, Richard - ProfessorRegulation of epithelial polarity and proliferation during development.
Ferguson, Edwin - ProfessorDevelopmental genetics of cell fate specification and stem cell maintenance in Drosophila
Friedmann, Herbert - Associate ProfessorBacterial enzymes; nucleotide, porphyrin, bile pigment, and corrinoid metabolism; bacterial delta-aminolevulinic acid synthesis and control.
Getz, Godfrey - ProfessorStructure and function of apolipoproteins in lipoprotein assembly, and in atherosclerosis and Alzheimers disease pathogenesis.
Gilad, Yoav - Assistant ProfessorEvolution of gene expression in primates; Evolution of the sense of smell.
Gilliam, Conrad - ProfessorOur group is generally focused upon identification of genetic determinants of common genetic disorders, with a particular emphasis on neurological and psychiatric genetic disease.
Glick, Benjamin - ProfessorBiogenesis of secretory pathway organelles in yeast and mammalian cells, and directed evolution of fluorescent proteins.
Glotzer, Michael - Associate ProfessorThe molecular mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells
Goldwasser, Eugene - ProfessorBiochemistry of blood cell differentiation; mode of action of erythropoietin.
Green, William - Associate ProfessorCell Biology of neurotransmitter receptors.
Greenberg, Jean - ProfessorArabidopsis defense mechanisms against bacterial infection; Pseudomonas syringae virulence mechanisms.
Greene, Geoffrey - ProfessorSteroid hormone regulation of gene networks in reproductive tissues and cancers. Structure and function of nuclear receptors.
Gross, Martin - ProfessorTranslational control of protein synthesis; cell-free protein synthesis and mechanism and regulation of polypeptide chain initiation.
Grove, Elizabeth - ProfessorCellular and molecular mechanisms that control patterning, cell fate choice, and differentiation in the mammalian forebrain.
Gupta, Mohan - Assistant Professor Mechanisms that regulate microtubule functions / interactions; roles of motor proteins in controlling microtubule dynamics; approaches range from in-vivo live cell imaging and functional assays to in-vitro single molecule analysis.
Haselkorn, Robert - ProfessorCellular differentiation in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; acetyl CoA carboxylase in plants and humans and parasites.
He, Tong-Chuan - Associate ProfessorMolecular biology of bone and soft tissue tumors; BMP and Wnt signaling in stem cells; Regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation; Cancer microenvironment and bone metastasis; Gene therapy and regenerative medicine.
Ho, Robert - ProfessorPattern formation and early development in the simple vertebrate zebrafish.
Holaska, James - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of gene expression, chromatin dynamics and nuclear architecture by nuclear envelope proteins: Implications for muscular dystrophy, heart disease and aging.
Horne-Badovinac, Sally - Assistant ProfessorEpithelial morphogenesis and organ shape
Hudson, Richard - ProfessorPopulation genetics theory and the analysis of molecular variation within and between populations.
Imamoto, Akira - Associate ProfessorMouse models of human syndromes affecting morphogenesis, patterning, and cell fate during craniofacial and cardiovascular development.
Jones, Richard - Assistant ProfessorSystems-Level Analyses of Cancer Signaling
Josephs, Robert - ProfessorStructure of sickle-cell hemoglobin fibers and the red cell cytoskeleton by cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction.
Kee, Barbara - Associate ProfessorTranscriptional regulation of lymphocyte development.
Keenan, Robert - Assistant ProfessorStructural biology and directed evolution.
Kent, Stephen - ProfessorApplication of chemistry to the study of proteins. Chemical protein synthesis. Protein mass spectrometry. Functional Proteomics. Mechanism of enzyme catalysis.
Koide, Shohei - Associate ProfessorProtein engineering and design. Peptide self-assembly mechanism and folding. Structural biology of signaling proteins. NMR spectroscopy.
Kossiakoff, Anthony - ProfessorStructure and function of hormone-receptor interactions, enzyme-inhibitor interfaces, and synthetic proteins.
Kovar, David - Assistant ProfessorBiochemical mechanisms of actin filament assembly.
Kreitman, Martin - ProfessorPopulation genetics; molecular evolution.
Kron, Stephen - Associate ProfessorSignal transduction, cell cycle control, and checkpoints. Technology for proteomics, drug discovery and systems biology.
Lahn, Bruce - ProfessorEpigenetic Mechanisms of Cell Fate Restriction in Stem Cell Differentiation.
Lamppa, Gayle - Associate ProfessorChloroplast development; nuclear genes coding for chloroplast proteins; regulation of protein import and posttranslational processing.
Le Beau, Michelle - ProfessorMolecular analysis of recurring chromosomal abnormalities in human tumors; identification of cooperating mutations and genetic pathways leading to transformation.
Leber, Jess - Assistant ProfessorMy research investigates the mechanisms by which mammalian innate immunity recognizes intracellular infection, and the counter-measures used by intracellular pathogens to subvert host defenses.
Li, Wen-Hsiung - ProfessorMolecular evolution, including experimental studies and bioinformatics studies of molecular and genomics.
Liu, Chun-Yu - Assistant ProfessorGenetics/genomics underlying neuropsychiatric disorders and brain functions.
Long, Manyuan - ProfessorNew gene evolution: the rates and patterns, the impact on protein networks, the functional and phenotypic effects; other problems of genome evolution. Drosophila as experimental systems; in silico genomics of animals and plants.
Lowe, Christopher - Assistant ProfessorEvolution and development of deuterostomes.
Lussier, Yves - Associate ProfessorFocus is on the use of computational systems biology and bioinformatics to accurately individualize the understanding, the prediction, and the treatment of disease.
Macleod, Kay - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of cell cycle checkpoints and cell death in response to oxidative stress and DNA damage.
Mahowald, Anthony - ProfessorDevelopmental genetics of oogenesis; ovarian germline stem cell; genetics of spermatogenesis.
Makinen, Marvin - ProfessorElectron magnetic resonance; enzyme mechanisms; metalloenzymes; molecular dynamics; structural basis of enzyme action.
Malamy, Jocelyn - Associate ProfessorMolecular regulation of root system growth and development in Arabidopsis and crop plants.
Martin, Terence - ProfessorStructure of cell nucleus; RNA transcription and processing; implications for the immune system; novel growth factors for tissue maintenance and differentiation.
McNally, Elizabeth - ProfessorGenetics of heart and muscle development and disease in humans and mice.
McPeek, Mary Sara - ProfessorApplications of probability and statistics to genetics; complex trait mapping; counting-process models for genetic recombination.
Meredith, Stephen - ProfessorProtein aggregation and amyloid fibril structure; peptide synthesis; lipoprotein structure.
Mets, Laurens - Associate ProfessorChloroplast biogenesis and genetics; biochemical genetics and photophysics of photosynthesis; correlated genomic and genetic analysis.
Millen, Kathleen - Associate ProfessorGenetic analysis vertebrate CNS development and the genetic basis of mental retardation and autism
Moffat, Keith - ProfessorSynchrotron radiation; time-resolved macromolecular crystallography; light-sensitive proteins
Moskowitz, Ivan - Assistant ProfessorMolecular genetics of cardiovascular development and congenital heart disease.
Nagylaki, Thomas - ProfessorTheoretical population biology, especially geographical variation; gene conversion in multi-gene families; random genetic drift; natural selection.
Nash, Piers - Assistant ProfessorModular protein interaction domains in signal transduction and the cell cycle.
Nobrega, Marcelo - Assistant ProfessorGenetics of heart development and congenital heart diseases. Genetic engineering of mouse models of human diseases. Genomic organization and gene regulatory architecture. Vertebrate comparative genomics.
Ober, Carole - ProfessorComplex trait genetics; QTL mapping; asthma; fertility
Olopade, Olufunmilayo (Funmi) - ProfessorCancer genetics and epigenetics, molecular genetics of breast and ovarian cancer; genetics of cancer predisposition in diverse populations including BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, inflammation and cancer.
Palmer, Abraham - Assistant ProfessorGenetic basis of animal behavior, quantitative trait mapping, drug abuse and psychiatric phenotypes, translation of genetic findings to human populations
Pan, Tao - ProfessorRNA genomics, RNA epigenetics, RNA folding
Perozo, Eduardo - ProfessorStructure and Dynamics of Ion Channels and transporters
Piccirilli, Joseph - Associate ProfessorChemistry/biochemistry of nucleic acids; structure and mechanism of ribozymes (catalytic RNA); bioorganic chemistry.
Popko, Brian - ProfessorMouse models in the study of neurological disorders.
Preuss, Daphne - ProfessorGenetic analysis of fertilization in Arabidopsis reproduction. Structure and function of plant centromeres.
Price, Trevor - ProfessorGenetics of speciation, including molecular studies of gene flow, quantitative genetics of sexually selected traits, and comparative analyses using molecular phylogenies.
Prince, Victoria - ProfessorMolecular, cellular, and comparative study of embryonic patterning along the anterior-posterior axis using zebrafish and other teleosts.
Pritchard, Jonathan - ProfessorStatistical genetics and population genetics; applications include complex disease mapping, human evolution and molecular evolution.
Przeworski, Molly - ProfessorPopulation genetics, human evolution
Ragsdale, Clifton - Associate ProfessorMolecular and cellular mechanisms of brain development
Rebay, Ilaria - Associate ProfessorTranscriptional regulatory circuitries in development and disease; Receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction.
Refetoff, Samuel - ProfessorMolecular basis of inherited thyroid diseases.
Rice, Phoebe - Associate ProfessorWe study mechanisms of DNA recombination and protein-DNA recognition, combining the tools of biochemistry and x-ray crystallography.
Rinker-Schaeffer, Carrie - Associate ProfessorMolecular and mechanisims regulating cancer cell colonization of metastatic sites. Our work includes the areas of signal transduction, stress kinase activation, cell cycle progression, and novel mechanisms regulating metastatic growth including quorum sensing.
Rock, Ronald - Assistant ProfessorMolecular motors; cytoskeletal organization; single-molecule biophysics
Rosner, Marsha - ProfessorGrowth factor receptor signaling leading to cell growth, cell differentiation or cell death.
Rothman-Denes, Lucia - ProfessorRNA polymerases structure and function; mechanisms of transcription regulation; host-viral interactions.
Roux, Benoit - ProfessorTheoretical and computational studies of the structure, dynamics and function of biological macromolecular systems.
Rowley, Janet - ProfessorChanges in gene expression in human leukemia cells with recurring chromosome translocations
Ruddat, Manfred - Associate Professorparasite interactions; developmental aspects of gene expression.
Ruvinsky, llya - Assistant ProfessorEvolution of development, particularly the evolution of transcriptional regulation (using C. elegans as a primary model organism); Comparative and computational genomics; Molecular evolution
Rzhetsky, Andrey - ProfessorAnalysis of complex molecular networks for understanding common phenotypes
Schmidt-Ott, Urs - Assistant ProfessorDevelopmental Genetics and Evolution.
Schwartz, Nancy - ProfessorTranscriptional control of ECM expression during chondrogenesis and neurogenesis; regulation of sulfate activation; skeletal dysplasias.
Shapiro, James - ProfessorGenome reorganization and multicellular regulatory systems in bacteria populations.
Sharma, Kamal - Associate ProfessorRole of transcription factors in determination of neuronal identity in relation to motor circuits in the vertebrate spinal cord.
Shubin, Neil - ProfessorPaleontology and developmental studies in salamanders to identify mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas.
Singh, Harinder - ProfessorGene regulatory networks and the specification of cell fates in the immune system. Genetic engineering of stem cells.
Skapek, Stephen - Associate ProfessorFunctional analysis of cancer suppressing genes.
Sosnick, Tobin - ProfessorProtein and RNA/ribozyme folding; biological structure and thermodynamics as basis for understanding function.
Staley, Jonathan - Associate ProfessorPre-mRNA splicing: quality control, signal transduction, intron function and snRNA function. Approaches include genetics, genomics, cell biology and biochemistry in budding yeast.
Steck, Theodore - ProfessorMembrane cholesterol biochemistry and cholesterol homeostasis.
Steiner, Donald - ProfessorBiosynthesis and evolution of pancreatic islet hormones; protein precursor processing mechanisms; development and function of the islet alpha (glucagon) and beta (insulin) cells.
Storb, Ursula - ProfessorImmunoglobulin gene expression; somatic hypermutation; regulation and functions of DNA methylation and chromatin modifications in development and transcription.
Strauss, Bernard - ProfessorMechanism of mutation; role of DNA polymerases in response to mutagenic agents.
Svensson, Eric - Associate ProfessorDevelopmental biology of the cardiovascular system with emphasis on the transcriptional regulation of cardiac development
Taylor, Edwin - ProfessorMolecular mechanism of muscle contraction, nonmuscle actomyosin, cell motility, microfilaments, and microtubules
Turkewitz, Aaron - Associate ProfessorSecretory granules; exocytosis and endocytosis; evolution of membrane traffic.
Van Valen, Leigh - Professor Ecological and evolutionary genetics, organization and evolution of phenotype, evolution of development and adaptation, macroevolution, phylogenetics, conceptual analysis.
Verp, Marion - Associate ProfessorReproductive genetics, prenatal screening and diagnosis, genetics and cancer risk
Waggoner, Darrel - Assistant ProfessorMedical Director, Department of Human Genetics.
White, Kevin - ProfessorThe White lab studies the coordinated action of networks of genes that control developmental processes.
Wool, Ira - ProfessorStructure and function of eukaryotic ribosomes; RNA structures; RNA-protein interaction.
Wu, Chung-I - ProfessorSpeciation, genomics, evolutionary genetics, molecular population genetics, sexual selection.