Epigenetics
The following 11 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Borevitz, Justin O - Assistant ProfessorQuantitative and population genetics of local native plant species
Holaska, James M. - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of gene expression, chromatin dynamics and nuclear architecture by nuclear envelope proteins: Implications for muscular dystrophy, heart disease and aging.
Kron, Stephen J - 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.
Liu, Chun-Yu - Assistant ProfessorGenetics/genomics underlying neuropsychiatric disorders and brain functions.
Lussier, Yves A - Associate ProfessorFocus is on the use of computational systems biology and bioinformatics to accurately individualize the understanding, the prediction, and the treatment of disease.
Olopade, Olufunmilayo (Funmi) F - 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.
Pan, Tao - ProfessorRNA genomics, RNA epigenetics, RNA folding
Shapiro, James A - ProfessorGenome reorganization and multicellular regulatory systems in bacteria populations.
Singh, Harinder - ProfessorGene regulatory networks and the specification of cell fates in the immune system. Genetic engineering of stem cells.
Storb, Ursula - ProfessorImmunoglobulin gene expression; somatic hypermutation; regulation and functions of DNA methylation and chromatin modifications in development and transcription.