Model Organism Genetics
The following 44 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Bergelson, Joy - ProfessorThe evolution of plant-pathogen and plant-herbivore interactions; molecular ecology.
Biron, David - Assistant ProfessorBehavior and neuroscience of the nematode C. elegans; Sleep-like behavior of C. elegans.
Bishop, Douglas K - ProfessorMeiotic recombination, recombinational DNA repair in yeast and mammalian cells.
Borevitz, Justin O - Assistant ProfessorQuantitative and population genetics of local native plant species
Du, Wei - Associate ProfessorCell cycle, tumor suppressor genes, and development.
Fehon, Richard - ProfessorRegulation of epithelial polarity and proliferation during development.
Ferguson, Edwin L - ProfessorDevelopmental genetics of cell fate specification and stem cell maintenance in Drosophila
Glick, Benjamin S - 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
Greenberg, Jean T - ProfessorArabidopsis defense mechanisms against bacterial infection; Pseudomonas syringae virulence mechanisms.
Gupta, Mohan L - 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 K - ProfessorPattern formation and early development in the simple vertebrate zebrafish.
Horne-Badovinac, Sally - Assistant ProfessorEpithelial morphogenesis and organ shape
Imamoto, Akira - Associate ProfessorMouse models of human syndromes affecting morphogenesis, patterning, and cell fate during craniofacial and cardiovascular development.
Kovar, David - Assistant ProfessorBiochemical mechanisms of actin filament assembly.
Kreitman, Martin - ProfessorPopulation genetics; molecular evolution.
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.
Lamppa, Gayle K - Associate ProfessorChloroplast development; nuclear genes coding for chloroplast proteins; regulation of protein import and posttranslational processing.
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.
Macleod, Kay F - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of cell cycle checkpoints and cell death in response to oxidative stress and DNA damage.
Malamy, Jocelyn E. - Associate ProfessorMolecular regulation of root system growth and development in Arabidopsis and crop plants.
McLeod, Rima - ProfessorImmunobiology of toxoplasmosis.
McNally, Elizabeth - ProfessorGenetics of heart and muscle development and disease in humans and mice.
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
Moskowitz, Ivan - Assistant ProfessorMolecular genetics of cardiovascular development and congenital heart disease.
Nobrega, Marcelo A - 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.
Palmer, Abraham A - Assistant ProfessorGenetic basis of animal behavior, quantitative trait mapping, drug abuse and psychiatric phenotypes, translation of genetic findings to human populations
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.
Prince, Victoria - ProfessorMolecular, cellular, and comparative study of embryonic patterning along the anterior-posterior axis using zebrafish and other teleosts.
Rebay, Ilaria - Associate ProfessorTranscriptional regulatory circuitries in development and disease; Receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction.
Rothman-Denes, Lucia B - ProfessorRNA polymerases structure and function; mechanisms of transcription regulation; host-viral interactions.
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.
Staley, Jonathan P - Associate ProfessorPre-mRNA splicing: quality control, signal transduction, intron function and snRNA function. Approaches include genetics, genomics, cell biology and biochemistry in budding yeast.
Storb, Ursula - ProfessorImmunoglobulin gene expression; somatic hypermutation; regulation and functions of DNA methylation and chromatin modifications in development and transcription.
Turkewitz, Aaron - Associate ProfessorSecretory granules; exocytosis and endocytosis; evolution of membrane traffic.
White, Kevin P - ProfessorThe White lab studies the coordinated action of networks of genes that control developmental processes.