Department of Biology

 

Research Interests of the MCDB Faculty

  • Shawn Ahmed - telomere replication, DNA damage, and germline immortality
  • Albert S. Baldwin - class I MHC complex gene expression and HIV gene expression
  • Victoria L. Bautch - molecular biology of blood vessel formation in transgenic mice
  • Kerry S. Bloom - structural organization of eukaryotic chromosomes
  • Christina Burch -evolutionary genetics, experimental studies of evolution using microbes
  • Sabrina S. Burmeister - Neuroethology of animal communication, social control of reproduction.
  • Frank Conlon - vertebrate embryology and development
  • Greg Copenhaver - recombination and chromosome dynamics
  • Stephen Crews - molecular genetics of nervous system development
  • Jeffrey Dangl - genetic and molecular analysis of disease resistance
  • Robert J. Duronio - developmental control of the cell cycle
  • Bob Goldstein - generation of cell diversity in development
  • Sarah R. Grant - mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions
  • Alan M. Jones - cell and molecular biology of growth and differentiation
  • Corbin Jones - population genetics and evolutionary genomics
  • Joseph Kieber - molecular genetic analysis of cytokinin and ethylene action in Arabidopsis
  • Jason Lieb - genomics, chromatin, protein-DNA interactions, transcription on a genome-wide scale
  • Sarah Liljegren - plant genetics and development; flower patterning and cell separation
  • Kenneth J. Lohmann - Neuroethology, sensory biology, and behavior of marine animals.
  • William F. Marzluff - control of gene expression in animal cells
  • Greg Matera - genetics and cell biology of RNP biogenesis in Drosophila and mammals
  • Steven W. Matson - molecular biology; biochemistry of DNA replication and repair
  • Ann G. Matthysse - bacterial plant pathogens; bacterial genetics
  • Mark Peifer - signaling and cell adhesion in cancer and development
  • Patricia J. Pukkila - molecular mechanisms in genetic recombination and meiosis
  • Jason W. Reed - light signal transduction in plants
  • Steve Rogers - cell biology: mitosis, cytoskeletal dynamics, and cell signaling
  • Ted Salmon - cell biology; cell motility; microtubules; mechanisms of mitosis and cell division
  • Lillie L. Searles - molecular biology; eukaryotic gene regulation; transposable elements
  • Jeff Sekelsky - molecular mechanisms of DNA repair and meiotic recombination
  • Kevin Slep - cytoskeletal structure and dynamics
  • Keith W. Sockman - Neural, physiological, and behavioral ecology.
  • Darrel W. Stafford - recombinant DNA; DNA synthesis; DNA sequencing; gene structure
  • Todd Vision - computational genetics, genome evolution and the architecture of complex traits
  • Elaine Yeh - nuclear division in yeast: cell cycle control; microtubule motor proteins and the cytoskeleton

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