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| Seema Agarwala Associate Professor web site | During embryogenesis, neurons learn of their cell-fates and are assigned to specific brain nuclei (nucleogenesis), which organize brain connectivity and function. Little is known about how such complex patterni... |  |
| Richard Aldrich Professor of Neurobiology Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research II The National Academy of Sciences, member web site | Ion channels are the molecular units of electrical signaling in cells. They are proteins that regulate the movement of ions--such as sodium, calcium, and potassium--into and out of cells. They are responsible f... |  |
| Hal Alper Assistant Professor web site | Our reserach focuses on engineering biology to produce biomolecules, biofuels, and pharmaceuticals using the tools of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. The overall goal of metabolic and cellular en... |  |
| Eric V. Anslyn Distinguished Teaching Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Norman Hackerman Professorship in Chemistry web site | Our research is oriented at developing artificial enzymes and sensors by synthetic and combinatorial library methods. Our synthetic projects are targeted to phosphodiester hydrolysis, enolate alkylations, and ... |  |
| Dean Appling Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Lester J. Reed Professor In Biochemistry web site | My laboratory studies the organization and regulation of metabolic pathways in eukaryotes. Eukaryotic cells are composed of many different compartments, such as cytoplasm, mitochondria, and nuclei. Although ea... |  |
| Nigel Atkinson Professor in Neurobiology web site | Tolerance is an insidious response to an addictive drug. It causes one to consume more of the drug and and speeds the user down the path of addiction. We study the molecular mechanisms underlying drug tolerance... |  |
| Chandrajit Bajaj Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualization Director of Center for Computational Visualization web site | My research interests span the algorithmic and computational mathematics underpinnings of Structural Biology and Biophysics, Image Processing, Geometric Modeling, Computer Graphics, and Visualization. I apply t... |  |
| Jeffrey Barrick Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry web site | My laboratory uses experiments with populations of microorganisms, nucleic acids, and digital organisms to study evolution in action with the ultimate goal of harnessing evolution as a creative force for synthe... |  |
| Adela Ben-Yakar Associate Professor web site | Dr. Ben-Yakar specializes on advanced applications of femtosecond lasers in life sciences, nonlinear microscopy, plasmonic nanoengineering, and nanotechnology. She investigates the fundamentals of femtosecond l... |  |
| Halil Berberoglu Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering web site | In my laboratory, we are interested in harnessing the power of sun through biological and artificial bio-mimetic routes for producing clean and renewable fuels. Currently we are studying algal and cyanobact... | .jpg) |
| George Bittner Professor in Neurobiology web site | We research cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. That is, we examine various biophysical, biochemical, or molecular mechanisms by which lesioned neurons repair lesions ... |  |
| Henry Bose, Jr. Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair In Microbiology Director, School of Biological Sciences web site | A long standing interest of this laboratory has been to define the mechanism of transformation by the v-rel oncogene. v-rel is the acutely transforming member of the Rel/NF-kB family of transcrip... |  |
| Shawn Bratton Associate Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology web site | My laboratory focuses primarily on basic mechanisms of apoptosis (programmed cell death) and autophagy (self-cannibalism) in the context of cancer. |  |
| Richard M. Brown Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair In Plant Cell Biology web site | Cellulose is the most abundant macromolecule on earth, yet details about its biosynthesis and structure remain unclear. We are using broad, interdisciplinary advances and tools to study cellulose and its biosyn... |  |
| Karen S. Browning Associate Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Director Dual Degree MD/PhD Program web site | My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. We are seeking a molecular description of the process in which initiation factors (eIF4A, eIF4B, eIF4F, eIF3, eIF2 and PABP) select,... |  |
| James J. Bull Johann Friedrich Miescher Regents Professor in Molecular Biology web site | Evolutionary genetics from the molecular to the phenotypic levels comprises the bulk of my research. Specific topics include the evolution of engineered genomes, microbial drug resistance, and adaptation addre... |  |
| Clarence Chan Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | Our research is focused on two basic processes that are critical for the proliferation and well being of all eukaryotic cells - chromosome segregation (i.e., mitosis) and the spatial control of cell growth and ... |  |
| Z. Jeffrey Chen D. J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics web site | We study genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for gene expression changes in polyploids. Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is an evolutionary innovation for all eukaryotes including some animals and m... |  |
| Lydia Contreras Assistant Professor web site | Our research combines biomolecular engineering, genetic studies and computational modeling to understand molecular features that lead to the specific recognition and interaction of RNAs and proteins. We apply f... |  |
| David Crews Ashbel Smith Professor of Integrative Biology, and Psychology web site | One of my research programs focuses on sex determination as a case study in how evolution has produced very different mechanisms for achieving the same end. Here I take advantage of the fact that in many repti... |  |
| Maria Croyle Associate Professor in Pharmacy web site | The Anatomy of a Virus: Active Research Projects in the Croyle Lab To date, viral vectors have held the most promise as vehicles for gene therapy because they are capable of delivering genes to certain t... |  |
| Kevin Dalby Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry web site | Cancer is most commonly caused by the development of aberrant cell signaling pathways. Modern pharmaceutical research thus seeks a clear understanding of these pathways in efforts to treat this all too prevale... |  |
| Arturo DeLozanne Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | We are interested in defining the molecular basis of the lysosomal disorder known as the Chediak-Higashi Syndrome. This disease is caused by mutations in a very large gene and result in the loss of a large pro... |  |
| John DiGiovanni Professor and Coulter R. Sublett Chair | Research in my laboratory has focused for many years on understanding how cancer develops and on the identification of novel targets, mechanisms and strategies for cancer prevention. Cancer is a disease involvi... |  |
| Michael Drew Assistant Professor of Neurobiology web site | A broad aim of my research is to understand how adult hippocampal neurogenesis influences learning and cognition. The work is based on growing evidence that adult neurogenesis constitutes a functionally and, pe... |  |
| Jaquelin Dudley Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Graduate Advisor web site | Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is a retrovirus that induces mammary carcinomas and T-cell lymphomas in mice by insertional mutagenesis. We recently discovered a novel viral protein, Rem, which is involved in... |  |
| Johann Eberhart Assistant Professor web site | How does a structure as complex as the vertebrate head form during development? How is variation in facial morphology generated both through evolution and in disease? Research in my lab aims at uncovering answe... |  |
| Lauren Ehrlich Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site | T cells are master regulators of the adaptive immune system: they are essential for coordinating the appropriate immune response to different pathogens, and they are responsible for immunologic memory, which pr... |  |
| Ron Elber Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Chair in Computational Life Sciences and Biology web site | Two thrusts in computational biology are considered in the laboratory of Ron Elber in the Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES): (i) The study of the dynamics and function of proteins and R... |  |
| Andy Ellington Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professor In Biochemistry web site | The Ellington lab is a biotechnology lab that engineers nucleic acids and proteins for biomedical and other applications. Nucleic acid biosensors (aptamers, ribozymes) and nucleic acid circuits (DNA computers)... |  |
| Walter Fast Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry web site | We are interested in merging emerging technologies with more classical biochemical approaches in the investigation and manipulation of various enzyme systems: 1. Quorum sensing, a “language” that some bacter... |  |
| Ilya Finkelstein Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry web site | Biophysical Studies of Genome Maintenance -- Genomic DNA acts as the blueprint for life and all organisms have evolved complex protein machines that faithfully maintain our genetic material. Genomic instabi... |  |
| Richard H. Finnell Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Chemistry and Biochemistry Director, Genomic Research-Dell Children's Medical Center web site | Dr. Finnell's research examines the interaction between specific genes and environmental toxins as they influence normal embryonic development. While his primary research focuses on discovering the role of foli... |  |
| Janice Fischer Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology | My laboratory uses Drosophila genetics and molecular biology to study universal mechanisms of development. We do most of our experiments with the Drosophila compound eye. Patterning of the Drosophila compound e... |  |
| Ernst-Ludwig Florin Associate Professor web site | Our long-term goal is to analyze and understand specific cellular processes from the single molecule level up to an entire cellular response. We currently investigate the molecular mechanics of microtubules,... |  |
| George Georgiou Professor in Chemical Engineering Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #9 web site | Laboratory of Protein Therapeutics and Applied Immunology The overarching goal of our research group is the discovery and development of protein drugs and diagnostics. We capitalize on our extensive prote... |  |
| Nace Golding Associate Professor in Neurobiology web site | Neuronal dendrites are elaborate, tree-like structures that receive up to thousands of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connections. The morphology and electrical properties of the dendrites strongly influenc... |  |
| Vernita Gordon Assistant Professor in Physics web site | Intercellular and extracellular interactions drive the formation of multicellular systems and the emergent behaviors that characterize these systems. In my group, we work to understand how cells interact with ... |  |
| Andrea Gore Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Professor in Toxicology Amer. Acad. for the Advancement of Science Fellow web site | The goal of work in the Gore Laboratory is to understand the neuroendocrine control of reproduction and sex differences in the brain during development and aging. One set of studies focuses on molecular and cel... |  |
| Ellen Gottlieb Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | A) A primary focus of our work is to decipher the molecular mechanisms governing the exciting field of RNA transport/localization. This process is of fundamental importance in development and differentiation... |  |
| Jeffrey Gross Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology GSC web site | Our research focuses on vertebrate eye development largely utilizing the zebrafish as a model system. Recently, we've begun to extend some projects into the mouse, and we have developed an interest in eye evol... |  |
| Robin Gutell Professor in Integrative Biology web site | The remarkable advances in Nucleic Acid sequencing and Computer technology is transforming Biology to a new level of understanding. We are now attempting to understand many biological and biochemical proces... |  |
| Marvin Hackert Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry William Shive Centennial Professor In Biochemistry web site | Our research focuses on understanding function of proteins in relationship to their three-dimensional structures. Antizyme and antizyme inhibitor are regulatory proteins of ornithine decarboxylase that initiate... |  |
| Adron Harris M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair In Molecular Biology Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research web site | This laboratory is investigating molecular mechanisms responsible for alcoholism and drug dependence. We are defining actions of alcohol and other drugs on brain cells as well as the long-term changes in gene e... |  |
| Rasika Harshey Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | We have two major research interests: DNA transposition and Bacterial Signaling & Motility. (1) DNA transposition is central to the propagation of phage Mu (our model system) as it is to retroviruses. The integ... |  |
| Arjang Hassibi Assistant Professor web site | Dr. Hassibi's research focuses on new approaches to sense, detect and analyze biological systems using integrated systems and advanced signal processing techniques. In particular, he is interested in CMOS-based... |  |
| Christine Hawkes Associate Professor web site | Research in the Hawkes Lab is focused on a mechanistic understanding of how plant-microbe interactions affect community and ecosystem processes. We explore how these relationships are influenced by alterations ... |  |
| David L. Herrin Professor of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology | Most of our research revolves around the chloroplast genome of plants and algae, which we view as a simpler model genome (compared to the nucleus) for understanding genome expression, regulation, and evolution.... |  |
| David Hillis Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor In Natural Sciences Director, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics web site | Evolutionary biology provides a conceptual framework for understanding patterns of molecular diversity. For instance, phylogenetic analyses have permeated most fields of molecular biology in recent years, from ... |  |
| David Hoffman Associate Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | Biophysical methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography are extensively used in our investigations of protein and RNA structure and function. Current work includes t... |  |
| Hans A. Hofmann Associate Professor ICMB Fellow web site | The research in Dr. Hofmann's laboratory seeks to understand the molecular and hormonal mechanisms that underlie social behavior and its evolution. African cichlid fishes are an ideal model system to address th... |  |
| Jon Huibregtse Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Graduate Advisor, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program web site | The Huibregtse lab studies the biochemistry of the ubiquitin proteolysis system, a major pathway for degradation of proteins in eukaryotic cells. Our interest in this pathway arose from study of human papilloma... |  |
| Enamul Huq Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | Our research is aimed at understanding light signal transduction, specifically those pathways mediated by the phytochrome (phy) family of sensory photoreceptors that absorb light in the red and far-red region o... |  |
| Stephen Hursting Professor and Margaret McKean Love Chair, Division of Nutritional Sciences web site | Research Interests: Diet-gene interactions relevant to cancer prevention, particularly the molecular and hormonal mechanisms underlying energy balance-cancer associations. Focus Areas: 1. Mechanism-Based N... |  |
| Brent Iverson Distinguished Teaching Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor web site | Antibody and enzyme engineering with an emphasis on creating better methods for improving protein function for therapeutic applications. Several new technologies have been developed and patented. Recent success... |  |
| Vishwanath Iyer Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | Nearly all cells respond to physiological or developmental cues by large-scale transcriptional reprogramming – altering the expression of hundreds to thousands of genes throughout the genome. Such sweeping chan... |  |
| Robert Jansen Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor In Systematic Botany and the Blake Collection web site | My primary research interests involve the determination of phylogenetic relationships among plants and the evolution of the chloroplast genome. Research in my lab is concentrated in three areas: (1) organizati... |  |
| Makkuni Jayaram Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | We study the molecular mechanisms by which extrachromosomal DNA elements maintain themselves stably and at relatively high copy numbers without endangering their host organisms. The model system we employ i... |  |
| Arlen Johnson Professor In Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Under Graduate Advisor web site | Since working out the pathway for nuclear export of the large ribosomal subunit more than 10 years ago, we have continued to study both nuclear and cytoplasmic events of making ribosomes. We have become interes... |  |
| Kenneth Johnson Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Roger J. Williams Centennial Professor In Biochemistry web site | Three polymerases and a molecular motor: In projects related to AIDS, we examine HIV reverse transcriptase mechanism, its resistance to nucleoside analogs, and characterization of novel nonnucleoside inhibitor... |  |
| Daniel Johnston Director; Ctr for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience Chairman, Section of Neurobiology Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research web site | Research in my laboratory is primarily directed towards understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic integration and long-term plasticity of neurons in the medial temporal lobe. We have ... |  |
| Christopher Jolly Assistant Professor in Nutritional Sciences web site | My lab focuses on understanding the biochemical/molecular mechanisms underlying reduced immune function in aging. We primarily focus on identifying signaling pathways which may lead to changes in lipid metabol... |  |
| Thomas Juenger Associate Professor, Integrative Biology Ph.D. web site | My research focuses on the interface of ecological and evolutionary processes in natural plant populations. I am generally interested in phenotypic evolution, and have studied a number of systems over the cours... |  |
| Adrian Keatinge-Clay Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry | Many important pharmaceuticals, including the antibiotic erythromycin and the immunosuppressant rapamycin, belong to a diverse class of molecules called polyketides. My lab uses protein crystallography and enzy... |  |
| Sean Kerwin Associate Professor in Pharmacy G. D. Searle Fellow web site | The long-term goal of our research is the development of selective strategies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, and infectious diseases. Our work takes place at the interface of computational chemistr... |  |
| Jonghwan Kim Assistant Professor in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology web site | Defining the molecular mechanisms maintaining stemness - self-renewal and pluripotency - of Embryonic stem (ES) cells, as well as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is of great interest for understanding earl... |  |
| G. Barrie Kitto Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | (1) Development of treatments and vaccines for AIDS. This research includes both the use of immunotoxins targeted to infected cells and a novel class of MHC-based vaccines. (2) Vaccines for Respirato... |  |
| Kimberly Kline Julian C. Barton Professor in Nutrition web site | Research interests are in the interdisciplinary areas of nutrition and cancer biology. Long term goals are to better our understanding of the biological actions of vitamin E, both naturally occurring forms and ... |  |
| Robert Krug Chair, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Lorene Morrow Kelley Fellow In Microbiology web site | The major focus of the Krug laboratory is the molecular biology of human influenza viruses (influenza A and B viruses), which cause widespread human disease. We are determining the molecular mechanisms of viral... |  |
| Alan M. Lambowitz Mr. & Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. and Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass Regents Chairs In Molecular Biology Director, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology web site | Our laboratory studies gene expression, RNA splicing, catalytic RNAs, and retroviral-like genetic elements, including possible ancestors of HIV-1 and leukemia viruses. We are interested in mechanisms of RNA ca... |  |
| Seongmin Lee Assistant Professor web site | The unifying theme of the Lee lab is the elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying genome/epigenome management using toolkits of biochemistry, chemical and structural biology. In particular, we are interes... |  |
| Hung-wen (Ben) Liu George H. Hitchings Regents Chair In Drug Design Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry, and Biochemistry web site | My group is currently working on three general areas with the focus aimed at the elucidation of the mechanisms of novel enzymatic reactions and the design of methods to control and/or regulate their function... |  |
| Alan Lloyd Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology | The main goal of my lab is to understand developmental mechanisms and pigment pathways in plants. The control of cell fate decisions is a central issue during plant development and pattern formation. One mai... |  |
| Paul Macdonald Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair In Molecular Biology web site | Regulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level has long been recognized for its essential role in early development, and has more recently emerged as a widespread phenomenon affecting the major... |  |
| Dmitrii Makarov Associate Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | Our work in single molecules theory is motivated by the recent developments in scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and single molecule optical spectroscopy, which enable experimenters to ... |  |
| Edward Marcotte Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Mr. & Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology web site | We work in the field of systems and synthetic biology, studying the large-scale organization of proteins. Essentially, we try to reconstruct the 'wiring diagrams' of cells, learning how all proteins encoded by ... |  |
| Mia Markey Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering web site | The mission of the Biomedical Informatics Lab (BMIL) is to design cost-effective, computer-based decision aids. The BMIL develops decision support systems for clinical decision making and scientific discovery u... |  |
| Stephen Martin Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Regents Chair In Chemistry web site | The design and synthesis of small molecules that exhibit high affinities for biomacromolecules is critical to the study of enzyme mechanism and specificity and to correlating structure and function in protein-l... |  |
| Andreas Matouschek Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Andreas earned his first degree in biology at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich and a Ph.D. with Alan Fersht in the chemistry department of the University of Cambridge. He then did a postdoc with Jeff S... |  |
| Mikhail Matz Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology web site | We are an ecological genomics lab working predominantly with reef-building corals. Our main research projects are: (1) Adaptive genetic variation in reef-building corals. We use genetics and genomics to disc... |  |
| Michael Mauk Professor of Neurobiology web site | We investigate information processing and learning in the cerebellum and prefrontal cortex. The levels of analysis are: 1) behavioral studies, reversible lesions and in vivo recordings of neural activity relate... |  |
| Jennifer Maynard Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering web site | Building on decades of basic research in the biological sciences, fundamental principles underlying the function of complex biological systems are being elucidated in laboratories throughout the world. Concurre... |  |
| Mona Mehdy Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology | In response to pathogens and herbivores, plants employ up-regulation and down-regulation of diverse genes to achieve resistance. Research in my lab centers on two areas: 1) molecular mechanisms of down-regula... |  |
| Lauren Ancel Meyers Professor web site | The Meyers lab works on problems at the interface of evolution and epidemiology. We are simultaneously pursuing projects in two areas. They are applying network theory, agent-based simulation, and other qua... |  |
| S. John Mihic M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Fellow In Molecular Biology Associate Professor web site | Research in my laboratory is focused on developing a better understanding of how ligand-gated ion channels function and how allosteric modulators act on these receptors. Specifically, we use molecular, biochem... |  |
| Kyle Miller Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site | DNA damage represents a formidable challenge to genome maintenance. To protect our genetic material, our cells have evolved multifaceted systems, collectively termed the DNA damage response (DDR), to detect and... |  |
| Edward (Ted) Mills Associate Professor web site | The broad focus of our research group is to define the molecular pathways that regulate aging and age-related diseases. In diverse organisms ranging from worms to mammals, the overconsumption of food dramatic... |  |
| Daniel Miranker David Bruton Jr Centennial Fellow in Cs #3, PHD web site | Professor Miranker’s research group addresses biological database infrastructure with applications in Proteomics, Genomics and Phylogeny. One research focus concerns search and mining methods for large-scale ... |  |
| Ian Molineux Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | Our major interest is understanding how nucleic acids pass through lipid bilayers. Our model system is bacteriophage T7, which uses three different motor proteins to transport its DNA into the cell at the in... |  |
| Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor in Neurobiology M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Fellow In Molecular Biology web site | A large amount of knowledge has accumulated over the past decades implicating the central dopaminergic system in reward-based reinforcement learning, decision making, motivation and locomotion, as well as its d... |  |
| Richard Morrisett Professor in Pharmacy web site | My primary research interests center upon the interactions between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters and their synaptic and cellular effects that regulate certain aspects of normal neural function as ... |  |
| Somshuvra (Som) Mukhopadhyay Assistant Professor web site | We study intracellular membrane trafficking in the context of normal cell physiology and human disease. Transport of proteins and lipids between membrane bound subcellular organelles is essential for life. Cel... |  |
| Hiroshi Nishiyama Assistant Professor in Neurobiology web site | The synaptic connections between neurons undergo continuous structural remodeling even in the adult brain. However, we still have not largely understood the structural plasticity of neural circuitry in the con... |  |
| Nomeli Nunez Assistant Professor in Human Ecology web site | Dr. Nomeli Nunez earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1992 at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where he was an MBRS program participant. He finished his Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology at W... |  |
| Theresa O'Halloran Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | The membranes of eukarytoic cells are in continual flux, trafficking receptors and other proteins to their appropriate intracellular destinations. This process is important to signal transduction, cancer, and ... |  |
| Tanya Paull Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator web site | Research in the lab is focused on the DNA damage response in eukaryotic cells, specifically the checkpoint activation and DNA repair responses that occur immediately after the introduction of chromosomal dou... |  |
| Shelley Payne Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology University Distinguished Teaching Professor web site | We are interested in the genetics and regulation of virulence factors of gram negative pathogens, including Shigella and Vibrio cholerae. Members of the Shigella species are found both extracellularly and int... |  |
| Steven Phelps Associate Professor web site | The lab employs a diverse array of approaches, ranging from computational models to the molecular analysis of gene expression. This work is strongly anchored in empirical studies of animal behavior in both the ... |  |
| Jonathan Pierce-Shimomura Assistant Professor of Neurobiology web site | We are currently focused on two issues: 1) What are the underlying causes and potential cures for Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease? We hope to help create the first medicines that effectively treat ind... |  |
| Martin Poenie Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | We are interested in the cell biology of T cells and how they carry out their effector functions. In particular we are want to know how signaling events lead to reorganization of the T cell cytoskeleton and tra... |  |
| William Press Professor of Computer Sciences and Integrative Biology Warren J. and Viola M. Raymer Chair web site | My work is in computational biology, especially whole-genome studies. My collaborators and I develop and test new algorithms for finding and characterizing functional sequence, and for understanding evolutiona... |  |
| Nicholas Priebe Assistant Professor in Neurobiology web site | The massive expansion of cerebral cortex is a hallmark of the human brain. We know that the cortex plays an essential role in our perceptions and actions. Sensory inputs from the periphery are transformed in ... |  |
| Kimberly Raab-Graham Assistant Professor of Neurobiology web site | My current research has focused on identifying synaptic mRNAs and developing tools to characterize the local translation of these transcripts. I now plan to use these tools to address the questions of what mRNA... |  |
| Pengyu Ren Assistant Professor web site | Dr. Ren studies the structure and function of biomolecules, with pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Ren’s research team uses a range of computational tools to study the structure, dynamics and interact... |  |
| John H Richburg Professor Head, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology web site | The broad focus of my research is the investigation of the mechanism(s) by which environmental toxicants affect male reproduction. My specific research interests are directed towards thee understanding of the s... |  |
| Austen Riggs Professor Emeritus web site | Interactions between and within macromolecular assemblages are frequently the key to understanding many complex cellular processes. I am particularly interested in the molecular mechanisms responsible for pr... |  |
| Jon Robertus Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professor In Biochemistry web site | Research in my laboratory focuses on protein structure, action, engineering and rational drug design. This includes analysis of three-dimensional structure by X-ray crystallography, site-directed mutation of cl... |  |
| Stanley Roux Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | We are studying how the stimuli of light and gravity alter patterns of plant development. In our studies of light-induced responses we have found that ectoapyrase, an enzyme whose expression is strongly regulat... |  |
| Krishnendu Roy Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering web site | My overall research interest is in developing novel concepts for polymer controlled delivery of biological factors, especially for nucleic acid therapeutics (DNA, SiRNA and oligos) and stem cell engineering... |  |
| Rick Russell Associate Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | Our group combines biochemical and biophysical approaches to study the processes of RNA folding and assembly with proteins. Some of nature’s most complex and important enzyme machines are composed of RNA and pr... |  |
| Bob Sanders Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | Research interests are in the interdisciplinary areas of nutrition and cancer biology. Long term goals are to develop vitamin E analogs as anticancer agents, and to increase the understanding of the biological... |  |
| Sara Sawyer Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site | Evolutionary changes driven by historical viral epidemics have left a molecular fossil record in our DNA sequence. Our goal is to learn about natural strategies that have been successful at beating viruses in t... |  |
| Christine Schmidt Adjunct Professor web site | Damage to spinal cord and peripheral nerve tissue can have a devastating impact on the quality of life for individuals suffering from nerve injuries. Many attempts are being made to engineer therapies that can... |  |
| Jason Shear Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | The Shear Group investigates complex cellular and biochemical microenvironments at a variety of levels. Several current projects are focused on development of novel sensor- array methods and electrophoretic a... |  |
| George Shubeita Assistant Professor web site | Our group is interested in unraveling molecular mechanisms that regulate molecular-motor-driven transport within cells. We combine biophysical, biochemical, genetic and cell biology techniques to decipher the r... |  |
| David Stein Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | Most of the research in our lab is focused on the question of how a complex multicellular organism develops from a seemingly simple single cell, the fertilized Drosophila egg. In one set of investigations, we a... |  |
| Scott Stevens Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Chair of Graduate Studies Committee web site | Ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) function in many cellular processes and the malfunction of some of these RNPs cause serious human disease. To better understand how disease states can be corrected, our laboratory stud... |  |
| Laura Suggs Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering web site | Our lab is primarily interested in the development of biologically active materials and their use and behavior in cardiovascular tissue engineering. It is important to understand molecular and cellular mech... |  |
| Christopher Sullivan Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site | The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) and small regulatory RNAs such as siRNAs and miRNAs, has dramatically changed our understanding of the regulation of gene expression. Consequently, RNAi has generated mu... |  |
| Sibum Sung Assistant Professor Cell and Developmental Biology web site | Our research interests focus on the genetic, molecular and biochemical understandings of plant development through plant-environment interactions. We are particularly interested in the epigenetic regulation of... |  |
| Wesley Thompson Professor | My lab is interested in the role of glial cells in the formation and maintenance of synapses in the nervous system. For this purpose we study the simplest of all synapses, the neuromuscular junction where our ... |  |
| M. Stephen Trent Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | In order to survive, bacteria must quickly respond to changes in the surrounding environment. We are interested in how diverse environmental stimuli promote changes in conserved microbial structures found on t... |  |
| Haley Tucker Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology web site | We hope to better understand transcriptional regulation of hematopoetic and cardiovascular development and function in normal and diseased mice. Ongoing projects can be grouped operationally under four transcr... |  |
| Jason Upton Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Programmed cell death (PCD) serves as an efficient intrinsic defense against cellular injury or infection. Many pathogens, such as viruses, subvert normal cell death pathways as a mechanism to facilitate th... |  |
| Carla Vandenberg Associate Professor web site | My lab has had a long-standing interest in JNKs (c-Jun N-terminal Kinases), kinases traditionally characterized as a pro-apoptotic enzyme and necessary for many therapeutic drugs to induce cell death. Recent s... |  |
| Karen Vasquez Professor Fellow of Coulter R. Sublett Chair in Pharmacy web site | Our research efforts are focused in three general areas within an overall theme of genome instability, DNA damage and mechanisms of repair. A unique feature of our approach is an emphasis on the role of DNA str... |  |
| Steven Vokes Assistant Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | We are interested in understanding how cells integrate information in a way that directs them to make appropriate decisions. Our research specifically focuses on understanding how cells respond to secreted Hedg... |  |
| James Walker Professor in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology web site | My research interests include the mechanism by which the bacterial chromosome is replicated, how replication is controlled, and how replication is integrated with cell division. Specifically, we study compon... |  |
| John Wallingford Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology web site | The process by which embryos acquire their final shape involves the coordination of cell fate decisions with cell movement. We are taking an integrated approach to understanding this process in vertebrate embr... |  |
| Tandy Warnow Professor in Computer Sciences web site | Phylogenies (i.e. evolutionary trees) are fundamental to our understanding of evolution, and their inference is a major part of research in many areas of biology. With the production of increasing amounts of b... |  |
| Lauren Webb Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | Research in the Webb group seeks to understand and manipulate the mechanisms of interaction, organization, and self-assembly of biological macromolecules that lead to the complex and emergent properties of livi... |  |
| Marvin Whiteley Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology web site | Bacteria exhibit many social activities and represent a model for dissecting social behavior at the genetic level (recently defined as sociomicrobiology). One example of social behavior in bacteria is the use o... |  |
| Christian Whitman Professor in Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry Romeo T. Bachand, Jr. Regents Professorship In Pharmacy web site | My laboratory is interested in how enzymes evolve and how they work. We are studying two groups of enzymes, the tautomerase superfamily and the fumaryl acetoacetate hydrolase (FAH) superfamily. Both superfa... |  |
| Claus Wilke Assistant Professor in Integrative Biology web site | I am a computational biologist. I use bioinformatical and statistical methods to analyze biological data sets, in particular whole-genome and high-throughput data sets; I also develop mathematical models and... |  |
| Casey Wright Assistant Professor web site | My laboratory is focused on unraveling the complex regulatory mechanisms that govern the activity of the pleiotropic transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kB), with the long-term goal of identifying ph... |  |
| Harold Zakon Professor in Neurobiology web site | Ion channels are fundamental for the workings of the nervous system. We study the function, regulation, and evolution of voltage-dependent ion channels. Our main focus has been to study the regulation of sodium... |  |
| Boris Zemelman Assistant Professor of Neurobiology web site | We strive to understand the role of hippocampus in memory formation by manipulating its functional elements, namely the assemblies of cells that carry out particular tasks. This objective raises four practical ... |  |
| Yan Jessie Zhang Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry web site | A major focus of Zhang's research is the elucidation of the fundamental principles of transcriptional regulation. The primary experimental approaches used in the laboratory are macromolecular structure determi... |  |
| Xiaojing (John) Zhang Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering web site | Our current research focus is on the development of miniature tools with which to describe cellular processes quantitatively. Using these novel cell-machine interfaces, we can investigate, with extremely high s... |  |
