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Cellular & Molecular Biology Program

Paul Ahlquist

Credentials: Institute for Molecular Virology, Oncology, Plant Pathology Department

Position title: Virus Replication and Host Interactions

Email: ahlquist@wisc.edu

Nihal Ahmad

Credentials: Dermatology Department

Position title: Mechanism of cancer development & novel approaches for cancer management

Email: nahmad@wisc.edu

Elaine Alarid

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Molecular mechanism of hormone action in cancer

Email: alarid@oncology.wisc.edu

Caroline Alexander

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Skin and metabolic physiology

Email: alexander@oncology.wisc.edu

Margaret Alexander

Credentials: Medical Microbiology Department

Position title: Diet, microbiota, immune interactions

Email: mralexander2@wisc.edu

Francisco Alvarado

Credentials: Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine

Position title: Regulation of cardiac ion channels and calcium signaling; cellular and molecular mechanisms of arrhythmias and heart failure.

Email: falvarad@medicine.wisc.edu

Daniel Amador-Noguez

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Microbial Systems Biology

Email: amadornoguez@wisc.edu

Richard Amasino

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Seasonal control of flowering

Email: amasino@biochem.wisc.edu

Matthew Anderson

Credentials: Genetics

Position title: Genetic diversity of microbial systems

Email: mzanderson@wisc.edu

Richard Anderson

Credentials: Medical School Dean's Office

Position title: Molecular and cellular signaling and cancer

Email: raanders@wisc.edu

Rozalyn Anderson

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Metabolism of aging and age-related disease

Email: rozalyn.anderson@wisc.edu

Jean-Michel Ané

Credentials: Department of Bacteriology

Position title: Symbiotic plant-microbe associations (nodulation and mycorrhization)

Email: jane@wisc.edu

Lisa Arendt

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Obesity, breast cancer, mouse models

Email: lmarendt@wisc.edu

Alan Attie

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Molecular genetics of diabetes & insulin resistance; cell biology of lipoprotein assembly, cholesterol trafficking

Email: adattie@wisc.edu

Anjon Audhya

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Mechanisms of membrane trafficking; live cell imaging techniques

Email: audhya@wisc.edu

Adam Bailey

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Viral Pathogenesis, Zoonosis, & Medical Countermeasures

Email: albailey@wisc.edu

Arash Bashirullah

Credentials: Pharmacy Department

Position title: Developmental regulation of endocrine and exocrine biology

Email: bashirullah@wisc.edu

Sebastian Bednarek

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Membrane trafficking, organelle biogenesis, cytokinesis, polarized growth

Email: sybednar@wisc.edu

David Beebe

Credentials: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Investigating cellular scale phenomena from physical and biological sciences perspectives

Email: djbeebe@wisc.edu

William (Bill) Bement

Credentials: Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology & Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Signal transduction, cell division, and cytoskeleton

Email: wmbement@facstaff.wisc.edu

Andrew Bent

Credentials: Plant Pathology Department

Position title: Molecular basis of plant disease resistance

Email: afbent@wisc.edu

Anita Bhattacharyya

Credentials: Cell and Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders with human stem cells.

Email: bhattacharyy@waisman.wisc.edu

Alexander Birbrair

Credentials: Dermatology

Position title: Mechanisms regulating cancer progression

Email: birbrair@wisc.edu

Seth Blair

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Development and signaling in Drosophila

Email: ssblair@facstaff.wisc.edu

Barak Blum

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Functional beta cell maturation

Email: bblum4@wisc.edu

Grace Boekhoff-Falk

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Limb and neural development

Email: boekhofffalk@wisc.edu

Marjorie Brand

Credentials: Cell and Regenerative Biology

Position title: Leukemia; Blood differentiation; Gene regulation; Genomics; Proteomics

Email: mbrand3@wisc.edu

Curtis Brandt

Credentials: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department

Position title: Virology, Herpes Simplex Virus, antivirals, gene therapy

Email: crbrandt@wisc.edu

Emery Bresnick

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Normal and malignant hematopoiesis; epigenetics; molecular medicine

Email: ehbresni@wisc.edu

David Brow

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: DNA transcription and RNA splicing in yeast

Email: dabrow@wisc.edu

Matt Brown

Credentials: Surgery

Position title: Pluripotent Stem Cell Immunogenicity

Email: brownm@surgyer.wisc.edu

Jacob Brunkard

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms regulating plant metabolism

Email: brunkard@wisc.edu

Mark Burkard

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Mitotic kinase function and cancer

Email: mburkard@wisc.edu

Briana Burton

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Macromolecule transport across membranes

Email: briana.burton@wisc.edu

Michael Cahill

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of synapse morphogenesis

Email: michael.cahill@wisc.edu

Zachary Campbell

Credentials: Anesthesiology Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms of pain

Email: zcampbell@wisc.edu

Jason Cantor

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Influence of environmental factors on human cell metabolism

Email: jcantor@morgridge.org

Christian Capitini

Credentials: Pediatrics Department

Position title: Adoptive cell therapies (NK cell and CAR T cell infusions), Bone marrow transplant, GVHD

Email: ccapitini@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Silvia Cavagnero

Credentials: Chemistry Department

Position title: Protein folding and aggregation in the cell, molecular chaperones, role of the ribosome in protein folding

Email: cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu

Qiang Chang

Credentials: Medical Genetics Department

Position title: Epigenetic regulation of brain function

Email: qchang@waisman.wisc.edu

Edwin Chapman

Credentials: Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Position title: Ricardo Miledi Professor of Neuroscience

Email: chapman@wisc.edu

Jane Churpek

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Genetics of blood disorder and cancer predisposition

Email: jchurpek@wisc.edu

Josh Coon

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry

Position title: Systems and quantitative biology

Email: jcoon@chem.wisc.edu

Pippa Cosper

Credentials: Human Oncology

Position title: Chromosomal instability, radiation sensitivity, DNA tumor viruses

Email: cosper@wisc.edu

Scott Coyle

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Understanding and engineering cell behavior.

Email: smcoyle@wisc.edu

Vincent Cryns

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Mechanisms of cell death in disease

Email: vlcryns@medicine.wisc.edu

Cynthia Czajkowski

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pentameric ligand gated ion channel signaling

Email: cmczajko@wisc.edu

Dawn Davis

Credentials: Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Position title: Pancreatic islet biology

Email: dbd@medicine.wisc.edu

Erik Dent

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Regulation of the cytoskeleton in neuronal differentiation

Email: ewdent@wisc.edu

John Denu

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Mechanisms of chromatin dynamics, epigenetics, metabolism, and signaling

Email: jmdenu@wisc.edu

Jeffrey Dilworth

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology

Position title: Epigenetics; Muscle Regeneration; Stem Cell Biology; Gene Expression

Email: fdilworth@wisc.edu

Huy Dinh

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Computational biology, Tumor microenvironment heterogeneity

Email: huy.dinh@wisc.edu

Timothy Donohue

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Process & control of bioenergy generation

Email: tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu

Katie Drerup

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Cellular Neuroscience

Email: drerup@wisc.edu

Daniela Drummond Barbosa

Credentials: Genetics

Position title: Physiology of stem cell lineages

Email: ddbarbosa@wisc.edu

Lee Eckhardt

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Functional genomics approach to understand cardiac-arrhythmia

Email: lle@medicine.wisc.edu

David Ehrlich

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Neural control of movement

Email: dehrlich@wisc.edu

Feyza Engin

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Endoplasmic reticulum stress, organelle dysfunction, unfolded protein response, beta cell function and diabetes

Email: fengin@wisc.edu

David Evans

Credentials: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Host-pathogen interactions for HIV and SIV

Email: dtevans2@wisc.edu

Jing Fan

Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department

Position title: Mammalian cellular metabolism; metabolic regulation; tumor microenvironment

Email: jfan4@wisc.edu

Amy Fowler

Credentials: Radiology Department

Position title: Molecular imaging of steroid receptors in breast cancer

Email: afowler@wisc.edu

Catherine Fox

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Conservation and diversity in mechanisms that control the inheritance and expression of eukaryotic chromosomes

Email: cfox@wisc.edu

Thomas Friedrich

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences Department

Position title: Immunity to influenza and AIDS viruses

Email: thomasf@primate.wisc.edu

Marta Gaglia

Credentials: Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Virus-host interactions in influenza viruses and herpes viruses

Email: Marta.Gaglia@wisc.edu

Andrea Galmozzi

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Intracellular trafficking of signaling metabolites

Email: agalmozzi@medicine.wisc.edu

David Gamm

Credentials: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department

Position title: Retinal stem cell biology

Email: dgamm@wisc.edu

Xin Gao

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Hematopoietic stem cells; bone marrow microenvironment; blood diseases

Email: xgao37@wisc.edu

Audrey Gasch

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Genomic expression in response to stress

Email: agasch@wisc.edu

Ying Ge

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Systems biology, cardiac disease and regeneration

Email: ge2@wisc.edu

Simon Gilroy

Credentials: Botany Department

Position title: Plant cell biology and signal transduction

Email: sgilroy@wisc.edu

Alexey Glukhov

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Cardiac electrophysiology, biophysics, cellular and molecular biology of cardiomyocytes, cardiac arrhythmias and pathophysiology

Email: aglukhov@medicine.wisc.edu

Timothy Gomez

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Regulation of axon guidance

Email: tmgomez@facstaff.wisc.edu

Anne Griep

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Molecular regulation of mammalian eye development

Email: aegriep@wisc.edu

Yevgenya Grinblat

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Genetic basis of neural development

Email: ygrinblat@facstaff.wisc.edu

Wei Guo

Credentials: Animal Health & Biomedical Sciences

Position title: Muscle Structure and Function, RNA Biology

Email: wguo2@wisc.edu

Mary Halloran

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Mechanisms of axon guidance and neural crest cell migration during zebrafish neural development

Email: mchalloran@facstaff.wisc.edu

Jeffrey Hardin

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Morphogenesis and pattern formation during early development

Email: jdhardin@wisc.edu

Melissa Harrison

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Zygotic genome transcriptional activation

Email: mharrison3@wisc.edu

Gaelen Hess

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry

Position title: High-Throughput Mammalian Functional Genomics

Email: ghess3@wisc.edu

Chris Hittinger

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Molecular evolution of gene networks

Email: cthittinger@wisc.edu

Mrinalini Hoon

Credentials: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department

Position title: Mechanisms regulating retinal circuit organization

Email: mhoon@wisc.edu

Troy Hornberger

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Mechanotransduction and the regulation of skeletal muscle mass

Email: troy.hornberger@wisc.edu

Andrew Hryckowian

Credentials: Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms of microbiome dynamics

Email: Hryckowian@medicine.wisc.edu

Zhen Huang

Credentials: Neurology Department

Position title: Cerebral cortex development, neuronel migration, dendrite development

Email: z.huang@neurology.wisc.edu

Christina Hull

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Human fungal pathogen development & pathogenesis

Email: cmhull@wisc.edu

Anna Huttenlocher

Credentials: Pediatrics Department

Position title: Cell migration; inflammation; innate immunity

Email: huttenlocher@wisc.edu

Tu-Anh Huynh

Credentials: Food Science Department

Position title: C-di-AMP signaling in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis

Email: thuynh6@wisc.edu

Jiaoyang Jiang

Credentials: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Position title: Protein glycosylation in biology and disease

Email: jiaoyang.jiang@wisc.edu

Eric Johannsen

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Transcription, Growth Transformation, Notch Signaling

Email: ejohannsen@medicine.wisc.edu

Joan Jorgensen

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Molecular and developmental origins of sex differentiation

Email: joan.jorgensen@wisc.edu

Mehdi Kabbage

Credentials: Plant Pathology Department

Position title: Programmed Cell Death/Host-Microbe Interactions

Email: kabbage@wisc.edu

Betul Kaçar

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Origins and early evolution of life, ancient proteins, functional evolution over geologic time

Email: bkacar@wisc.edu

Rob Kalejta

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Epigenetics of HCMV transcription

Email: rfkalejta@wisc.edu

Timothy Kamp

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Mechanisms of arrhythmias and cardiac regeneration

Email: tjk@medicine.wisc.edu

Junsu Kang

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Regeneration, zebrafish, enhancer, fin, heart

Email: junsu.kang@wisc.edu

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences Department

Position title: Molecular pathogenesis of influenza and Ebola viruses

Email: yoshihiro.kawaoka@wisc.edu

James Keck

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Structural Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance

Email: jlkeck@wisc.edu

Nancy Keller

Credentials: Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department

Position title: Fungi, secondary metabolism, pathogenesis

Email: npkeller@wisc.edu

Michelle Kimple

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: GPCRs in pancreatic islet biology

Email: mkimple@medicine.wisc.edu

Randall Kimple

Credentials: Human Oncology Department

Position title: Cell therapy, radiation biology, cancer therapeutics

Email: rkimple@humonc.wisc.edu

Melissa Kinney

Credentials: Biomedical Engineering Department

Position title: Stem cell systems biology

Email: melissa.kinney@wisc.edu

Robert Kirchdoerfer

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy of viral proteins

Email: rnkirchdoerf@wisc.edu

Bruce Klein

Credentials: Pediatrics Department

Position title: Host-fungal pathogen interactions

Email: bsklein@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Laura Knoll

Credentials: Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department

Position title: Molecular analysis of host/parasite interactions

Email: ljknoll@wisc.edu

Adam Konopka

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Musculoskeletal aging and metabolism

Email: akonopka@medicine.wisc.edu

Pamela Kreeger

Credentials: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Tissue engineering, systems biology, tumor microenvironment

Email: kreeger@wisc.edu

Patrick Krysan

Credentials: Horticulture Department

Position title: MAP kinase signal transduction in Arabidopsis

Email: pjkrysan@wisc.edu

Paul Lambert

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Small DNA tumor viruses

Email: plambert@wisc.edu

Dudley Lamming

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Molecular Physiology of Aging

Email: lamming@wisc.edu

Robert Landick

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: RNA polymerase structure, function, and regulation

Email: rlandick@wisc.edu

Jessica Lang

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Position title: Translational ovarian cancer epigenetics

Email: jessica.lang@wisc.edu

Peter Lewis

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Chromatin regulation in development and disease

Email: peter.lewis@wisc.edu

Wan-Ju Li

Credentials: Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Department

Position title: Chondrogenic differentiation of iPSCs via neural crest lineage

Email: li@ortho.wisc.edu

Ci Ji Lim

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Human telomere maintenance and genome maintenance

Email: ciji.lim@wisc.edu

Robert Lipinski

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Craniofacial development and birth defects

Email: robert.lipinski@wisc.edu

Bo Liu

Credentials: Surgery Department

Position title: Cell death, signal transduction, extracellular matrix, inflammation, vascular disease

Email: bliu24@wisc.edu

Valentina Lo Sardo

Credentials: Cell and Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Human genetic variations in cardiovascular and cancer biology

Email: losardo@wisc.edu

Dan Loeb

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Molecular biology of hepatitis B viruses

Email: loeb@oncology.wisc.edu

Hiroshi Maeda

Credentials: Botany Department

Position title: Amino acid homeostasis in plants

Email: maeda2@wisc.edu

Ahmed Mahmoud

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Mammalian Heart Regeneration

Email: aimahmoud@wisc.edu

Kinjal Majumder

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Mechanisms of virus localization to cellular DNA breaks

Email: kmajumder@wisc.edu

Mark Mandel

Credentials: Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department

Position title: Genetic analysis of bacterial colonization

Email: mmandel@wisc.edu

Thomas Martin

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Mechanisms of hormone action; regulation of hormone/neurotransmitter secretion

Email: tfmartin@wisc.edu

Patrick Masson

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Molecular genetics of root growth behavior in response to mechanical stimuli

Email: phmasson@wisc.edu

Kristyn Masters

Credentials: Biomedical Engineering Department

Position title: In vitro disease modeling

Email: kmasters@wisc.edu

Daniel Matson

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Position title: Transcription Factors and Replication Origins

Email: drmatson@wisc.edu

Megan McClean

Credentials: Biomedical Engineering Department

Position title: Biological signal processing

Email: mmcclean@wisc.edu

Sara McCoy

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Mesenchymal stromal cell immunobiology

Email: ssmccoy@medicine.wisc.edu

Colleen McDowell

Credentials: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department

Position title: Molecular pathways of glaucoma pathogenesis

Email: cmmcdowell@wisc.edu

Douglas McNeel

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Development of immunological treatments, and vaccines in particular, that can eradicate prostate cancer

Email: dm3@medicine.wisc.edu

Andrew Mehle

Credentials: Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department

Position title: Influenza virus replication machinery

Email: amehle@wisc.edu

Kavi Mehta

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Replication-coupled DNA repair

Email: kmehta@wisc.edu

Matthew Merrins

Credentials: Medicine

Position title: Beta cell biology and diabetes

Email: merrins@wisc.edu

Mark Meyer

Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department

Position title: Investigating genomic mechanisms of transcription, metabolism, and disease progression

Email: markmeyer@wisc.edu

Shigeki Miyamoto

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Regulatory mechanisms of Rel/NF-kappaB transcription factors

Email: smiyamot@wisc.edu

Emma Mohr

Credentials: Pediatrics Department

Position title: Defines congenital viral infection outcomes

Email: emohr2@wisc.edu

Darcie Moore

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Neural stem cells and aging

Email: darcie.moore@wisc.edu

Zachary Morris

Credentials: Human Oncology

Position title: Radiotherapy to immune-modulate tumor microenvironments

Email: zmorris@humonc.wisc.edu

Freya Mowat

Credentials: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department

Position title: Retinal photoreceptor metabolism and aging

Email: mowat@wisc.edu

Muhammed Murtaza

Credentials: Surgery

Position title: Cancer genomics and precision medicine

Email: murtaza@surgery.wisc.edu

Jeremy Nance

Credentials: Cell and Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Mechanisms of morphogenesis and organogenesis

Email: jfnance@wisc.edu

Donna Neumann

Credentials: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department

Position title: 3D chromatin control of DNA viruses

Email: dneumann3@wisc.edu

Phillip Newmark

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Regeneration and germ cell development in flatworms

Email: pnewmark@wisc.edu

David O'Connor

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Pathogenetics of SIV and HIV Infections

Email: dhoconno@wisc.edu

Shelby O'Connor

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Host immunity to SIV/HIV and Mtb

Email: slfeinberg@wisc.edu

Claire O'Leary

Credentials: Pediatrics

Position title: Tuft cells, immunology, microbiome

Email: coleary@wisc.edu

Jon Odorico

Credentials: Surgery Department

Position title: Embryonic stem cells to generate insulin producing cells for the treatment of diabetes and to study pancreatic islet development

Email: jon@surgery.wisc.edu

Marisa Otegui

Credentials: Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology & Botany Department

Position title: Endosomal trafficking in plants

Email: otegui@wisc.edu

Xuan Pan

Credentials: Medical Sciences Department

Position title: Epigenetic regulation, hematopoiesis, mouse models

Email: xpan24@wisc.edu

Brian Parks

Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department

Position title: Causal genes of metabolic diseases

Email: brian.w.parks@wisc.edu

Bret Payseur

Credentials: Genetics

Position title: Evolution of extreme phenotypes

Email: payseur@wisc.edu

Francisco Pelegri

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Genetic control of zebrafish embryogenesis

Email: fjpelegri@wisc.edu

Luigi Puglielli

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration

Email: lp1@medicine.wisc.edu

Andrea Putnam

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry

Position title: RNA condensates in development

Email: aaputnam@wisc.edu

Aurelie Rakotondrafara

Credentials: Plant Pathology Department

Position title: RNA, translation, plant virus, IRES, viral resistance

Email: rakotondrafa@wisc.edu

Srivatsan Raman

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Synthetic biology, protein design, metabolic engineering, allostery, directed evolution

Email: sraman4@wisc.edu

Federico Rey

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Gut microbiome, diet and cardiometabolic health

Email: ferey@wisc.edu

Timothy Rhoads

Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department

Position title: Gene expression regulation of metabolism and aging

Email: timothy.rhoads@wisc.edu

Rebecca (Becky) Richards

Credentials: Pediatrics

Position title: Engineering next-generation CAR-T cells for blood cancers

Email: rmrichards3@wisc.edu

Claire Richardson

Credentials: Genetics

Position title: Cellular & molecular neurobiology, aging

Email: Claire.richardson@wisc.edu

Abbas Rizvi

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Single cell and spatially resolved studies of gene regulation

Email: ahrizvi@wisc.edu

Gail Robertson

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms of ion channel disease

Email: garobert@wisc.edu

Philip Romero

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Protein engineering

Email: promero2@wisc.edu

Avtar Roopra

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Regulation of chromatin structure in neurons and cancer

Email: asroopra@wisc.edu

Lixin Rui

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Molecular pathogenesis of lymphoma

Email: lrui@medicine.wisc.edu

Krishanu Saha

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Human stem cell engineering

Email: ksaha@wisc.edu

Wilmara Salgado Pabón

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences Department

Position title: S. aureus enterotoxin targeting of vascular endothelium

Email: wsalgado@wisc.edu

John-Demian (JD) Sauer

Credentials: Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department

Position title: Host-pathogen interactions

Email: sauer3@wisc.edu

David Schwartz

Credentials: Chemistry Department

Position title: Structural variation in mammalian genomes

Email: dcschwartz@wisc.edu

Vijay Setaluri

Credentials: Dermatology Department

Position title: Cell and molecular biology of skin in health and disease

Email: vsetaluri@dermatology.wisc.edu

Prashant Sharma

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Biodiversity in invertebrates

Email: psharma37@wisc.edu

Nathaniel Sharp

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Spontaneous mutation rate and spectrum

Email: nathaniel.sharp@wisc.edu

Michael Sheets

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms regulating early vertebrate development

Email: mdsheets@wisc.edu

Nader Sheibani

Credentials: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department

Position title: Cell adhesion and signaling in vascular cells

Email: nsheibanikar@wisc.edu

Miriam Shelef

Credentials: Medicine Department

Position title: Immune cells, autoimmunity, and arthritis

Email: mshelef@medicine.wisc.edu

Nathan Sherer

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Cell biology of HIV replication

Email: nsherer@wisc.edu

Judith Simcox

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Lipid metabolism in cold exposure

Email: jsimcox@wisc.edu

Raunak Sinha

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Neural signaling in the retina

Email: raunak.sinha@wisc.edu

Melissa Skala

Credentials: Biomedical Engineering Department

Position title: Metabolism, cancer, microscopy

Email: mcskala@wisc.edu

Ahna Skop

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Role of mRNAs in cell division and pluripotency; Neurodegeneration

Email: skop@wisc.edu

Igor Slukvin

Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department

Position title: Hematopoietic development from pluripotent stem cells; de novo generation of hematopoietic stem cells

Email: islukvin@wisc.edu

Judith Smith

Credentials: Pediatrics Department

Position title: Stress regulation of cytokine production

Email: jsmith27@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Lloyd Smith

Credentials: Chemistry Department

Position title: Development and application of novel bioanalytical methods; new instrumentation and chemistries for biological mass spectrometry and biologically modified surfaces

Email: smith@chem.wisc.edu

Paul Sondel

Credentials: Pediatrics Department

Position title: Clinical immunotherapy of cancer and tumor immunology

Email: pmsondel@humonc.wisc.edu

Andre Sousa

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human brain development and evolution.

Email: andre.sousa@wisc.edu

Vanessa Sperandio

Credentials: Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department

Position title: Chemical signaling between bacteria and host

Email: vsperandio@wisc.edu

Rupa Sridharan

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Epigenetics, somatic cell reprogramming, cell fate change

Email: rsridharan2@wisc.edu

Marulasiddappa Suresh

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences Department

Position title: T cell responses to viral infections

Email: sureshm@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

Michael Sussman

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Genome technologies applied to the plasma membrane of eukaryotes: signal transduction and bioenergetics

Email: msussman@wisc.edu

Aussie Suzuki

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Cell Division, Mitosis, Kinetochore, Tension, Chromosomal Instability

Email: aussie.suzuki@wisc.edu

John Svaren

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Transcriptional regulation of peripheral nerve myelination

Email: jpsvaren@wisc.edu

Owen Tamplin

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: The hematopoietic stem cell niche

Email: tamplin@wisc.edu

Randal Tibbetts

Credentials: Human Oncology Department

Position title: DNA repair; gene expression; neurodegeneration; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Email: rstibbetts@wisc.edu

Marcelo Vargas

Credentials: Neurology Department

Position title: Cell and molecular biology of astrocytes. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Email: mvargas@wisc.edu

Ophelia Venturelli

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Systems and synthetic biology of genetic regulatory networks and microbial ecosystems

Email: venturelli@wisc.edu

Chad Vezina

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Urinary dysfunction in aging men

Email: cmvezina@wisc.edu

Han Wang

Credentials: Integrative Biology Department

Position title: Neurogenetics and Behavior

Email: han.wang@wisc.edu

Jade Wang

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Stress and genome integrity in bacteria

Email: wang@bact.wisc.edu

David Wassarman

Credentials: Medical Genetics Department

Position title: Neurodegeneration in Drosophila

Email: dawassarman@wisc.edu

Jyoti Watters

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Signal transduction and epigenetic regulation of microglial gene transcription and immune function

Email: jjwatters@wisc.edu

Beth Weaver

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Mitosis, chromosome segregation, aneuploidy and cancer

Email: baweaver@wisc.edu

Deneen Wellik

Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology Department

Position title: Hox genes, Organogenesis, Regeneration, mesenchymal stem cells, Mouse genetics

Email: wellik@wisc.edu

Donna Werling

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Genomics of brain development and disorders

Email: dwerling@wisc.edu

Deric Wheeler

Credentials: Human Oncology Department

Position title: Mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies

Email: dlwheeler@wisc.edu

Marvin Wickens

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: RNA and gene control; role of RNA regulation in development and the nervous system

Email: wickens@biochem.wisc.edu

Justin Wolter

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders

Email: wolter4@wisc.edu

Elizabeth Wright

Credentials: Biochemistry Department

Position title: Cryo-electron microscopy of biological macromolecular machines

Email: erwright2@wisc.edu

Yongna Xing

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Cell signaling related to caner, structural biology, biochemistry, proteomics

Email: xing@oncology.wisc.edu

Wei Xu

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Epigenetic regulation of breast cancer

Email: wxu@oncology.wisc.edu

Eric Yen

Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department

Position title: Intestine, assimilation of dietary fat, and energy balance

Email: eric.yen@wisc.edu

Jerry Yin

Credentials: Genetics Department

Position title: Cellular/molecular mechanisms of memory formation and psychiatric dysfunction

Email: jcyin@wisc.edu

John Yin

Credentials: Chemical & Biological Engineering Department

Position title: Molecular virology, computational biology, biochemical engineering

Email: john.yin@wisc.edu

John-Paul (JP) Yu

Credentials: Radiology Department

Position title: Neuroimaging, neuropsychiatric disorders, autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, systems neuroscience

Email: jpyu@uwhealth.org

Jing Zhang

Credentials: Oncology Department

Position title: Hematopoietic stem cell, leukemic stem cell, cytokine signaling

Email: zhang@oncology.wisc.edu

Fei Zhao

Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department

Position title: Sexual differentiation of reproductive tracts

Email: fei.zhao@wisc.edu

Xinyu Zhao

Credentials: Neuroscience Department

Position title: Epigenetic regulation, neural stem cells, neurodevelopment, noncoding RNA, RNA binding protein, learning and memory

Email: xinyu.zhao@wisc.edu