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Cellular & Molecular Biology Program
Paul Ahlquist
Oncology Department
Molecular mechanisms of virus replication, gene expression and host interactions
Nihal Ahmad
Dermatology Department
Mechanism of cancer development & novel approaches for cancer management
Jean-Michel Ané
Department of Bacteriology
Symbiotic plant-microbe associations (nodulation and mycorrhization)
Aseem Ansari
Biochemistry Department
Designing Synthetic Transcription Factors (SynTFs) for precision medicine
Alan Attie
Biochemistry Department
Molecular genetics of diabetes & insulin resistance; cell biology of lipoprotein assembly, cholesterol trafficking
Anjon Audhya
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Mechanisms of membrane trafficking; live cell imaging techniques
Sebastian Bednarek
Biochemistry Department
Membrane trafficking, organelle biogenesis, cytokinesis, polarized growth
William Bement
Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology & Integrative Biology Department
Signal transduction, cell division, and cytoskeleton
Anita Bhattacharyya
Cell and Regenerative Biology Department
Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders with human stem cells.
Curtis Brandt
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department
Virology, Herpes Simplex Virus, antivirals, gene therapy
Emery Bresnick
Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Normal and malignant hematopoiesis; epigenetics; molecular medicine
Michael Cahill
Comparative Biosciences Department
Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of synapse morphogenesis
Christian Capitini
Pediatrics Department
Adoptive cell therapies (NK cell and CAR T cell infusions), Bone marrow transplant, GVHD
Silvia Cavagnero
Chemistry Department
Protein folding and aggregation in the cell, molecular chaperones, role of the ribosome in protein folding
Lara Collier
Pharmacy Department
Genetic approaches to studying cancer initiation, progression, and therapy resistance
Cynthia Czajkowski
Neuroscience Department
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pentameric ligand gated ion channel signaling
John Denu
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Mechanisms of chromatin dynamics, epigenetics, metabolism, and signaling
Heidi Dvinge
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Mechanisms and functional consequences of RNA mis-splicing in cancer.
Feyza Engin
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Endoplasmic reticulum stress, organelle dysfunction, unfolded protein response, beta cell function and diabetes
Jing Fan
Nutritional Sciences Department
Mammalian cellular metabolism; metabolic regulation; tumor microenvironment
Catherine Fox
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Conservation and diversity in mechanisms that control the inheritance and expression of eukaryotic chromosomes
Paul Friesen
Biochemistry Department
Apoptosis, programmed cell death, mechanisms of host-virus interactions, regulation of transcription, baculovirus evolution
Daniel Greenspan
Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Extracellular modulators of cellular behavior
Mary Halloran
Integrative Biology Department
Mechanisms of axon guidance and neural crest cell migration during zebrafish neural development
Jeffrey Hardin
Integrative Biology Department
Morphogenesis and pattern formation during early development
Troy Hornberger
Comparative Biosciences Department
Mechanotransduction and the regulation of skeletal muscle mass
Zhen Huang
Neurology Department
Cerebral cortex development, neuronel migration, dendrite development
Anna Huttenlocher
Pediatrics Department
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate cell migration and chemotaxis in cancer and inflammation
Meyer Jackson
Neuroscience Department
Electrophysiology and imaging techniques are used to explore the basic mechanisms of neuronal signaling
Jeffrey Johnson
Pharmacy Department
Signal transduction, neurotoxicity, and transcriptional control of neuroprotective genes
Mehdi Kabbage
Plant Pathology Department
Plant fungal interactions; stress tolerance, programmed cell death
Timothy Kamp
Medicine Department
Cardiac ion channels function and regulation; basic mechanisms of heart failure and arrhythmias; stem cells and cardiac regeneration
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Pathobiological Sciences Department
Molecular pathogenesis of influenza and Ebola viruses
Patricia Kiley
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Molecular genetics and biochemistry of oxygen regulated gene expression and transcription activation
Laura Knoll
Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department
Pathogenesis and developmental regulation in the parasite toxoplasma
Pamela Kreeger
Biomedical Engineering Department
Systems biology experiments and modeling for human cancers
Robert Landick
Biochemistry Department
Control of transcription elongation; RNA polymerase structure/function
Youngsook Lee
Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Molecular regulation of cardiovascular development, disease, function and cardiomyogenesis
Wan-Ju Li
Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Department
iPSC-based skeletal regeneration; mesenchymal stem cell biology
Bo Liu
Surgery Department
Cell death, signal transduction, extracellular matrix, inflammation, vascular disease
Thomas Martin
Biochemistry Department
Mechanisms of hormone action; regulation of hormone/neurotransmitter secretion
Patrick Masson
Genetics Department
Molecular genetics of root growth behavior in response to mechanical stimuli
Douglas McNeel
Medicine Department
Development of immunological treatments, and vaccines in particular, that can eradicate prostate cancer
Deane Mosher
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Biochemistry of cell adhesion and the extracellular matrix
Jon Odorico
Surgery Department
Embryonic stem cells to generate insulin producing cells for the treatment of diabetes and to study pancreatic islet development
Marisa Otegui
Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology & Botany Department
Endosomal trafficking in plants
David Pagliarini
Biochemistry Department
Mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism; cell signaling; proteomics
Donna Peters
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department
Role of extracellular matrix and integrin signaling in human eye
Aurelie Rakotondrafara
Plant Pathology Department
RNA, translation, plant virus, IRES, viral resistance
Srivatsan Raman
Biochemistry Department
Synthetic biology, protein design, metabolic engineering, allostery, directed evolution
Alan Rapraeger
Human Oncology Department
Regulation of tumor proliferation, invasion and survival by adhesion receptor signaling mechanisms
Jennifer Reed
Chemical & Biological Engineering Department
Biological network modeling of microbial systems
Michael Sheets
Biomolecular Chemistry Department
Molecular mechanisms regulating early vertebrate development
Nader Sheibani
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Department
Cell adhesion and signaling in vascular cells
Igor Slukvin
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department
Hematopoietic development from pluripotent stem cells; de novo generation of hematopoietic stem cells
Lloyd Smith
Chemistry Department
Development and application of novel bioanalytical methods; new instrumentation and chemistries for biological mass spectrometry and biologically modified surfaces
Rupa Sridharan
Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Epigenetics, somatic cell reprogramming, cell fate change
Robert Striker
Medicine Department
Role of immune imbalance (CD4/CD8 ratio) in viral infections and disease
Michael Sussman
Biochemistry Department
Genome technologies applied to the plasma membrane of eukaryotes: signal transduction and bioenergetics
John Svaren
Comparative Biosciences Department
Transcriptional regulation of peripheral nerve myelination
Randal Tibbetts
Human Oncology Department
DNA repair; gene expression; neurodegeneration; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Ophelia Venturelli
Biochemistry Department
Systems and synthetic biology of genetic regulatory networks and microbial ecosystems
Jyoti Watters
Comparative Biosciences Department
Signal transduction and epigenetic regulation of microglial gene transcription and immune function
Beth Weaver
Cell & Regenerative Biology Department
Mitosis, chromosome segregation, aneuploidy and cancer
Marvin Wickens
Biochemistry Department
RNA and gene control; role of RNA regulation in development and the nervous system
Yongna Xing
Oncology Department
Cell signaling related to caner, structural biology, biochemistry, proteomics
Jerry Yin
Genetics Department
Cellular/molecular mechanisms of memory formation and psychiatric dysfunction
John Yin
Chemical & Biological Engineering Department
Molecular virology, computational biology, biochemical engineering
John-Paul (JP) Yu
Radiology Department
Neuroimaging, neuropsychiatric disorders, autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, systems neuroscience
Xinyu Zhao
Neuroscience Department
Epigenetic regulation, neural stem cells, neurodevelopment, noncoding RNA, RNA binding protein, learning and memory
