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Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Faculty, A–Z


Bellini, Michel, Assistant Professor

Organization of the nucleus; chromosomes and other nuclear organelles; RNA transcription and processing; ribonucleoproteins; nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking; amphibian oocyte

Belmont, Andrew S., Professor and Head of Cell and Developmental Biology

Chromatin structure, nuclear architecture, gene expression

Cameron, Jo Ann, Associate Professor

Cellular and molecular mechanisms that control amphibian limb regeneration

Ceman, Stephanie, Assistant Professor

Molecular basis of disease, posttranslational modifications, regulation of RNA expression, RNA-protein interactions

Chen, Jie, Associate Professor

Signal transduction mechanisms in mammalian cell growth, proliferation and differentiation—the rapamycin-sensitive signaling network

Clayton, David F., Professor

Neurogenomics; cellular mechanisms of neural plasticity; songbird model system

Freeman, Brian C., Assistant Professor

Gene regulation; molecular chaperone action; active disassembly of nuclear protein complexes

Gillette, Martha U., Alumni Professor

Cellular and molecular mechanisms in the brain's circadian clock: stimulus-transcription coupling, molecular gating of signal transduction, neurochemical regulators of circadian rhythms and sleep

Greenough, William T., Professor

Brain plasticity in learning and memory; cellular signalling in brain plasticity; mechanisms of brain development; role of experience in brain maturation

Henry, Jonathan J., Professor

Mechanisms of cell determination; development of the vertebrate lens; developmental basis for evolutionary change

Huey Hing, Assistant Professor

Axon guidance and development of smell

Jones, Peter L., Assistant Professor

Regulation of gene repression; biochemistry of chromatin modifying machines; Xenopus as a model to study FSH muscular dystrophy

Katzenellenbogen, Benita S., Swanlund Professor

Regulation of gene expression, signal transduction, and cell proliferation by hormones and growth factors; mechanisms of hormone and antihormone action in normal and cancer cells; functional analyses of nuclear hormone receptors

Kaufman, Stephen J., Professor Emeritus

Role of integrins and extracellular matrix proteins in skeletal muscle development, formation of the neuromuscular junction, and muscular dystrophy

Kemper, Byron W., Professor and Head of Pharmacology in the College of Medicine

Regulation of P450 gene expression; structural basis for cellular localization, membrane association, assembly, and substrate interaction of P450

Lévesque, Lyne, Research Assistant Professor

Ins and outs of nucleocytoplasmic transport

Mizzen, Craig A., Assistant Professor

Chromatin: structure, function, and metabolism

Newmark, Phillip A., Associate Professor

Planarian regeneration, stem cell biology, germ line development

Prasanth, Kannanganattu V., Assistant Professor

Eukaryotic nuclear-retained regulatory RNAs (NrRNAs); gene regulation; nuclear domain and structure maintenance

Prasanth, Supriya G., Assistant Professor

Eukaryotic DNA replication; chromosome structure and maintenance; heterochromatin organization; cell cycle control

Rivier, David H., Associate Professor

Regulation of chromosomal DNA replication; structure of chromosomal origins; relationship between DNA replication and stable, heritable transcription states (position effects); yeast molecular genetics

Robertson, Hugh M., Professor

Molecular basis of insect olfaction; molecular evolution of DNA transposons; comparative insect genomics; molecular evolution of nematode chemoreceptors

Robinson, Gene E., Professor, G. Williams Arends Professor of Integrative Biology, and Member, National Academy of Sciences

From society to genes

Schoenherr, Christopher J., Assistant Professor

Regulation of gene expression by chromatin; mechanisms of gene silencing and activation in genomic imprinting

Schuler, Mary A., Professor

Molecular biology, biochemistry and genomics: pre-mRNA processing and P450 monooxygenases

Selvin, Paul R., Professor of Physics and of Biophysics

Experimental biological physics

Wang, Fei, Assistant Professor

Signaling mechanisms governing neutrophil chemotaxis and human embryonic stem cell fate

Weyhenmeyer, James A., Professor

Cellular mechanisms of neuronal development and differentiation

Williams, Benjamin D., Associate Professor

Genetics and molecular genetics of C. elegans muscle development; cell-extracellular matrix interactions; integrin-mediated signaling