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