MGCB FACULTY
Bishop, Douglas

Douglas Bishop

Professor

Meiotic recombination, recombinational DNA repair in yeast and mammalian cells.

Terence E Martin

Professor

Structure of cell nucleus; RNA transcription and processing; implications for the immune system; novel growth factors for tissue maintenance and differentiation.

Martin, Terence E
Casadaban, Malcolm

Malcolm Casadaban

Associate Professor

Gene structure and regulation; gene fusing, cloning and engineering; DNA transposition and mutator phage; nonhomologous recombination.

 

Laurens Mets

Associate Professor

Chloroplast biogenesis and genetics; biochemical genetics and photophysics of photosynthesis; correlated genomic and genetic analysis.

Mets, Laurens
Fehon, Richard

Richard Fehon

Chair, Professor

Regulation of epithelial polarity and proliferation during development.

Daphne Preuss

Professor

Genetic analysis of fertilization in Arabidopsis reproduction. Structure and function of plant centromeres.

Preuss, Daphne
Ferguson, Edwin L

Edwin L Ferguson

Associate Professor

Developmental genetics of cell fate specification and stem cell maintenance in Drosophila.

Ilaria Rebay

Associate Professor

Transcriptional regulatory circuitries in development and disease; Receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction.

Rebay, Ilaria
Glick, Benjamin S

Benjamin S Glick

Professor

Organelle biogenesis; organization of the transitional ER and Golgi apparatus in yeast and mammalian cells.

Bernard Roizman

Professor

Herpes simplex viruses, gene function and regulation, mechanisms of latent infection, vectors for gene therapy.

Roizman, Bernard
Glotzer, Michael

Michael Glotzer

Associate Professor

The molecular mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells.

Lucia B Rothman-Denes

Professor

RNA polymerases structure and function; mechanisms of transcription regulation; host-viral interactions.

Rothman-Denes, Lucia B
Greenberg, Jean T

Jean T Greenberg

Associate Professor

Arabidopsis defense mechanisms against bacterial infection; Pseudomonas syringae virulence mechanisms.

Janet D Rowley

Professor

Changes in gene expression in human leukemia cells with recurring chromosome translocations.

Rowley, Janet D
Haselkorn, Robert

Robert Haselkorn

Professor

Cellular differentiation in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; acetyl CoA carboxylase in plants and humans.

Harinder Singh

Professor

Gene regulatory networks and the specification of cell fates in the immune system. Genetic engineering of stem cells.

Singh, Harinder
Josephs, Robert

Robert Josephs

Professor

Structure of sickle-cell hemoglobin fibers and the red cell cytoskeleton by cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction.

Jonathan P Staley

Associate Professor

Pre-mRNA splicing: quality control, signal transduction, intron function and snRNA function. Approaches include genetics, genomics, cell biology and biochemistry in budding yeast.

Staley, Jonathan P
Kovar, David

David Kovar

Assistant Professor

Molecular mechanisms of actin assembly and cytokinesis in fission yeast: molecular genetic to in vitro single molecule studies.

Theodore L Steck

Professor

Membrane cholesterol biochemistry and cholesterol homeostasis.

Steck, Theodore L
Kron, Stephen J

Stephen J Kron

Associate Professor

Signal transduction, cell cycle control, and checkpoints. Technology for proteomics, drug discovery and systems biology.

Ursula Storb

Professor

Immunoglobulin gene expression; somatic hypermutation; regulation and functions of DNA methylation in development and transcription.

Storb, Ursula
Lamppa, Gayle K

Gayle K Lamppa

Associate Professor

Chloroplast development; nuclear genes coding for chloroplast proteins; regulation of protein import and posttranslational processing.

Bernard S. Strauss

Professor

Mechanism of mutation; role of DNA polymerases in response to mutagenic agents.

Bernard S. Strauss
Mahowald, Anthony P

Anthony P Mahowald

Professor

Developmental genetics of oogenesis; ovarian germline stem cell; genetics of spermatogenesis.

Edwin W Taylor

Professor

Molecular mechanism of muscle contraction, nonmuscle actomyosin, cell motility, microfilaments, and microtubules.

Taylor, Edwin W
Malamy, Jocelyn

Jocelyn Malamy

Associate Professor

Molecular regulation of root system growth and development; establishing drought tolerance in crop plants.

 

Aaron Turkewitz

Associate Professor

Secretory granules; exocytosis and endocytosis; evolution of membrane traffic.

Turkewitz, Aaron
 

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