Faculty


Agarwala, Seema Associate Professor Email web site video link	During embryogenesis, neurons learn of their cell-fates and are assigned to specific brain nuclei (nucleogenesis), which organize brain connectivity and function. Little is known about how such complex patterning … Read More

Brand, Jerry J. Professor, Ph.D. Email web site	A major research interest of Jerry Brand is the mechanism of freezing damage in algal cells and processes that protect them from chilling and freezing damage. Studies are directed toward the development of improved … Read More

Chen, Z. Jeffrey D. J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics Email web site	We study genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for gene expression changes in polyploids. Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is an evolutionary innovation for all eukaryotes including some animals and many … Read More

DeLozanne, Arturo Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	We are interested in defining the molecular basis of the lysosomal disorder known as the Chediak-Higashi Syndrome. This disease is caused by mutations in a very large gene and result in the loss of a large protein … Read More

Eberhart, Johann Assistant Professor Email web site	How does a structure as complex as the vertebrate head form during development? How is variation in facial morphology generated both through evolution and in disease? Research in my lab aims at uncovering answers … Read More

Fischer, Janice Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email	My laboratory uses Drosophila genetics and molecular biology to study universal mechanisms of development. We do most of our experiments with the Drosophila compound eye. Patterning of the Drosophila compound eye … Read More

Gross, Jeffrey Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology GSC Email web site	Our research focuses on vertebrate eye development largely utilizing the zebrafish as a model system. Recently, we've begun to extend some projects into the mouse, and we have developed an interest in eye evolution … Read More

Herrin, David L. Professor of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email video link	Most of our research revolves around the chloroplast genome of plants and algae, which we view as a simpler model genome (compared to the nucleus) for understanding genome expression, regulation, and evolution. … Read More

Huq, Enamul Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	Our research is aimed at understanding light signal transduction, specifically those pathways mediated by the phytochrome (phy) family of sensory photoreceptors that absorb light in the red and far-red region of … Read More

La Claire II, John W. Professor, Ph.D. Email	We use marine and freshwater algal cells as model systems for studying basic cell and molecular biological questions. Most recently, we have been investigating the molecular genetic basis for harmful blooms of … Read More

Lloyd, Alan Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email video link	The main goal of my lab is to understand developmental mechanisms and pigment pathways in plants. The control of cell fate decisions is a central issue during plant development and pattern formation. One main … Read More

Macdonald, Paul Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair In Molecular Biology Email web site	Regulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level has long been recognized for its essential role in early development, and has more recently emerged as a widespread phenomenon affecting the majority … Read More

Mehdy, Mona Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email video link	In response to pathogens and herbivores, plants employ up-regulation and down-regulation of diverse genes to achieve resistance. Research in my lab centers on two areas: 1) molecular mechanisms of down-regulation … Read More

O'Halloran, Theresa Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	The membranes of eukarytoic cells are in continual flux, trafficking receptors and other proteins to their appropriate intracellular destinations. This process is important to signal transduction, cancer, and … Read More

Poenie, Martin Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	We are interested in the cell biology of T cells and how they carry out their effector functions. In particular we are want to know how signaling events lead to reorganization of the T cell cytoskeleton and translocation … Read More

Roux, Stanley Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site video link	We are studying how the stimuli of light and gravity alter patterns of plant development. In our studies of light-induced responses we have found that ectoapyrase, an enzyme whose expression is strongly regulated … Read More

Stein, David Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	Most of the research in our lab is focused on the question of how a complex multicellular organism develops from a seemingly simple single cell, the fertilized Drosophila egg. In one set of investigations, we are … Read More

Sung, Sibum Assistant Professor Cell and Developmental Biology Email web site	Our research interests focus on the genetic, molecular and biochemical understandings of plant development through plant-environment interactions. We are particularly interested in the epigenetic regulation of … Read More

Thompson, Wesley Professor Email video link	My lab is interested in the role of glial cells in the formation and maintenance of synapses in the nervous system. For this purpose we study the simplest of all synapses, the neuromuscular junction where our … Read More

Vokes, Steven Assistant Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	We are interested in understanding how cells integrate information in a way that directs them to make appropriate decisions. Our research specifically focuses on understanding how cells respond to secreted Hedgehog … Read More

Wallingford, John Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology Email web site	The process by which embryos acquire their final shape involves the coordination of cell fate decisions with cell movement. We are taking an integrated approach to understanding this process in vertebrate embryos. … Read More