Faculty studying cell biology
Jean-Michel Ane
Bacteriology/Agronomy
Symbiotic associations between plants and microbes (bacteria and fungi)
Anjon Audhya
Biomolecular Chemistry
Regulation of vesicle biogenesis and membrane transport during development
Arash Bashirullah
Pharmacy
Intercellular communication: uncovering mechanisms that coordinate the development of multicellular organisms
Barak Blum
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Regenerative biology of the endocrine pancreas, genetics of type-1 and type-2 diabetes
Heidi Dvinge
Biomolecular Chemistry
Mechanisms of RNA splicing and splicing dysregulation in disease; downstream processing of RNA splice variants, including regulation of cellular localization and degradation; molecular function of protein isoforms of cancer-relevant genes
David Eide
Nutritional Science
How cells and organisms survive and thrive under nutrient-deficient conditions
Feyza Engin
Biomolecular Chemistry
Diabetes and metabolic disorders, organelle dysfunction, stress responses, beta cell biology
Catherine Fox
Biomolecular Chemistry
Mechanisms required for genome duplication and stability in eukaryotic organisms
Anne Griep
Anatomy
My laboratory's focus is development and disorders of the visual system using the mouse as the model system
Mary Halloran
Integrative Biology
Understanding mechanisms controlling development of the nervous system
Jeff Hardin
Integrative Biology
Using C. elegans to study cell movement and adhesion during embryonic development
Aaron Hoskins
Biochemistry
RNA splicing, gene expression, fluorescence microscopy, RNA/protein complexes
Zhen Huang
Neurology and Nueroscience
Neuron and glial cell fate specification and differentiation, cortical neuron migration, migration disorders
Akihiro Ikeda
Medical Genetics
Identifying genes involved in aging, cell proliferation and neovascularization using mouse genetics
Judith Kimble
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Molecular regulation of germ line self-renewal and differentiation in C. elegans
Dudley Lamming
Medicine
Biology of aging and age-related diseases, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease
Patrick Masson
Genetics
Genetics of root growth behavior using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system.
Phil Newmark
Integrative Biology
Germ cell development and regeneration in planarians; developmental biology of parasitic flatworms
Kate O'Connor-Giles
Genetics
Understanding the genes and molecular mechanisms that regulate synapse formation and plasticity
Bret Payseur
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Speciation, Evolution of Extreme Phenotypes, Recombination
Francisco Pelegri
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Cellular and developmental mechanisms in the vertebrate egg-to-embryo transition, early cell fate specification
Ahna Skop
Genetics, Medical Genetics and Life Science Communications
Asymmetric cell division, cytokinesis, cell polarity & cell cycle genomics and proteomics
Michael Taylor
School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
Genetic dissection of blood-brain barrier development
Randal Tibbetts
Human Oncology
Genetic control of DNA replication and repair in mammals. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Beth A. Weaver
Cell and Regenerative Biology - McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
Mitosis, Aneuploidy, Cell Cycle, Cancer
Jill Wildonger
Biochemistry
How neuronal structure and function is shaped by the microtubule cytoskeleton and polarized transport
Jerry Yin
Genetics and Neurology
cAMP/PKA/dCREB2 signaling in sleep, memory formation, neurodegenerative diseases, developmental disabilities
Jing Zhang
Oncology
Using genetically engineered mouse models to study normal and mutant hematopoietic stem cell functions