Cell Biology

Faculty studying cell biology

Alan Attie

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Biochemistry
Genetics & Genomics of Metabolic Disease and Response to Diet

Anjon Audhya

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Biomolecular Chemistry
Regulation of vesicle biogenesis and membrane transport during development

Arash Bashirullah

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Pharmacy
Intercellular communication: uncovering mechanisms that coordinate the development of multicellular organisms

Andrew Bent

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Plant Pathology
Molecular/Genetic Mechanisms of Plant Disease Resistance

Barak Blum

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Cell and Regenerative Biology
Regenerative biology of the endocrine pancreas, genetics of type-1 and type-2 diabetes

Jake Brunkard

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Genetics
Plant Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genomics

Katie Drerup

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Integrative Biology
Neuronal Cell Biology, Neurodegenerative disease, Neurodevelopment

Daniela Drummond-Barbosa

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Genetics
Stem cell metabolism and physiology, oogenesis, Drosophila genetics

Catherine Fox

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Biomolecular Chemistry
Mechanisms required for genome duplication and stability in eukaryotic organisms

Andrea Galmozzi

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Medicine
Metabolism - Adipose Tissue physiology - Obesity - Type 2 Diabetes - Cachexia

Mary Halloran

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Integrative Biology
Neural development, axon transport, motors and cytoskeleton in neurons

Jeff Hardin

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Integrative Biology
Cell movement, cell adhesion, embryonic development

Gaelen Hess

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Biomolecular Chemistry
High-throughput functional genomics to investigate DNA repair and pathogenic effectors

Aaron Hoskins

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Biochemistry
RNA splicing, gene expression, fluorescence microscopy, RNA/protein complexes

Zhen Huang

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Neurology and Nueroscience
Neuron and glial cell fate specification and differentiation, cortical neuron migration, migration disorders

Christina Hull

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Biomolecular Chemistry and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Fungal pathogen biology, eukaryotic development and differentiation, host-pathogen interactions, molecular mechanisms of infectious spore germination

Anna Huttenlocher

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Pediatrics
Cell migration, Wound repair, Inflammation

Akihiro Ikeda

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Medical Genetics
Identifying genes involved in aging, cell proliferation and neovascularization using mouse genetics

Junsu Kang

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Cell and Regenerative Biology
Our lab studies how zebrafish possess a remarkable potential to regenerate tissues, such as amputated appendages and damaged heart muscle.

Judith Kimble

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Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Molecular regulation of germ line self-renewal and differentiation in C. elegans

Robert Landick

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Biochemistry
RNA polymerase structure/function; regulation of RNA chain elongation

Valentina Lo Sardo

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Cellular and Molecular Biology
Stem cell biology, reprogramming, cell fate determination, genetic risk factors for Cardiovascular disease and Cancer, genomics, transcriptomics, human specific genomic regions, evolution

Ahmed Mahmoud

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Cell and Regenerative Biology
Mammalian cardiac regeneration

Patrick Masson

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Genetics
Genetic investigations of root growth behaviors and polyamine responses in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brachypodium distachyon

Jeremy Nance

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Cell and Regenerative Biology
How cell interactions regulate organ formation during embryogenesis, using C. elegans as a genetic model system.

Marisa Otegui

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Botany
Plant Molecular and Cell Biology; Plant Genetics and Development

Brian Parks

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Nutritional Sciences
Leveraging genetics to understand the pathways and molecular mechanisms that contribute to metabolic diseases.

Bret Payseur

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Genetics and Medical Genetics
Speciation, Evolution of Extreme Phenotypes, Recombination

Francisco Pelegri

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Genetics and Medical Genetics
Cellular and developmental mechanisms in the vertebrate egg-to-embryo transition, early cell fate specification

Jason Peters

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Pharmaceutical Sciences
Roles of bacterial gene networks in antibiotic resistance and biofuel production

Ken Poss

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Cell and Regenerative Biology
Models and mechanisms of tissue regeneration

Claire Richardson

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Genetics
Neurobiology, cell biology, aging and stress, genetics, C. elegans

Ahna Skop

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Genetics, Medical Genetics
Affiliate appointments in Life Science Communication and Art
Newly appreciated signaling organelle called the midbody (MB) and the midbody remnant (MBR)

Owen Tamplin

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Cell and Regenerative Biology
Blood stem cells and their microenvironment

Michael Taylor

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School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
Regulation of CNS angiogenesis and barriergenesis

Randal Tibbetts

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Human Oncology
Genetic control of DNA replication and repair in mammals. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Daifeng Wang

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Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Gene regulatory networks, functional genomics, genotype-phenotype prediction, single-cell biology, brain disorders

Han Wang

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Integrative Biology
Molecular and Circuit Mechanisms of Sleep and Behaviors in C. elegans; Development of Novel Genetic Tools

David Wassarman

Credentials: Medical Genetics

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Mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration

Beth A. Weaver

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Cell and Regenerative Biology; Oncology/McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
Mitosis, Aneuploidy, Chromosomal instability, Cancer

Justin Wolter

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Medical Genetics
Genetic modifiers of neurodevelopment

Jerry Yin

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Medical Genetics and Neurology
cAMP/PKA/dCREB2 signaling in sleep, memory formation, neurodegenerative diseases, developmental disabilities

Fei Zhao

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Comparative Biosciences
Sex organ development

Xinyu Zhao

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Neuroscience
Gene regulation of stem cells and brain development, autism spectrum disorders