Faculty studying gene expression
Alisch, Reid
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: alisch@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-3793
Address:
Neurological Surgery
The role of epigenetics in human health and disease processes, particularly in relation to the origins of mental illness.
Amasino, Richard
Position title: Professor
Email: amasino@biochem.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-4704
Address:
Biochemsitry
Understanding how plants sense and respond to seasonal environmental changes
Ane, Jean-Michel
Position title: Professor
Email: jeanmichel.ane@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6457
Address:
Bacteriology/Agronomy
Symbiotic associations between plants and microbes (bacteria and fungi)
Attie, Alan
Position title: Professor
Email: attie@biochem.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1372
Address:
Biochemistry
Genetics of type 2 diabetes and related metabolic diseases
Bashirullah, Arash
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: bashirullah@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-1851
Address:
Pharmacy
Intercellular communication: uncovering mechanisms that coordinate the development of multicellular organisms
Bent, Andrew
Position title: Professor
Email: afbent@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-3034
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Plant Pathology
Disease resistance and defense signal transduction in plants
Blum, Barak
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: bblum4@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5211
Address:
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Regenerative biology of the endocrine pancreas, genetics of type-1 and type-2 diabetes
Boekhoff-Falk, Grace
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: boekhofffalk@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1609
Address:
Anatomy
Developmental biology, gene expression, hormones, growth and differentiation factors
Brow, David
Position title: Professor
Email: dabrow@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1475
Address:
Biomolecular Chemistry
Molecular mechanisms of transcription termination and pre-mRNA splicing in yeast
Donohue, Timothy
Position title: Professor
Email: tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-4663; 608-265-5224
Address:
Bacteriology
Unlocking the secrets of microbes to benefit society
Eide, David
Position title: Professor
Email: eide@nutrisci.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-1613
Address:
Nutritional Science
How cells and organisms survive and thrive under nutrient-deficient conditions
Engin, Feyza
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: fengin@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-8667
Address:
Biomolecular Chemistry
Diabetes and metabolic disorders, organelle dysfunction, stress responses, beta cell biology
Fox, Catherine
Position title: Professor
Email: cfox@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-9370
Address:
Biomolecular Chemistry
Mechanisms required for genome duplication and stability in eukaryotic organisms
Gasch, Audrey
Position title: Professor
Email: agasch@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-0859
Address:
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Elucidating the role, regulation, and evolution of eukaryotic stress responses
Gould, Michael
Position title: Professor
Email: gould@oncology.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-6615
Address:
Oncology
Oncogenes and suppressor genes in mammary carcinogenesis
Gourse, Richard
Position title: Professor
Email: rgourse@bact.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-9813
Address:
Bacteriology
Control of gene expression and the structure of the bacterial chromosome
Greenspan, Daniel S.
Position title: Professor
Email: dsgreens@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-4676
Address:
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Genes important to vertebrate development and human disease
Harrison, Melissa
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: mharrison3@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2382
Address:
Biomolecular Chemistry
Studying embryonic development to understand the transcriptional mechanisms for a totipotent state
Hittinger, Chris Todd
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: cthittinger@wisc.edu
Address:
Genetics
Evolution of carbon-responsive gene networks, yeast biodiversity, industrial brewing and biofuel applications
Hoskins, Aaron
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: ahoskins@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-3101
Address:
Biochemistry
RNA splicing, gene expression, fluorescence microscopy, RNA/protein complexes
Huang, Zhen
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: z.huang@neurology.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-2469
Address:
Neurology and Nueroscience
Neuron and glial cell fate specification and differentiation, cortical neuron migration, migration disorders
Ikeda, Akihiro
Position title: Professor
Email: aikeda@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-5477
Address:
Medical Genetics
Identifying genes involved in aging, cell proliferation and neovascularization using mouse genetics
Kang, Junsu
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: junsu.kang@wisc.edu
Address:
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Zebrafish, regeneration, fin, heart, enhancer, genetic mutant
Keller, Nancy
Position title: Professor
Email: npkeller@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-9795
Address:
Bacteriology and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Exploring genetic regulation of virulence and natural product synthesis by fungi
Kimble, Judith
Position title: Professor
Email: jekimble@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6188
Address:
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Molecular regulation of germ line self-renewal and differentiation in C. elegans
Landick, Robert
Position title: Professor
Email: landick@bact.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-8475
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Biochemistry
RNA polymerase structure/function; regulation of RNA chain elongation
Laughon, Allen
Position title: Professor
Email: alaughon@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2456
Address:
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Smad transcription factors and associated cofactors in response to TGF-beta signaling
Mahmoud, Ahmed
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: aimahmoud@wisc.edu
Address:
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Mammalian cardiac regeneration
Masson, Patrick
Position title: Professor
Email: phmasson@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-2312
Address:
Genetics
Genetics of root growth behavior using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system.
Parks, Brian
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: brian.w.parks@wisc.edu
Address:
Nutritional Sciences
Leveraging genetics to understand the pathways and molecular mechanisms that contribute to metabolic diseases.
Perna, Nicole
Position title: Professor
Email: ntperna@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-0171
Address:
Genetics
Systems-scale evolutionary genomics of agriculturally, biomedically and industrially significant bacteria
Peters, Jason
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: jason.peters@wisc.edu
Address:
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Gene networks and genetic tools in bacteria.
Pool, John
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: jpool@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-1036
Address:
Genetics
Population genomics and the genetic basis of adaptive evolution
Prolla, Tomas
Position title: Professor
Email: taprolla@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5204
Address:
Genetics and Medical Genetics
DNA repair, cancer and the aging process
Roy, Sushmita
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: sroy@biostat.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4453
Address:
Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Machine learning methods; the structure, function and evolution of regulatory networks; predictive models
Schwartz, David
Position title: Professor
Email: dcschwartz@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-0546
Address:
Chemistry and Genetics
Scalable discovery of human and cancer structural variation through invention and applications of single molecule systems
Sridharan, Rupa
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: rsridharan2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4422
Address:
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Epigenetics and Induced pluripotent stem cells
Sussman, Michael
Position title: Professor
Email: msussman@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-8608
Address:
Biochemistry
Signal transduction and plasma membrane receptors in Arabidopsis thaliana, genomic technologies
Taylor, Michael
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: michael.taylor@wisc.edu
Address:
School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
Genetic dissection of blood-brain barrier development
Wang, Han
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: han.wang@wisc.edu
Phone: (608)-262-3336
Address:
Integrative Biology
Genetic and Neural Dissection of Sleep in C. elegans
Wang, Jue D. (Jade)
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: wang@bact.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-0307
Address:
Bacteriology
Genome stability, DNA replication and stress response in bacteria
Wellik, Deneen
Position title: Professor and Chair
Email: wellik@wisc.edu
Address:
Cell & Regenerative Biology
The role of Hox genes in the development, growth and homeostasis of the adult skeleton, muscle and lung.
Werling, Donna
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: dwerling@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-3113
Address:
Genetics
Genetic risk for autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions, sex differences in neurobiology and risk for disease
Wickens, Marvin
Position title: Professor
Email: wickens@biochem.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-8007
Address:
Biochemistry
The molecular basis of RNA control: how it is accomplished, integrated and evolves
Yin, Jerry
Position title: Professor
Email: jcyin@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-5014
Address:
Genetics and Neurology
cAMP/PKA/dCREB2 signaling in sleep, memory formation, neurodegenerative diseases, developmental disabilities
Yu, Jae-hyuk
Position title: Professor
Email: jyu1@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-4696
Address:
Bacteriology
Molecular genetics and genomics of spore formation and mycotoxin biosynthesis in filamentous fungi
Zhao, Xinyu
Position title: Professor of Neuroscience
Email: xinyu.zhao@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-9906
Address:
Neuroscience
Genetics and epigenetic regulation of neural stem cells and neuronal development
Zhong, Xuehua
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: xzhong28@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4421
Address:
Genetics
Mechanisms and roles of epigenetic modifications underpinning various biological processes