Faculty studying genomics and proteomics
Reid Alisch
Neurological Surgery
The role of epigenetics in human health and disease processes, particularly in relation to the origins of mental illness.
Anjon Audhya
Biomolecular Chemistry
Regulation of vesicle biogenesis and membrane transport during development
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
Audrey Gasch
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Elucidating the role, regulation, and evolution of eukaryotic stress responses
Melissa Harrison
Biomolecular Chemistry
Studying embryonic development to understand the transcriptional mechanisms for a totipotent state
Chris Todd Hittinger
Genetics
Evolution of carbon-responsive gene networks, yeast biodiversity, industrial brewing and biofuel applications
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
Paul Marker
Pharmacy
Prostate biology, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and cancer using mouse genetics and clinical samples
Patrick Masson
Genetics
Genetics of root growth behavior using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system.
David McCulley
Pediatrics
Developmental biology and genetics related to lung and pulmonary vascular development and disease.
Phil Newmark
Integrative Biology
Germ cell development and regeneration in planarians; developmental biology of parasitic flatworms
Brian Parks
Nutritional Sciences
Leveraging genetics to understand the pathways and molecular mechanisms that contribute to metabolic diseases.
Bret Payseur
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Speciation, Evolution of Extreme Phenotypes, Recombination
Caitlin Pepperell
Medicine
Ecological and evolutionary interactions between humans and human pathogens
Nicole Perna
Genetics
Systems-scale evolutionary genomics of agriculturally, biomedically and industrially significant bacteria
David Schwartz
Chemistry and Genetics
Scalable discovery of human and cancer structural variation through invention and applications of single molecule systems
Nathaniel Sharp
Genetics
Mutation, Evolution, Genome Architecture, Genetic Variation, Sexual Selection
Ahna Skop
Genetics, Medical Genetics and Life Science Communications
Asymmetric cell division, cytokinesis, cell polarity & cell cycle genomics and proteomics
Michael Sussman
Biochemistry
Signal transduction and plasma membrane receptors in Arabidopsis thaliana, genomic technologies
Randal Tibbetts
Human Oncology
Genetic control of DNA replication and repair in mammals. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Donna Werling
Genetics
Genetic risk for autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions, sex differences in neurobiology and risk for disease
Jae-hyuk Yu
Bacteriology
Molecular genetics and genomics of spore formation and mycotoxin biosynthesis in filamentous fungi
Jing Zhang
Oncology
Using genetically engineered mouse models to study normal and mutant hematopoietic stem cell functions
Xinyu Zhao
Neuroscience
Genetics and epigenetic regulation of neural stem cells and neuronal development
Xuehua Zhong
Genetics
Mechanisms and roles of epigenetic modifications underpinning various biological processes