Faculty studying genomics and proteomics
Reid Alisch
Psychiatry
The role of epigenetics in human health and disease processes, particularly in relation to the origins of mental illness.
Aseem Ansari
Biochemistry
Studying the regulation of gene expression at the interface of chemistry, biology and genomics
Anjon Audhya
Biomolecular Chemistry
Regulation of vesicle biogenesis and membrane transport during development
Sean Carroll
Genetics, Molecular Biology
Genetic control of animal development and the evolution of morphological diversity
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
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.
Phil Newmark
Integrative Biology
Germ cell development and regeneration in planarians; developmental biology of parasitic flatworms
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
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)
Terri L. Young
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Ophthalmic genetics, refractive error genetics, and pediatric ophthalmology clinical studies
Jae-hyuk Yu
Bacteriology and Genetics
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