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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Ahmad Nabhan in outdoor setting

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

decoding stem-niche communication

Cindy Looy

Dept of Integrative Biology

paleoecology, paleobotany, palynology

Jamie H. D. Cate

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli

Mark Danner

Dept of English

School of Journalism

foreign affairs, voting and elections, journalism, Central America, politics, Balkans, Haiti, documentaries, terrorism, the Middle East, contemporary literature, modernist writers, contemporary literature and film

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genetics and genomics, evolution of animals, genetic diversity in animals and plants

Laurent Coscoy sitting in outdoor setting

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

immunology, viruses, viral infection, immune responses, immune evasion

Priya Moorjani standing in front of map of the world

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Human evolutionary genetics, human genetics, ancient DNA, population genetics, statistical genetics

Kathleen Collins posing in a laboratory.

Kathleen Collins

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

retrotransposon, reverse transcriptase, genome engineering, RNA sequencing

Douglas Koshland

Douglas Koshland

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics

Nicholas Ingolia

Nicholas Ingolia

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Ribosome Profiling, translation, genomics

Dipti Nayak

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Picture of Seth Finnegan lecturing in the field in Utah

Dept of Integrative Biology

paleobiology, paleoecology, paleoenvironments, mass extinctions, marine ecosystems

Dept of Integrative Biology

energetics, comparative biomechanics, arthropod, adhesion, comparative physiology, locomotion, neuromechanics, biomimicry, biological inspiration, reptile, gecko, amphibian, robots, artificial muscles

Daniela Kaufer standing with part of a human skull nearby

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neuroscience, aging, dementia, stress, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, blood brain barrier, resilience, trauma, psychedelics, glia, myelin

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cellular morphogenesis, plasma membrane dynamics, microtubule cytoskeletons, cytoskeletal proteins, morphological development

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genetics, epigenetics, CRISPR-based genome and epigenome editing

Jack Tseng

Dept of Integrative Biology

paleontology, jaws, bite force, macroevolutionary trends and patterns, mammals, vertebrates, evolution, vertebrate evolutionary morphology, mammalian systematics, evolution of form and function

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

carbon removal, climate change mitigation, nature based climate solutions, forest management, biofuels, plantation agriculture, land use planning, land use policy, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, tropical ecology, environmental economics, public impact research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

plant climate change adaptation, historical functional genomics, plant development

José Pablo Vázquez-Medina

José Pablo Vázquez-Medina

Dept of Integrative Biology

marine mammals, pre-clinical models of disease

Michael Nachman

Michael Nachman

Dept of Integrative Biology

population genetics, evolution, genomics, mammalian evolution

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, social justice research, client-based studio teaching, community-based studio teaching

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors

Tyrone B. Hayes

Tyrone B. Hayes

Dept of Integrative Biology

genetics, amphibians, developmental endocrinology, steroid hormones, metamorphosis, sex differentiation, hormonal differentiation, African clawed frog, Japnanes Kajika, Pine Barrens treefrog

Dept of Integrative Biology

california biodiversity, climate change, adaptation, community-engaged research/scholarship