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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Richard Harland

Richard Harland

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

molecular biology, early vertebrate development, Xenopus, embryo development

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

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

Kathleen Collins posing in a laboratory.

Kathleen Collins

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

retrotransposon, reverse transcriptase, genome engineering, RNA sequencing

Nicole King

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

choanoflagellates, multicellularity, evolution of animals, host-microbe interactions, bacterial cues

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

CRISPR gene editing for clinical applications

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

protein function, Structural Biology, biochemistry, membrane proteins

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

Kaoru Saijo

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

neurodevelopmental disorders, neuropsychiatric disease, neurodegenerative disease, immunology, pathogenesis

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

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

Hernan G Garcia

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Physics

genetics, genomics, biophysics

picture of Robert Saxton

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

immunology, protein engineering, chemical biology, Structural Biology, inflammatory diseases

Evan Miller

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

biochemistry, biophysics, Structural Biology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

biogeochemistry, iron reduction, metals and contaminants, soil aggregates, selenium kinetics of organic matter degradation, nitrate reduction, soil and environmental biogeophysics, biogeochemical cycles, fate and transport of nutrients, sulfate reduction, wetland soils, littoral sediments, spatial variation in biogeochemical processes

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

biochemistry, enzymology, synthetic biology, biophysics

Yang Dan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

Ion channel function, synaptic plasticity, neural excitability, synaptic transmission, the synapse

Doris Tsao

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

visual perception

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

lipid droplet, lipotoxicity, ferroptosis, ubiquitin, proteasome, ER protein quality control, metabolism, cancer, drug resistance, metabolic disease

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurodevelopmental disorders, autism, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology

Stephen Brohawn

Stephen Brohawn

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neurobiology, Structural Biology, biophysics

Eric Betzig

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Physics

imaging microscopy, biophysics

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, heterogeneous catalysts, spectroscopic techniques, chemical reaction engineering

Alanna Schepartz

Alanna Schepartz

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chemical biology, synthetic biology, organic chemistry, biophysics