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Andrew Dillin

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

endocrinology, genetics of aging

Ben Williams

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

plant epigenetics, cell identity

Randy Schekman

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

saccharomyces cerevisiae, human cells, including stem cells, organelle assembly, intracellular protein transport, extracellular vesicles and exosomes, neurodegenrative disease(1551)

Matt F. Traxler

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism

Ellen Robey

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

fate determination in the T-lymphocyte lineage, T cell development in the mouse, thymic development, cellular maturation, parasitic infection, chronic infection, host-pathogen interactions, Toxoplasma gondii

Michael Botchan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

eukaryotic gene expression, drosophila chromosomes, papilloma viral DNA, chromosomal dynamics

Abby Dernburg

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chromosome structure and function, higher order chromosome structure, cell cycle controls, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, genome mapping, eukaryotic genomes, whole-genome analysis

Terry E. Machen

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

physiology pathophysiology secretory epithelial cells, airway, ion transport, cell regulationm, imaging microscopy, calcium pH redox, electrophysiology, green fluorescent protein, genetic targeting, innate immune defense

Molly Ohainle

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

immunology, molecular medicine

Joseph L. Napoli

Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

metabolism, nutritional biochemistry, fat-soluble vitamins, retinoids, retinoic acid, retinol, vitamin A, vitamin D, analytical biochemistry

K. Birgitta Whaley

Dept of Chemistry

quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics

Junko Habu

Dept of Anthropology

Japan, anthropology, archaeology, climate change, sustainability, East Asia, Jomon hunter-gatherers

Irving Zucker

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Psychology

biological rhythms, seasonality, behavioral endocrinology, melatonin, suprachiasmatic nucleus, reproductive physiology, behavior, ultradian rhythms, sex differences

Carlos Bustamante

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, DNA-binding molecular motors, the scanning force microscope, prokaryotes

Robert S. Zucker

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology: synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator

George Roderick

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

global change, environmental science, sustainability, biodiversity, invasive species, population genomics

Kevan Shokat

Dept of Chemistry

chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, diabetes, protein phosphorylation, fundamental signal transduction pathways in cells and whole organisms, kinase, drug development, asthma, multiple forms of cancer, neurological disorders, drug addiction

Gerald Westheimer

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation

Ahmet Yildiz

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Physics

single molecule biophysics, molecular motors, intracellular transport, microtubules

Hillel Adesnik

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology

Yang Dan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

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

Judith P. Klinman

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

catalytic & regulatory mechanisms in enzyme-catalyzed reactions, kinetic, spectroscopic, stereochemical biological techniques, peptide- derived cofactors, nuclear tunneling & role of protein dynamics in catalysis, enzymatic activation of molecular oxygen

Yvette adjusting the dial on an electrophysiology rig

Yvette Fisher

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

Gerard Marriott

Dept of Bioengineering

Sensors and biosensors, drug delivery systems, optical spectroscopy and microscopy, high-contrast imaging, biomaterials

Charles Marshall

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

Dept of Integrative Biology

paleontology

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