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Michael Botchan Michael Botchan
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic gene expression, drosophila chromosomes, papilloma viral DNA, chromosomal dynamics
Gary Karpen Gary Karpen
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases
Barbara Meyer Barbara Meyer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
cell fate determination, chromosome architecture, developmental biology, gene expression, genetic determination of sex, regulatory genes, chromosome dynamics, X-chromosome
Mark Tanouye Mark Tanouye
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
genetics, neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, mechanisms of nervous system structure and function, drosophila mutants
Donald Rio Donald Rio
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
molecular genetics, drosophila melanogaster, transposable elements, RNA splicing, neurodegenerative diseases, nucleic acid rearrangement reactions, P elements and their cellular host
Prof. David Bilder David Bilder
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
genetics, cancer, Drosophila, cell biology, cell polarity, tumor suppressor, epithelial architecture, polarity, proliferation control, tumor-host interaction, morphogenesis
Abby Dernburg 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
Douglas Koshland Douglas Koshland
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics
Rebecca Tarvin in the field holding a snake Rebecca Tarvin
Dept of Integrative Biology
natural history, molecular genomics, phylogenetics, amphibians, chemical ecology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution, molecular evolution, physiology, molecular phylogenetics, educational equity, biodiversity, diversity of team members, equity and inclusion in academia, decolonization, collaboration, reptiles, Drosophila, genomes, evolution of novelty, conservation, nudibranchs
Doris Bachtrog Doris Bachtrog
Dept of Integrative Biology
evolution of sex and recombination, Y degeneration, dosage compensation, sexually antagonistic variation
Rebecca Heald Rebecca W. Heald
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
cell division, Xenopus, mitotic spindle assembly and function, size control of intracellular structures
Michael B. Eisen Michael B. Eisen
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
genomics, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, animal development
headshot of Iswar Hariharan Iswar Hariharan
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
growth regulation, regeneration, cancer
Robert Tijian Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
Carl Rothfels Carl Rothfels
Dept of Integrative Biology
evolutionary biology, phylogenetic methods, plant evolutionary biology
Georjana Barnes Georjana Barnes
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry, genetics, cancer, biology, microtubule cytoskeleton, cell cycle controls, cellular imaging
Yvette adjusting the dial on an electrophysiology rig Yvette Fisher
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
Dirk Hockemeyer Dirk Hockemeyer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
developmental biology, cell biology
Robert Zucker 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
Steven E. Brenner Steven E. Brenner
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular biology, computational biology, evolutionary biology, bioengineering, structural genomics, computational genomics, cellular activity, cellular functions, personal genomics
Richard Harland Richard Harland
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
molecular biology, early vertebrate development, Xenopus, embryo development
Daniel Rokhsar Daniel Rokhsar
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
genetics and genomics, evolution of animals, genetic diversity in animals and plants
Anders Näär Anders Näär
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
gene expression, microRNAs, Mammalian Cell Metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD/NASH, cancer therapies
Headshot of Noah Whiteman holding two postcards with illustrations from his book Most Delicious Poison. Noah Whiteman
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
adaptation, evolutionary biology, genomics, genetics, toxicology, insect biology, plant biology, microbiology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Ahmet Yildiz Ahmet Yildiz
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Physics
single molecule biophysics, molecular motors, intracellular transport, microtubules
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