Faculty Mentors in Molecular Biology

Bambara, Robert (Prof.& Chair of Biochemistry & Biophysics), DNA Replication and Expression

Benyajati, Cheeptip (Assoc. Prof. of Biology), Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation During Development

Bi, Xin (Asst. Prof. of Biology), Chromatin-mediated Regulation of Gene Expression

Bidlack, Jean (Prof. of Pharmacology and Physiology), Pharmacology of Brain and Lymphocytic Opioid Receptors

Blaxall, Burns (Asst. Prof of Medicine), Heart Failure and b(beta)-adrenergic Receptor Signaling

Bottaro, Andrea (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Regulation of Transcription and Recombination in the Immune System

Bowers, William J. (Asst. Prof. of Neurology), Gene-based Immunotherapy for Neurological Diseases

Bren, Kara (Asst. Prof. of Chemistry), Bioorganic Chemistry

Brookes, Paul S. (Asst. Prof. of Anesthesiology and of Pharmacology and Physiology), New Insights Into Mitochondrial Pathology

Bulger, Michael (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry and Biophysics), Chromatin Domains and Long Range Activation by Enhancers

Butler, Scott J. (Assoc. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), mRNA 3' end Processing and Polyadenylation

Dewhurst, Stephen (Prof. of Microbiology and Immunology, and Oncology), Viral vectors and vaccine development for HIV/AIDS; Mechanisms of neuronal apoptosis in HIV/AIDS; Salivary gland gene therapy studies

Dickerson, Ian (Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology and Anatomy), Using Genomics to Study V. Cholerae as an Evolving Pathogen

Dumont, Mark (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Signal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology

Dziejman, Michelle (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Virio Cholerae as an Evolving Pathogen

Eickbush, Thomas (Prof. of Biology), Retrotransposable Elements, Protein: RNA and Protein: DNA Interactions, Sequence Specific Endonucleases

Fry, James (Asst. Prof. of Biology), Analysis of Genetic Variation Linked to Fitness Traits

Foster, Thomas (Prof. of Radiology), Optical methods in cancer treatment and diagnosis

Fowell, Deborah (Asst. Prof of Microbiology and Immunology), Differentiation of CD4 T lymphocytes in infectious and autoimmune disease

Gdowski, Greg T. (Asst. Prof. of Neurobiology and Anatomy), Vestibular neurophysiology: sensory neural control underlying the coordination of voluntary and reflexive postural movements

Gdowski, Martha J. (Asst. Prof. of Neurobiology and Anatomy), Sensorimotor Processing in the Basal Ganglia

Giger, Roman (Assoc. Prof. of Neurology), Molecular and cellular mechanisms of repulsive axon guidance in the developing and regenerating mammalian nervous system

Goldfarb, David (Prof. of Biology), Mechanisms of Nucleocytoplasmic Transport and Related Processes

Gorovsky, Martin (Prof. of Biology), Function of Histones in Chromatin; Analysis of Tubulin Genes

Grayhack, Elizabeth (Research Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Transcription Regulation of Yeast Cell Cycle Regulated Genes by Mcm1, Signal Transduction

Hattman, Stanley (Prof. of Biology), Analysis of DNA Methyltransferases and DNA Methylation

Hayes, Jeffrey (Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Protein-DNA Interactions in Chromatin

Hinkle, David (Prof. of Biology), Enzymology of DNA Replication and Repair

Jaenike, John (Prof. of Biology), Host-Parasite Dynamics

Jasper, Henri (Asst. Prof. of Biology), Research Overview

Jiang, Rulang (Asst. Prof. of Biology), Molecular Control of Craniofacial Development

Jordan, Craig (Assoc. Prof. of Medicine), Cancer Stem cells in the hematopoietic system

Kim, Baek (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Structure/Function Analysis of Reverse Transcriptases

Krugh, Tom (Prof. of Chemistry), NMR Structural Characterization of Nucleic Acids

Luebke, Anne (Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology and Anatomy), Research Overview

Machonkin, Tim (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Directed Evolution and Engineering of MetalloEnzymes

Maggirwar, Sanjay (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology and Immunology), Role of NF-kappaB in Cell Growth and Survival

Maquat, Lynne (Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Cellular RNA Metabolism

Mathews, David H. (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Computational Biology of RNA Structure and Function

Miano, Joseph (Assoc. Prof. of Medicine), Smooth muscle cell differentiation control with special emphasis on transgenic mouse models, genomics, and bioinformatics

Miller, Ben (Asst. Prof. of Chemistry), Bioorganic Chemistry: Molecular Design, Synthesis, Combinatorial Synthesis, and Molecular Evolution

Nehrke, Keith (Asst. Prof. of Medicine), Ion Transport in Model Systems

Orr, H. Allen (Assoc. Prof. of Biology), Genetic Analysis of Speciation and Adaptation in Drosophila

Pavelka, Martin (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Regulation of Mycobacterial Cell Wall Synthesis

Pearce, David A. (Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Yeast and Mouse Models to Study Human Disease

Phizicky, Eric (Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), tRNA Splicing and Yeast Proteomics/Genomics

Portman, Douglas (Asst. Prof. of Genetics), Genetics and Genomics of Nervous System Development in the Nematode C. elegans

Quivey, Robert G. Jr. (Assoc. Prof. of Microbiology and Immunology), Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression

Sherman, Fred (Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Yeast Molecular Biology and Genetics; Gene Expression; Cytochrome C Biosynthesis and Degradation

Sia, Elaine (Asst. Prof. of Biology), Control of Microsatellite DNA Stability in Yeast

Silver, Richard P. (Assoc. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Genetic and Molecular Analyses of the Polysialic Acid Gene Cluster of Escherichia Coli K1

Smith, Harold (Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Mechanisms of RNA Editing

Smrcka, Alan (Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Molecular Basis of Signal Transduction by G Proteins

Wedekind, Joseph (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Crystallographic Analysis of Small Ribozymes & RNA Editing Proteins

Werren, John (Prof. of Biology), Molecular Evolution of Inherited Micro-Organisms and Parasitic Genetic Elements

Yu, Yi-Tao (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry), RNA modification, pre-mRNA splicing, snPNP biogenesis

Mentors in Cellular Biology

Aslin, Richard N. (Prof. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Visual Science), Perceptua Development in Infants

Begenisich, Ted (Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Molecular Properties and Physiology of Ion Channels

Bidlack, Jean M. (Prof. of Pharmacology and Physiology), Pharmacology of Brain and Lymphocytic Opioid Receptors

Blair, Martha L. (Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Neural and Neuroendocrine Control of Cardiovascular Function

Blaxall, Burns C. (Asst. Prof. of Medicine), Mechanisms of Heart Filure and Adrenergic Signaling

Bohmann, Dirk (Prof. of Genetics), Mechanisms and Functions of Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation

Crispe, Nick (Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Cell Cycle Control and Cell Fate Regulation in Immune Cells

Culp, David (Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Regulation of Exocrine Cell Function

Dirksen, Robert (Asst. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Calcium Channel Structure and Function

Federoff, Howard (Prof. of Neurology, Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology; Senior Associate Dean for Research), Basic Mechanisms Which Regulate the Nervous System

T Cell Differentiation and Function

Freeman, Robert (Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Death

Hagen, Fred (Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Glycobiology, O-Glycosylation, Role of O-Linked Glycoproteins in Development

Hinkle, Patricia (Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Regulation

Hocking, Denise (Asst. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Extracellular Matrix Effects on Cell Behavior

Huxlin, Krystel (Asst. Prof. of Ophthalmology), Neural Mechanisms of Visual Recovery

Iglewski, Barbara H. (Chair & Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Molecular Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gene Expression

Kellogg, Carol (Prof. of Brain & Cognitive Sciences), Role of the GABAA Receptor in Development of Complex Adaptive Responses

Land, Hartmut (Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Director, Center for Cancer Biology), Molecular Basis of Multistep Cell Transformation

Li, Willis (Asst. Prof. of Genetics), Signal Transduction Pathway Interactions in Drosophila Development

Marquis, Robert E. (Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Microbial Physiology

Mayer-Proschel, Margot (Asst. Prof. of Genetics), Mechanisms Governing Precursor Cell Division, Differentiation and Survival in the Brain

McCabe, Michael (Asst. Prof. of Environmental Medicine), Mechanisms of Immunomodulation by Metals

Melvin, James (Prof. & Director, Center for Oral Biology), Exocrine Gland Physiology - Water Movement and Ion Transport

Miller, Rita (Asst. Prof. of Biology), Spindle Positioning and Cytoplasmic Microtubule Orientation in S. cerevisiae

Mooney, Robert (Assoc. Prof. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine), Cell Signaling by Tyrosine Kinase Receptors

Mosmann, Tim (Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology), Development and Differentiation of T Cell Subsets

Moynihan, Jan (Assoc. Prof. of Psychiatry), Immune-Neural Interactions

Noble, Mark (Prof. of Genetics), Stem Cell Biology; Regeneration of the CNS

O'Banion, Kerry (Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology & Anatomy; Director, M.D./Ph.D. Program), Role of Cytokines and Lipid Mediators in the CNS

Opanashuk, Lisa A. (Asst. Prof. of Environmental Medicine), Toxicant Exposure and Brain Development

O'Reilly, Michael (Asst. Prof. of Pediatrics), Regulation of Epithelial Cell Proliferation by Oxidant Stress

Pentland, Alice (Prof. & Chair of Dermatology), Role of Phospholipases & Cyclooxgenases in Epidermal Function

Pinkert, Carl A.(Prof. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Gene Transfer, Expression and Regulation Using Transgenic Animal, ES Cell, and Transmitochondrial Modeling

Romanski, Lizabeth M. (Asst. Prof. of Neurobiology and Anatomy), Organization and Functions of the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

Sarelius, Ingrid (Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Vascular Cell Communication and Signaling

Sheu, Shey-Shing (Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology and of Biochemistry & Biophysics), Cellular Signaling and Transduction

Shrager, Peter (Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics), The Role and Distribution of Ion Channels in Myelinated Axons Studied During Development

Shuttleworth, Trevor (Prof. of Pharmacology and Physiology), Mechanisms Involved in the Generation and Modulation of Intracellular Calcium Signals

Sottile, Jane (Assoc. Prof. of Medicine), Molecular Mechanisms by Which the Extracellular Matrix Controls Cell Behavior

Sun, Yin (Asst. Prof. of Genetics), TGF-beta Regulation of Proliferation and Differentiation

Tank, A. William (Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression

Tieu, Kim (Asst. Prof. of Environmental Medicine), Research Overview

Topham, David (Asst. Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology), Fundamental Mechanisms of Respiratory Immune Responses

Villalobos, Alice (Asst. Prof. of Environmental Medicine), Regulation of Ion Transport at the Blood-CSF Barrier

Waugh, Richard (Prof. and Chair of Dept. of Biomedical Engineering), Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins

Young, Fay (Asst. Prof. of Medicine, and of Microbiology & Immunology), Analysis of B-Cell Development

Yule, David (Asst. Prof. of Pharmacology & Physiology), Ca2+ Signaling Mechanisms in Exocrine Cells

Zhao, Jiyong (Asst. Prof. of Genetics), Cellular Proliferation and Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Progression