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Dirk Bohmann
Director, UR Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
Professor of Genetics
Research interests: The biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics of signal-transducing transcription factors and their role in development and disease

Wei Hsu
Associate Professor of Biomedical Genetics in The Center for Oral Biology
Research interests: Genetic Regulatory Circuits in Development and Disease

Hartmut Land
Robert & Dorothy Markin Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Genetics,
Scientific Director, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Signal integration and systems biology.

Margot Mayer-Pröschel
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research interests: Stem Cells in the CNS

Helene McMurray
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research Interests: Role of gene interaction networks in control of cell behavior and how such networks are altered in cancer

Mark D. Noble
Director, UR Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute
Professor of Genetics
Research interests: Neural Development and Neoplasia

Catherine Ovitt
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Genetics in The Center for Oral Biology
Research interests: Application of Mouse Genetics to the Analysis of Genes Involved in Salivary Gland

Douglas Portman
Associate Professor of Biomedical Genetics in The Center for Aging and Development biology.
Research interests: Genetics and neurobiology of sex differences in brain and behavior

Christoph Pröschel
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research interests: Astrocyte development and White Matter Disease

Jianwen Que
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research interests: Development and stem cell biology of the esophagus

Andrew Samuelson
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Genetics
Research interests: Functional genomics and genetics of aging in c. elegans

Lei Xu
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research Interests: Mechanism of metastasis

Jiyong Zhao
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research interests: Control of cell cycle progression and genome stability; pathways for B-lymphoma cell survival