Faculty

List MCB faculty alphabetically by last name
List MCB faculty by departmental/campus affiliation

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Dominique R. Alfandari
Adam Metalloprotease Function during Embryonic Development

Juan Anguita
Proinflammatory Signals in Response to Infection

Kathleen F. Arcaro
Environmental Toxicology

Richard B. Arenas
Breast, Melanoma, and Gastrointestinal Cancer

B

Cynthia L. Baldwin
Cellular Immunity: Intracellular Microbes and Gamma Delta T Cells

Tobias I. Baskin
Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis during Growth and Development

Magdalena Bezanilla
Tip Growth, Actin Cytoskeleton and Plant Cell Biology

Anthony C. Bishop
Bio-Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Eric L. Bittman
Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function

Samuel J. Black
Molecular Basis of Innate Immunity against Parasitic Protozoa

Jeffrey L. Blanchard
Microbial Cellular and Community Networks, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics

Jeffrey D. Blaustein
Neuroendocrinology, Hormones and Behavior, Reproductive Endocrinology

John P. Burand
Molecular Biology of Insect Viruses, Insect Pathology

C

Ana L. Caicedo
Plant Molecular Evolution and Evolutionary Genomics

Maura C. Cannon
Plant Development, Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Inclusion-Bodies, Gas Vesicles

James J. Chambers
Native Proteins Using Covalent Tagging, Observation, and Perturbation

Daniel L. Chase
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Signaling

Alice Y. Cheung
Molecular and Biochemical Studies on Sexual Plant Reproduction

John M. Clark
Molecular Action of Pesticides and Cellular Basis for Resistance

Elizabeth A. Connor
Developmental Neurobiology: Synapse Development and Regeneration


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D

Geert J. De Vries
Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Gerald B. Downes
Development and Function of Spinal Cord Networks


F

Rafael A. Fissore
Ca2+ Release Mechanisms in Mammalian Oocytes during Maturation and Fertilization

Neil S. Forbes
Engineering Tumor-Targeted Therapies

Nancy G. Forger
Development of Neural Sex Differences: Hormones and Neurotrophic Factors


G

Scott C. Garman
Structural Biology of Glycoproteins in Human Disease

Lila M. Gierasch
Biophysical Approaches to Protein Folding and Localization

Richard A. Goldsby
Somatic Hypermutation of Immunoglobulin Genes

David J. Gross
Cell Surface Receptor Signaling

H

Adam C. Hall
Anesthetic Action in the Mammalian Nervous System

Jeanne A. Hardy
Design of Allosteric Pathways in Caspases and Phosphatases

Daniel N. Hebert
Protein Folding, Quality Control and Degradation of Membrane Glycoproteins

Alejandro P. Heuck
Bacterial Pathogenesis

James F. Holden
Physiology of Hyperthermophilic Archaea

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J

Abbie M. Jensen
Molecular Mechanisms of Vertebrate Retinal Development and Retinal Disease

D. Joseph Jerry
Tumor Suppressor Genes and the Cellular Basis for Susceptibility to Breast Cancer

K

Igor A. Kaltashov
Architecture and Dynamics of Transport Proteins

Rolf O. Karlstrom
Developmental Neurobiology: Axon Guidance, Forebrain Patterning, and Pituitary Development

Young-Cheul Kim
Impact of Nutrients and Dietary Bioactive Components on Chronic Diseases

Michele M. Klingbeil
Parasitology, Replication and Repair of Mitochondrial DNA

Michael J. Knapp
Kinetics and Metallobiochemistry

Joseph G. Kunkel
Pattern Formation and Development

L

Wei-Lih Lee
Microtubule Dynamics, Mechanisms of Dynein-Mediated Nuclear Migration and Spindle Positioning

Susan B. Leschine
Anaerobic Decomposition of Insoluble Natural Polymers, Fuels from Biomass

John M. Lopes
Regulation of Gene Expression in Yeast

M

Jesse Mager
Developmental Biology: Cell-Cell Signaling

Michael J. Maroney
Metallobiochemistry

Craig T. Martin
Transcription, Protein-DNA Interactions

Jerrold S. Meyer
Neurotransmitter Development and its Modulation by Psychoactive Drugs

Murugappan Muthukumar
Statistical Mechanics of Polymers

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John R. Nambu
Gene Regulation and Programmed Cell Death in Drosophila Development

Leonard C. Norkin
Virus Entry through Caveolae: Transmembrane Signaling

Jennifer Normanly
Auxin Biosynthesis and Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana

O

Barbara A. Osborne
Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification: Induction of Apoptosis in Lymphocytes

P

Yeonhwa Park
Conjugated Linoleic Acid Research and Biologically Active Compounds from Dietary Sources

Om Parkash
Plant Molecular Genetics

Sandra L. Petersen
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying the Neural Control of Ovulation

Randall W. Phillis
Molecular Genetics of Neural Development in Drosophila

Dominic L. Poccia
Activation of Sperm Nuclei at Fertilization

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Stephen M. Rich
Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Population Biology of Animal Infectious Diseases

Margaret A. Riley
Microbial Molecular Evolution and Ecology

Jennifer L. Ross
Biological Physics of Microtubules

Vincent M. Rotello
Synthetic Models of Biomolecular Activity

S

Steven J. Sandler
Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Homologous Recombination

Danny J. Schnell
Mechanisms of Protein Import into the Plant Chloroplast, Protein Targeting, Organelle Biogenesis

Lawrence M. Schwartz
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Programmed Cell Death

Stylianos P. Scordilis
Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Contractile Proteins

Rong Shao
Molecular Mechanisms in Breast Cancer Development

Kalidas Shetty
Proline-Linked Pentose Phosphate Pathway and Regulation of Secondary Metabolite Synthesis, Stress Response and Development in Plants

J. Enrique Silva
Thyroid Hormone Physiology, Thermogenesis, Temperature Homeostasis

Sallie Smith Schneider
Signaling during Mammary Gland Development and Carcinogenesis

T

Janice C. Telfer
Role of Runx Family Transcription Factors in Immune System Development

Karsten W. Theis
DNA Repair and Molecular Motors

Lynmarie K. Thompson
Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Proteins

Kimberly D. Tremblay
Stem Cells and Developmental Biology

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V

Pablo E. Visconti
Signal Transduction Pathways during Sperm Capacitation

W

Patricia Wadsworth
Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Living Cells

Elsbeth L. Walker
Plant Genetics and Epigenetics

Robert M. Weis
Transmembrane Signaling, Physical Chemistry of Cell Membranes and Protein-Protein Interactions

Steven A. Williams
Molecular Biology of Human Parasitic Diseases/Genome Projects

Christopher L.F. Woodcock
Structure-Function Relationships in the Nucleus

Hen-Ming Wu
Molecular Biology of Plant Development

X

Hang Xiao
Identification of Potential Cancer Preventive Dietary Components

Z

Robert A. Zimmermann
Structure and Function of Ribosomes in Protein Synthesis

R. Thomas Zoeller
Neuroendocrine Regulation of Thyroid: Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone Action on Brain Development

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Associate Faculty

Sarah J. Bacon
Human Reproductive Physiology

Michael J. Barresi
How Glial Cells Help Wire the Nervous ystem

David Bickar
Systems for Electron Transport and Oxygen Utilization

Frank C. Cannon
Genetic Regulators of Virulence Factors in Burkholderia cepacia

Sean M. Decatur
Biochemistry of Nitrosylhemes and Vibrational Studies of Helical Peptides

Edward P. Diebold
Muscle Myosin in Cardiovascular Disease and Muscular Fatigue

Rachel D. Fink
Cell Rearrangements during Early Embryogenesis

Molly Fitzgerald-Hayes
Chromosome Segregation and Centromere Function; Cell Cycle Control and Checkpoint Signaling

Maurille J. Fournier
Molecular Biology of Small Nucleolar RNAs

Peter K. Hepler
Role of Calcium and the Cytoskeleton in Cell Division and Development

Lynne McLandsborough
Involvement of Bacterial Surface Molecules in Attachment to Food and Food Processing Surfaces

Pablo J. Pomposiello
Oxidative Stress Using Bacterial Models

Omar A. Quintero
Actin-Based Motors and Cytoskeleton

David I. Ratner
Regulation of Gene Expression in Dictyostelium

Dennis G. Searcy
Cellular Evolution and Physiology

Elizabeth S. Stuart
Anti-Idiotypic Stimulation of Protective Immunity at Mucosal Surfaces

Christine A. White-Ziegler
Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli

Patrick L. Williamson
Lipid Asymmetry in the Plasma Membrane

Craig T. Woodard
Steroid Hormonal Regulation of Development in Drosophila

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