Bioscience Research Faculty Listed by Discipline

Alice Barkan Chloroplast gene expression; RNA-protein interactions; nuclear-chloroplast crosstalk

Bruce Bowerman Cytoskeletal function and regulation in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo
Bill Cresko Developmental genetics of evolving traits,gene and genome duplication, evolutionary genetics, speciation

Victoria DeRose Investigating chemical activity and structure in nucleic acids and proteins, with an emphasis on metal interactions.

Chris Doe Drosophila Neural Development: From Stem Cells to Circuits
Judith Eisen Neural and neural crest development, neuronal and glia cell fate specification, axonal pathfinding

David Garcia Epigenetic traits that influence how cells adapt to stress and new environments; prion proteins; RNA modifying enzymes

Daniel Grimes Making and breaking symmetry in development, growth, and disease

Marina Guenza Theory and simulations of biophysical systems, protein dynamics

Karen Guillemin Host-microbe interactions in development and disease

Scott Hansen Emergent properties and enzymology of membrane proximal signaling reactions

Mike Harms Biophysics of protein evolution

Diane Hawley RNA polymerase, regulation of gene expression, protein-DNA interactions.

Tory Herman Neural target selection and synapse formation in Drosophila

Eric Johnson Hypoxia, genomics, gene regulation
Shawn Lockery Parallel and distributed processing in simple biological networks

Diana Libuda DNA repair, recombination, and chromosome dynamics during meiosis

Andrew Marcus Protein dynamics, intracellular transport

Jeff McKnight Gene expression regulation by chromatin
Adam Miller Neural circuit development and function in zebrafish. Genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry of electrical synapse formation

Brad Nolen Molecular regulation of the cytoskeleton

Raghuveer Parthasarathy Material properties of biological membranes, mechanisms of protein organization, advanced microscopy techniques, host-microbe interactions

Michael Pluth Chemical biology, molecular recognition, fluorescent biosensors

Ken Prehoda Biochemical mechanisms of cell polarity and mitotic spindle orientation; evolution of protein interaction networks
Jim Prell Mass spectrometry and ion mobility techniques to investigate the physical and chemical properties that govern the organization of macromolecular assemblies at the nanoscale, including those found in biological membrane

Eric Selker Epigenetics, DNA methylation, genome dynamics, gene silencing, position effects

Kryn Stankunas Chromatin and signaling interfaces of vertebrate organogenesis and regeneration

Scott Stewart Molecular and cellular mechanisms of organ regeneration

Tristan Ursell Collective behavior, continuum and statistical mechanics of biomolecules and microbes, active fluids, biological transport phenomena, microbial physiology
Philip Washbourne Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation between neurons during development and repair
Monte Westerfield Developmental genetics of neurons and muscle

Julia Widom The Widom group uses ultrafast and single-molecule spectroscopy to study RNA structure and dynamics

Annie Zemper Intestinal stem cells during development, homeostasis and disease

Alice Barkan Chloroplast gene expression; RNA-protein interactions; nuclear-chloroplast crosstalk

Bruce Bowerman Cytoskeletal function and regulation in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Chris Doe Drosophila Neural Development: From Stem Cells to Circuits
Judith Eisen Neural and neural crest development, neuronal and glia cell fate specification, axonal pathfinding

David Garcia Epigenetic traits that influence how cells adapt to stress and new environments; prion proteins; RNA modifying enzymes

Daniel Grimes Making and breaking symmetry in development, growth, and disease

Karen Guillemin Host-microbe interactions in development and disease

Diana Libuda DNA repair, recombination, and chromosome dynamics during meiosis
Adam Miller Neural circuit development and function in zebrafish. Genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry of electrical synapse formation

Ken Prehoda Biochemical mechanisms of cell polarity and mitotic spindle orientation; evolution of protein interaction networks

Eric Selker Epigenetics, DNA methylation, genome dynamics, gene silencing, position effects

Kryn Stankunas Chromatin and signaling interfaces of vertebrate organogenesis and regeneration

Scott Stewart Molecular and cellular mechanisms of organ regeneration

Annie Zemper Intestinal stem cells during development, homeostasis and disease

Yashar Ahmadian Theoretical neuroscience

Paul Dassonville Neural basis of sensation and perceptual awareness; sensorimotor integration

Chris Doe Drosophila Neural Development: From Stem Cells to Circuits
Sarah Dubrow Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Decision Making

Judith Eisen Neural and neural crest development, neuronal and glia cell fate specification, axonal pathfinding

Tory Herman Neural target selection and synapse formation in Drosophila

Adrianne Huxtable Neural control of breathing, with a specific focus on how inflammation undermines breathing

Santiago Jaramillo Neuronal circuits that mediate behavioral flexibility and attention; auditory coding; neural computation

Brice Kuhl Cognitive Neuroscience, Memory, Cognitive Control, fMRI Methods

Shawn Lockery Parallel and distributed processing in simple biological networks

Luca Mazzucato Neuroscience: elucidating the neural basis of sensory perception, decision-making, and associative learning

David McCormick Neural networks of brain function

Adam Miller Neural circuit development and function in zebrafish. Genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry of electrical synapse formation

Cris Niell Function and development of neural circuits for visual processing

Michael Posner Cognitive-Neuroscience; Neural mechanisms and structures underlying selective attention

Matt Smear Systems Neuroscience

Nickie Swann How different parts of the human brain interact to generate and control movements and how these processes can be disrupted in disease

Emily Sylwestrak Neural circuits of behavior

Terry Takahashi Coding and integration of sensory information; neuroethology

Philip Washbourne Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation between neurons during development and repair

Michael Wehr How local circuits in the auditory cortex encode and transform sensory information

Monte Westerfield Developmental genetics of neurons and muscle

Dasa Zeithamova-Demircan Cognitive-Neuroscience, Memory

Matt Barber Molecular interactions between primate hosts and pathogenic bacteria, with direct implications for human disease

Brendan Bohannan Causes and consequences of microbial biodiversity

William Bradshaw The genetic basis of physiological, developmental and reproductive adaptations over seasonal climatic gradients as a window into evolutionary processes governing the differentiation of populations in nature

Scott Bridgham United under the central theme of understanding mechanisms controlling ecosystem structure and function

Bill Cresko Developmental genetics of evolving traits,gene and genome duplication, evolutionary genetics, speciation

Daniel Gavin Understanding present and past responses of Earth’s biota to climate change

Lauren Hallett Producing “usable” science to improve ecosystem management

Andrew Kern Variation among individuals in the genomes of humans, fruit flies, and plants

Krista McGuire Tropical rain forests and how plant-microbial interactions respond to anthropogenic disturbances such as agricultural production, shifting climate, and urbanization

Patrick Phillips Understanding the genotype-phenotype map

Peter Ralph Intersection of evolutionary biology, population genetics, probability, and statistics

Bitty Roy Influence of abiotic factors, such as climate change and fire, on plant pests; Frequency-dependent selection, including the Red Queen Hypothesis; Influence of pathogens on community structure; Evolution of resistance and tolerance to disease

Lucas Silva Concepts and analytical tools from terrestrial ecology, plant physiology, and biogeochemistry to address emerging issues in environmental sustainability

Nadia Singh Causes and consequences of variation in fundamental genetic processes such as mutation and recombination for genome evolution

Matthew Streisfeld Ecological and evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations; molecular characterization of adaptive traits; molecular evolution of transcriptional regulation

Kelly Sutherland Biomechanics; Interactions of marine organisms with the fluid environment

Nelson Ting Intersections of genetics/genomics, evolutionary ecology, and conservation in natural animal populations, with a focus on African

Michelle Wood Microbial ecology and evolution; biological oceanography

Damien Callahan Effects of acute and prolonged disuse on skeletal muscle structure and function

Li-Shan Chou Balance control during locomotion

Hans Dreyer Skeletal muscle physiology

Ian Greenhouse Neurophysiology of Action Control

Mike Hahn Neuromechanics of human locomotion

John Halliwill Exercise and environmental physiology

Adrianne Huxtable Neural control of breathing with a specific focus on how inflammation undermines breathing

Andy Karduna Upper extremity biomechanics

Andrew Lovering Cardiopulmonary and respiratory physiology

Carrie McCurdy Obesity and Insulin Resistance

Christopher Minson Cardiovascular, physiology, Environmental, heat, exercise, autonomic

Elinor Sullivan Behavioral neuroscience

Nicki Swann Neurophysiology of healthy movement and movement disorders

Ashley Walker Age-Related Vascular Function