Graduate Concentration in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Faculty and their Research
Asterisk (*) denotes concentration coordinator
| Name | Research Description |
|---|---|
| Akins, Robert | Heterotypic cell interactions in the control of gene expression, multi-cellular organization, and contractile function in striated muscle. |
| Boyd, E. Fidelma | Molecular evolution and pathogenesis of bacteria. |
| Burnside, Joan | Avian genomics. |
| Cooper, Carlton | The identification and the regulation of cell adhesion molecules involved in prostate cancer metastasis to bone. |
| DeLeon, Patricia | Reproductive genetics, functional genomics of male reproduction. |
| Dodge, George | Chondrocyte gene regulation and disease, alternative-splicing of ECM genes. |
| Duncan, Melinda | Cell biology and transcriptional control of eye development. |
| Duncan, Randall | Signal transduction of mechanical and hormonal stimulation in the development and maintenance of bone and cartilage. |
| Galileo, Deni | Cell division, death, migration, and differentiation in early development of the vertebrate brain. |
| Hanson, Thomas | Genetic analysis of metabolism, expanding genetic toolkits in novel microbes. |
| Herson, Diane | Physiology of organisms which carry out bioremediation, Heliolatry in water. |
| Keeler, Calvin | Mucosal immunity in disease protection using infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) as a model. |
| McLane, Mary Ann | Molecular mechanisms involved in cancer metastasis. |
| Molloy, George | Control of animal cell growth and differentiation related to neuronal and brain glial cells. |
| Morgan, Robin | Molecular biology of Marek's disease. |
| Naik, Ulhas* | Molecular aspects of cardiovascular and cancer biology. |
| Parent, Michelle | Yersinia - host-pathogen interaction. |
| Rajasekaran, Ayyappan | Role of Na,K-ATPase in cell signaling. |
| Rajasekaran, Sigrid | Link between obesity and cancer. |
| Schanen, N. Carolyn | Genetics of autism and speech disorders, epigenetic regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation, chromosomal rearrangements. |
| Schmidt, Carl | Bioinformatics and avian genomics. |
| Selva, Erica | Genetic and molecular control of signal transduction during Drosophila development. |
| Sherrier, D. Janine | Analysis of the small RNA transcriptome of Medicago truncatula. |
| Sikes, Robert | Mouse prostate development and the development and progression of human prostate cancer. |
| Simmons, Daniel | Mechanism of DNA replication. |
| Twiss, Jeffery | Subcellular localization of neuronal mRNAs and translational control. |
| Usher, David | The regulation of adipocyte development and its consequence on obesity and heart disease. |
