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Following is a list of faculty in the Cell and Developmental Biology
section of the Biology Division. Click on a name to see a more
comprehensive description of their research.
Raffi Aroian, Associate
Professor of Biology
Mechanism of action of bacterial
pore-forming toxins and bacterial pathogenesis in animals.
Ethan Bier, Professor of Biology
Molecular and genetic analysis of
Drosophila neural development.
Steven Briggs, Professor of Biology
Embryonic stem cell fate; plant resistance to infectious disease.
Andrew Chisholm , Professor of Biology
Genetics of neuronal and epidermal morphogenesis in C. elegans.
Maarten Chrispeels, Professor of Biology
Plant molecular and cell biology.
Regulation of gene expression and protein targeting.
Nigel Crawford, Professor of Biology
Plant molecular biology, control of
gene expression and ion transport.
Richard Firtel, Professor of Biology
Mechanisms regulating gene expression
and cell differentiation during development. G. proteins and
signal transduction mechanisms.
Douglass Forbes, Professor of Biology
Nuclear transport in vitro; nuclear
pore structure; nuclear assembly.
Jayant Ghiara , Lecturer (PSOE)
Randy Hampton, Professor of Biology
Genetics and molecular biology
of protein degradation in yeast.
Colin Jamora, Assistant Professor of Biology
Cell biology of morphogenesis. Molecular mechanisms
of organ development in mice.
Steve Kay, Dean of Biological Sciences
Systems Biology of Circadian Clocks in Plants and Mammals
Amy Kiger, Assistant Professor of Biology
Cellular morphogenesis. Functional genomic analysis
of cell shape changes in Drosophila development.
Dan L. Lindsley, Research Professor of Biology
Genetic investigations of male
infertility in Drosophila melanogaster.
William Loomis, Professor of Biology
Developmental biology; molecular
genetics of development in Dictyostelium
Eduardo Macagno, Professor of Biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms
underlying the specification of neuronal identity, growth cone motility
and navigation, target selection and the generation of neuronal
arbors.
William McGinnis, Professor of Biology
Molecular genetics of early Drosophila
embryogenesis.
James Posakony, Professor of Biology
Pattern formation and cell fate
specification in Drosophila development.
Robert Schmidt, Professor of Biology
Plant molecular biology, molecular
mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression in maize.
Julian Schroeder, Professor of Biology
Plant cell and molecular biology,
signal transduction and ion channels in higher plant cells.
Laurie Smith, Associate Professor of Biology
Molecular genetic analysis of
plant cell division and morphogenesis.
David Traver, Assistant Professor of Biology
Vertebrate blood cell development, biology
of hematopoietic
stem and progenitor cells.
Steven A. Wasserman, Professor of Biology
Molecular genetic analysis of signal transduction in Drosophila development and immunity.
Gabriele Wienhausen, Associate Dean for Education,
Senior Lecturer SOE
Biological Education
Jim Wilhelm, Assistant Professor of Biology
mRNA localization, translational control, and membrane trafficking in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Martin Yanofsky, Professor of Biology
Molecular and genetic analyses
of flower development.
Yunde Zhao, Assistant Professor of Biology
Plant Biology, Molecular mechanisms
of auxin homeostasis and signal transduction.
List of all adjunct faculty
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