Research Areas Molecular Genetics

Molecular Genetics

  • Swathi Arur – RAS/ERK signaling pathways governing germ cell development in C. elegans
  • Richard R. Behringer – Mammalian embryogenesis, reproductive and stem cell biology and evolution
  • Hugo J. Bellen – Mitochondria and neuronal degeneration, synaptic transmission and technology development
  • Malgorzata (Gosia) Borowiak – Pluripotent stem cells for human development and metabolic diseases
  • Rui Chen – Functional genomics of visual system development and diseases; High throughput technology
  • Thomas A. Cooper – Alternative splicing regulation in development and disease
  • Benjamin Deneen – Glial cell development and disease
  • Herman Dierick – Genetic and neurobiological mechanism of Drosophila aggression
  • Michael J. Galko – Molecular genetics of tissue repair responses in Drosophila
  • Margaret (Peggy) A. Goodell – Regulation of hematopoietic stem cells
  • Brett Graham – Genetic models of mitochondrial disease in Drosophila and mice
  • Andrew K. Groves – Development and regeneration of the inner ear
  • Hamed Jafar-Nejad – Developmental glycobiology; Notch signaling
  • Milan Jamrich – Pattern formation and regeneration in mice and Xenopus
  • Randy L. Johnson – Modeling human disease and development in the mouse
  • Adam Kuspa – Signal transduction, cell differentiation, and genomics of Dictyostelium discoideum
  • Brendan Lee – Skeletal and kidney development, and gene therapy
  • Olivier Lichtarge – Bioinformatics, structural biology, and functional genomics
  • Mirjana Maletic-Savatic – Imaging and metabolomics and neurogenesis
  • Graeme Mardon – Molecular mechanisms controlling retinal development
  • James Martin – Cardiac and craniofacial stem cell biology
  • Martin M. Matzuk – Oncogenesis, reproduction and development in mice
  • David D. Moore – Nuclear receptor signaling pathways
  • Hoang Nguyen – Skin epithelial stem cell fate maintenance and lineage determination
  • Russell S. Ray – Molecular and genetic events that give rise to functional neural circuits and how those events may play a role in neurological disorders
  • Jeffrey M. Rosen – Mammary gland development and breast cancer
  • Marco Sardiello – Regulatory networks of cell metabolism and neurological disorders
  • Anna Marie Sokac – Coordinated actin and membrane dynamics in flies and frogs
  • Ming-Jer Tsai – Role of transcription factors in development and diseases
  • Sophia Y. Tsai – Physiological role of nuclear receptors during development
  • Meng Wang – Systemic studies of endocrine and metabolic signaling in promoting healthy aging
  • Thomas (Trey) F. Westbrook – RNAi-based strategies to cancer gene discovery; REST tumor suppressor pathway
  • Joshua D. Wythe – Cardiovascular development and disease
  • Shinya Yamamoto – Cell-cell communication in development and disease; Notch and Dopamine signaling
  • Zheng Zhou – Clearance of apoptotic and necrotic cells in the nematode C. elegans
  • Huda Y. Zoghbi – Neural development, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders

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