Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering

TRAINING TRACK IN MOLECULAR, CELL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
RESEARCH FACULTY

Twenty-nine faculty members from four departments participate in the training track in MCD Biology. Their research covers numerous topics directly related to human health, including stem cell biology, malaria, cholera, cancer biology, host-pathogen interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, and the responses of neurons to stroke and other damage. Basic research focuses on cell division, signaling, meiosis, chromatin remodeling, cell differentiation, and neurobiology.

Manny Ares Splicing and RNA Processing
Vicki Auerbuch-Stone Innate Immune Responses to the Human Pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Needhi Bhalla Meiotic Chromosome Dynamics
Hinrich Boeger Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation   
Bin Chen Mammalian Brain Development
David Feldheim The Generation of Neural Connections
Camilla Forsberg Mechanisms of Stem Cell Fate Decisions
Grant Hartzog How Chromatin Influences Transcription
David Haussler Computational Biology
Lindsay Hinck Cellular Interactions During Organogenesis and Tumorigenesis
Melissa Jurica Structure and Functional Analysis of Spliceosomes   
Rohinton Kamakaka Transcriptional Silencing and Insulators
Doug Kellogg Control of Cell Growth and Division
Scott Lokey Chemical Biology, Cyclic Peptides, Small Molecule Screening 
Todd Lowe Computational and experimental discovery of non-coding RNAs, microbial genomics, extremophile biology
Harry Noller Structure and Function of the Ribosome 
Karen Ottemann The Molecular Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori
Amy Ralston Origin and Regulation of Mammalian Stem Cells
Michael Rexach Structure and Function of the Nuclear Pore Complex  
Seth Rubin Biochemical Mechanisms in Cell Growth and Division
Jeremy Sanford Post Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
Bill Saxton Cytoskeletal Motors and Active Transport Processes
Bill Scott Structure and Mechanism of RNA Enzymes
Michael Stone Structure, Function, and Assembly of the Telomerase Ribonucleoprotein
Susan Strome Chromatin and RNA Regulation in C. elegans
Bill Sullivan Cell Cycle, Cytoskeleton, and Host-pathogen Interactions
John Tamkun Chromatin Remodeling in Drosophila Development   
Fitnat Yildiz Molecular Mechanisms of Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae
Al Zahler Exon Recognition and Alternative Splicing   
Yi Zuo Functions of Glia at the Synapses in the Mammalian Nervous System

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