Cell and Molecular Biology Faculty

Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind cellular processes provides insight into many aspects of modern biology, from embryonic development to human disease.

Work in the Biology department uses both plant and animal model systems to explore such diverse cellular events as chromosome movement, cell cycle regulation, control of gene expression, cell to cell signaling, coordination of cell movements and growth during development, and pathogen resistance.

  • Daniele Armaleo, Associate Professor Of The Practice
       Developmental and molecular biology of symbiosis in lichens

  • Ryan Baugh, Assistant Professor
       Animal developmental genetics and genomics

  • Amy Bejsovec, Associate Professor
       Genetic control of cell fate specification in Drosophila

  • Philip N Benfey, Paul Kramer Professor and Director, Center for Systems Biology
       Plant Developmental Genetics and Genomics

  • John E Boynton, Professor Emeritus
       

  • Meng Chen, Assistant Professor
       Light signal transduction in plants

  • Xinnian Dong, Professor
       Plant-Microbe interactions

  • Ron Grunwald, Lecturer
       Membrane biochemistry

  • Steve Haase, Assistant Professor
       Control of cell cycle, DNA replication, and centrosome duplication in budding yeast

  • Alison Hill, Instructor 
       

  • Daniel P Kiehart, Professor and Chair
       Biophysical approaches to cellular, molecular and developmental biology

  • David R McClay, Professor
       Developmental Biology

  • R Bruce Nicklas, Arthur S. Pearse Professor Emeritus of Biology
       Mitosis and evolution

  • Zhen-Ming Pei, Associate Professor
       Plant Sensory Signal Transduction

  • David R. Sherwood, Assistant Professor
       Genetic analysis of development in C. elegans: modeling cell invasive behavior

  • Nina T Sherwood, Assistant Research Professor and IGSP Scholar
       Functions of spastin and other microtubule severing proteins in the nervous system; Drosophila models of human disease

  • James N. Siedow, Professor and Vice Provost for Research
       Function and regulation of plant respiratory pathways

  • Tai-ping Sun, Professor
       Molecular mechanisms of plant hormone controlled growth and development

  • Chandra L Tucker, Assistant Research Professor
       Protein technologies and chemical genomics in yeast

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