Research Areas

Genetics

The study of heredity and gene action is one of the most rapidly developing fields of biology. A thorough understanding of genetics is essential to modern advances in agriculture, medicine, and many industrial fields dealing with biological diversity. The information content of genetic sequences is enormous and is rapidly becoming a major tool in tracing evolutionary lineages and in reassessing biological classification.

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

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

Sherryl A Broverman, Associate Professor of the Practice
science literacy for non-majors; science education reform; the interaction of gender, education and global health

Meng Chen, Assistant Professor
Genome-environment interactions in plants

Xinnian Dong, Professor
Plant-Microbe interactions

Mary W. Eubanks, Adjunct Professor of Biology
Maize Evolution and Improvement

Nicholas W Gillham, James B Duke Professor Emeritus

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

Elizabeth H. Harris, Director, Chlamydomonas Center

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

Paul M Magwene, Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

John M Mercer, Associate Professor Of The Practice
Molecular evolution, Evolution, Mathematical biology, Morphometrics

Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Professor
Evolutionary, Ecological, & Agricultural Functional Genomics

H Frederik F. Nijhout, Professor
Developmental physiology/development and evolution

Mohamed A. Noor, Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Speciation and evolutionary genetics, recombination

Zhen-Ming Pei, Associate Professor
Plant Sensory Signal Transduction

Mark D Rausher, Professor
Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Evolution

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

Marcy K Uyenoyama, Professor
Population genetics, molecular evolution

Rytas J Vilgalys, Professor
Phylogenetic systematics and molecular evolution in fungi

Huntington F Willard, Director, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and Professor of Biology

John H Willis, Associate Professor
Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations