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Cell and Developmental Biology

Dr. Girirajan's Research Interest: Genetics of

neurodevelopmental disorders.  

Associate Department Head for Graduate Education and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Gu's Research Interest:  The utilization of biochemical, 

molecular genetics, and spectroscopic approaches to 

decipher mechanisms of cellulose biosynthesis. 

Dr. Hanna-Rose's Research Interest:  We use genetic and

metabolomics approaches in C. elegans to model inborn errors

of metabolism and probe the molecular links between metabolic

perturbations and animal behavior and physiology.   

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Kao's Research Interest: We use Petunia inflata as a

model to study biochemical, molecular, and structural bases

of a self/non-self recognition mechanism between pollen and

pistil adopted by flowering plants to prevent in breeding and

promote outcrossing.    

Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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    Dr. Lai's Research Interest:  Growth Control and Cancer Genetics.  

Dr. Lindner's Research Interest:  The coupling of molecular

parasitology and structural biology to study the malaria

parasite.  

Professor of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Psychiatry
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Dr. Lüscher's Research Interest:  Molecular and cellular

mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders as well

as mechanisms of antidepressant drug therapies.  

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Melanie McReynolds' Research Interest:  The understanding

of the biochemistry behind aging,and its intersection with stress, with

the long-term goal of identifying strategies that promote healthier aging. 

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Miyashiro's Research Interest: We use microbial genetics,

biochemistry, and cell biology approaches to determine the

molecular mechanisms that enable bacteria to establish

symbiosis with a eukaryotic host.  The model system is the

symbiosis formed between the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio

fischeri 
and the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes

Our primary interests in this system include quorum sensing,

contact-dependent killing mechanisms, and sulfur metabolism.  

Dr. Paulson's Research Interest:  The mechanism of tissue

regeneration using the response to anemia as a model system.  

Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Chair of the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program
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Dr. Rolls' Research Interest:  The Rolls lab aims to understand

how neurons generate axons and dendrites with different

microtubule organization, and how neurons respond to injury.

Current projects focus on mechanisms that control microtubule

polarity and dynamics and mechanisms that promote neuronal

regeneration.  

Dr. Santy's Research Interest:  We study the signal transduction

and vesicular trafficking processes that promote migration in

epithelial cells.  We seek to understand the role of these

processes in normal homeostasis and in pathological

processes.  

Dr. Selleck's Research Interest:  Nervous system development

and molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders.  

Dr. Showalter's Research Interest:  The use of solution

nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, in combination

with thermodynamic analysis, chemical biology, and cellular

assays to advance understanding of protein function.   

Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Szpara's Research Interest:  Understanding the consequences

of HSV latency for the neurons that harbor the HSV pathogen

and the search for improved therapeutics using a combination

of virology, neurobiology,  next generation sequencing

technologies, and bioinformatics.   

Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Associate Department Head of Climate and Diversity
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 Dr. Thomas' Research Interest:  The role of the cortical actin

cytoskeleton in cell polarity and morphogenesis. 

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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