Programs: Genetics

Research in the Genetics group in the Department of Molecular Biosciences is focused on the genetic control of organismal development, physiology and evolution. Questions that concern the group include: regulation of gene expression, developmental genetics, genomics and comparative evolutionary genetics. Training of graduate students and post-doctoral scientists in the Genetics group includes a grounding in both classical and molecular genetics as well as molecular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics.

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Interactions between neurons and their environment.
Dr. Brian Ackley

The function of Ewing sarcoma proteins in mitosis.
Dr. Mizuki Azuma

T cell activation, cell signaling, adhesion molecules
Dr. Steve Benedict

Regulation of cell shape in nematode tubule formation
Dr. Mathew Buechner

Transport and positioning of messenger RNA in developing organisms
Dr. Robert Cohen

Identification of molecular switches that control cell fate decisions during development
Dr. Victoria Corbin

Molecular virology and pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus
Dr. David Davido

Mechanisms that regulate growth and maintenance of microbubular organelles
Dr. William Dentler

Transcription regulation, Development of novel anti-bacterial agents
Dr. Susan Egan

Role of ribozymes and enzymes in tRNA processing
Dr. Peter Gegenheimer

Mechanisms of developmental gene regulation and pathogenesis for Chlamydia
Dr. P. Scott Hefty

Mechanisms that regulate and modify nerve cell interactions
Dr. Paul Kelly

Redundancy in the genome and genetic mechanisms of organismal morphogenesis
Dr. Erik Lundquist

The role of the APC protein in the suppression of colon cancer
Dr. Kristi Neufeld

Mitosis, gamma-tubulin function, cell cycle regulation and fungal secondary metabolites
Dr. Berl R. Oakley

Autoimmunity; Development of specific therapeutic reagents for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Dr. Dean Stetler

The cytoskeleton in cell division, development and neuromuscular function
Dr. Kathy Suprenant

RNAi:  methodology and mechanisms 
Dr. Lisa Timmons

Morphogenetic mechanisms of limb development
Dr. Robert Ward

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