MCB Faculty Research

Development, implementation, and evaluation of undergraduate research programs, both domestic and international.

Chromosomes, chromatin, cell cycle, development, meiosis, epigenetics

The signaling pathways and transcription factors in a cell are organized into circuits that allow cells to process information and make decisions. We are interested in understanding both how these circuits are built from their components and how they function and malfunction. To address these questions we are working to reverse engineer the circuitry that controls cell growth in budding yeast using a combination of genomic, proteomic and computational methods.

Davidson, Bradley

We study heart development in the primitive chordate, Ciona intestinalis. The simplicity of this organism allows us to decipher conserved transcriptional and cellular events underlying the earliest steps of heart formation.

Dieckmann, Carol

My laboratory works on two projects: 1) Regulation of mitochondrial gene expression in yeast, 2) Placement and assembly of the eyespot in the green alga Chlamydomonas.

Dixon, Kathleen

Cellular Response to DNA Damage

Fares, Johnny

Analysis of membrane trafficking

Little, John

Behavior and evolution of gene regulatory circuits; mechanisms of gene regulation; biochemistry of the SOS response in E. coli.

Nagy, Lisa

Analysis of the genetic basis of morphological diversification

Parker, Roy

Molecular genetics of yeast to examine mechanisms and regulation of translation and mRNA turnover.

Schaffer, Priscilla

Genetics and molecular biology of herpes simplex virus gene expression, latency, and reactivation.

Schroeder, Joyce

Molecular mechanisms of breast cancer progression.

Tax, Frans

Functions of plant receptor kinases and their signaling pathways.

Tomanek, Debra

Science education.

Weinert, Ted

Cell cycle checkpoints that arrest cell division after DNA damage.

Zarnescu, Daniela

Molecular mechanisms for neural development and polarity; mRNA transport in neurons; Local translational control; Fragile X syndrome;
Cell polarity and tumor suppressors; miRNA pathway