MCB Faculty Research
Bender, Carol
Development, implementation, and evaluation of undergraduate research programs, both domestic and international.
Bosco, Giovanni
Chromosomes, chromatin, cell cycle, development, meiosis, epigenetics
Capaldi, Andrew
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