Rolf Christoffersen, Associate Professor
Molecular biology of plant secondary metabolism; biochemistry of ethylene synthesis.

Dennis Clegg, Professor
Molecular basis of neural development and disease; retinal development and degeneration; differentiation of ocular cells from embryonic and adult stem cells.

James Cooper, Associate Professor
Molecular cell biology of plant-microbe symbiosis, structure and function of plant cell walls, bioinformatics of tandem repeat proteins.

Peggy Cotter, Associate Professor
Microbial pathogenesis; bacterial:host interactions; role of virulence gene regulation, and of regulated factors, in bacterial pathogenesis; transcriptional control mechanisms; signal transduction

Frederick Dahlquist, Professor

Anthony De Tomaso, Assistant Professor
Molecular basis of self/non-self recognition and evolution of immune function; stem cell biology and developmental mechanisms underlying asexual regeneration in a primitive chordate.

Diane Eardley, Sr. Lecturer SOE

Stuart Feinstein, Professor
Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Neuronal Development; Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases; Structure, Function and Regulation of the Microtubule Associated Protein, Tau; Cytoskeletal Regulation

Ruth Finkelstein, Professor
Molecular genetics of plant development; analysis of mechanism of abscisic acid action.

Steven Fisher, Professor
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of retinal degeneration and regeneration. Neural circuitry in the vertebrate retina. Bio-image informatics.

Kathleen Foltz, Associate Professor
Biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology of fertilization; signal transduction during egg activation; evolution of gamete recognition molecules in free-spawning marine invertebrates.

Christopher Hayes, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of ribosome pausing during protein synthesis and recruitment of SsrA (tmRNA) to stalled ribosomes

Kenneth Kosik, Harriman Professor, MCDB and Co-Director, Neuroscience Research Institute
Basic mechanisms and disorders of neural plasticity, the role of microRNAs in stem cell differentiation

John Lew, Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction; Alzheimer's Disease and other protein aggregation/misfolding diseases; molecular biology, enzymology, and protein structure/function

David Low, Professor
Genetics and biochemistry of bacterial gene expression, gene silencing, DNA methylation, and adhesive mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria.

Dzwokai "Zach" Ma, Assistant Professor
Trafficking regulation of receptors and channels in the nervous system.

Michael J. Mahan, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Microbial pathogenesis; host responses to microbial infection; DNA methylation; vaccine development.

Daniel E. Morse, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
Molecular mechanisms of biomineralization, biomolecular materials and biomimetic synthesis of new high-performance composites; molecular marine biology and molecular/genetic mechanisms controlling metamorphosis.

Eduardo Orias, Research Professor of Genomics
Tetrahymena genetics and genomics; genetic, physical and sequence mapping of the germline and expressed genomes of the unicellular eukaryote, Tetrahymena thermophila.

Stephen Poole, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair
Molecular genetics of Drosophila development; genetics of neuronal development.

Ian Ross, Professor Emeritus and Research Professor
Molecular and biochemical basis of photomorphogenesis and development in higher fungi; molecular biology of nuclear/mitochondrial interactions in cell and human aging and disease.

Joel Rothman, Professor and Chair
Molecular and genetic control of development in the nematode C. elegans; regulation of programmed cell death; mechanisms of tumorigenesis.

Erkki Ruoslahti, Distinguished Professor
Cell adhesion and tumor metastasis; study of molecular signatures that are specific for the vessels of individual tissues and tumors, and the use of these vascular "zip codes" to deliver nanoparticles to specific targets in the body.

Cyrus R. Safinya, Professor

Charles E. Samuel, C.A. Storke Professor
Molecular biology of animal virus-cell interactions; antiviral mechanisms of interferon action; translational control of gene expression in mammalian cells; RNA editing.

Duane Sears, Professor
Molecular immunology and biochemistry of transplantation antigens; antigen recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes; mechanisms of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytolysis; structure and function of Fc receptors.

William Smith, Professor
Vertebrate developmental biology; growth factors and axis specification in Xenopus.

Doug Thrower, Lecturer PSOE

Carol Vandenberg, Professor
Biophysics and biochemistry of ion channels in nerve and cardiac muscle membranes; molecular mechanisms of channel gating, ion permeation and signal transduction; neurophysiology.

Herbert Waite, Professor
Biochemistry and biophysics of adhesion proteins in mussels.

Thomas Weimbs, Associate Professor
Membrane fusion and membrane protein trafficking in polarized epithelial cells; signaling in polycystic kidney disease.

Leslie Wilson, Professor
Biochemistry of cytoskeletal proteins; microtubule polymerization and dynamics; regulation of microtubule dynamics by anticancer drugs and neuronal microtubule-associated proteins.