Research Areas
Find faculty and other researchers who represent our strengths across multiple domains.
Biochemistry
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Jeffrey E Barrick Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology Microbial experimental evolution and synthetic biology |
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Karen S Browning Professor Mechanism And Regulation Of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. |
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Andrew Ellington Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology | Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry |
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Ilya J Finkelstein Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Biophysical Studies of Molecular Machines |
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Marvin L Hackert Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences William Shive Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry |
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David W Hoffman Associate Professor NMR Spectroscopy, Position-specific Isotope Analysis, Protein and RNA Structure |
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Andres Jara-Oseguera Assistant Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Molecular and cellular mechanisms of electrical signaling, biophysics of ion channel proteins. |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Emeritus Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Tanya T Paull Professor, Professor of Oncology Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair and oxidative stress signaling |
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Shelley M Payne Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, Professor Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Jon D Robertus Professor Emeritus Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry Biochemistry: Structural Biology, Protein Engineering, And Drug Design |
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Gwendolyn M Stovall Assistant Professor of Practice Gwen Stovall leads the FRI Aptamer Stream, where students use biochemistry and molecular biology to develop tools made of RNA and DNA. |
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Caleb D Swaim I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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David W Taylor Jr Assistant Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Directly visualizing molecular machines |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant MBS PhD candidate researching model of protein evolution using deep learning. |
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Yan Zhang Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Structural Biology and Biophysics
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Andrew Ellington Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology | Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry |
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Ilya J Finkelstein Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Biophysical Studies of Molecular Machines |
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Andres Jara-Oseguera Assistant Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Molecular and cellular mechanisms of electrical signaling, biophysics of ion channel proteins. |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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David W Taylor Jr Assistant Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Directly visualizing molecular machines |
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Yan Zhang Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Cell and Developmental Biology
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Janice A Fischer Professor, Director, Academic Center Molecular genetics of the ubiquitin pathway in Drosophila |
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Jeffrey M Gross Department Chair, Molecular Biosciences, Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Eye Development, Disease and Regeneration, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
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Enamul Huq Professor Light signal transduction in plants witha a focus on mechanisms of light-regulated protein degradation and pre-mRNA splicing in Arabidopsis |
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Andres Jara-Oseguera Assistant Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Molecular and cellular mechanisms of electrical signaling, biophysics of ion channel proteins. |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Emeritus Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Andreas Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Kyle M Miller Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage responses and chromatin involved in cancer and its treatments |
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Tanya T Paull Professor, Professor of Oncology Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair and oxidative stress signaling |
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Caleb D Swaim I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease
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Jeffrey E Barrick Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology Microbial experimental evolution and synthetic biology |
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Bryan W Davies Associate Professor We investigate protein-based antibiotics and bacteria-host interactions. |
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Andrew Ellington Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology | Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry |
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Ilya J Finkelstein Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Biophysical Studies of Molecular Machines |
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Rasika M Harshey Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology DNA transposition, Replicative repair, flagella motility and signaling, bacterial surface colonization |
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Gregory C Ippolito Research Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Normal and malignant B-cell immunology. Antibody repertoires. Vaccines and infectious diseases. |
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Andreas Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Shelley M Payne Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, Professor Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Caleb D Swaim I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Seema Agarwala Associate Professor Cellular and molecular bases of Neural Tube Closure and birth defects |
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Jeffrey E Barrick Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology Microbial experimental evolution and synthetic biology |
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Karen S Browning Professor Mechanism And Regulation Of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. |
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Lauren I Ehrlich Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Oncology Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Thymocyte: stromal cell interactions in T cell development and T-ALL |
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Andrew Ellington Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology | Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry |
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Ilya J Finkelstein Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Biophysical Studies of Molecular Machines |
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Janice A Fischer Professor, Director, Academic Center Molecular genetics of the ubiquitin pathway in Drosophila |
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Jeffrey M Gross Department Chair, Molecular Biosciences, Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Eye Development, Disease and Regeneration, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
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Enamul Huq Professor Light signal transduction in plants witha a focus on mechanisms of light-regulated protein degradation and pre-mRNA splicing in Arabidopsis |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Paul M Macdonald Professor Emeritus Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology How mRNAs become localized within cells, and how their translation is regulated |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Jason McLellan Professor The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry Structural Basis of Host–Pathogen Interactions |
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Kyle M Miller Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology Molecular mechanisms of DNA damage responses and chromatin involved in cancer and its treatments |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Tanya T Paull Professor, Professor of Oncology Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health Regulation of DNA double-strand break repair and oxidative stress signaling |
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Shelley M Payne Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, Professor Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair | Distinguished Teaching Professor Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion |
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Jon D Robertus Professor Emeritus Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry Biochemistry: Structural Biology, Protein Engineering, And Drug Design |
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Gwendolyn M Stovall Assistant Professor of Practice Gwen Stovall leads the FRI Aptamer Stream, where students use biochemistry and molecular biology to develop tools made of RNA and DNA. |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Caleb D Swaim I study the extracellular signaling activity of ISG15. We are interested in how ISG15 works with its receptor LFA-1 to stimulate cytokine re |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Haley Tucker Professor Emerita Our group works on transcriptional regulation of stem cells develpment and hematopoiesis |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Yan Zhang Professor Structural And Biophysical Studies Of phosphatases in eukaryotic transcription, Structure-Based Drug Design. |
Plant Biology
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Karen S Browning Professor Mechanism And Regulation Of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. My research focuses on the initiation of protein synthesis in higher plants. |
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Enamul Huq Professor Light signal transduction in plants witha a focus on mechanisms of light-regulated protein degradation and pre-mRNA splicing in Arabidopsis |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Systems & Synthetic Biology
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Jeffrey E Barrick Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology Microbial experimental evolution and synthetic biology |
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Bryan W Davies Associate Professor We investigate protein-based antibiotics and bacteria-host interactions. |
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Andrew Ellington Professor Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology | Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry |
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Ilya J Finkelstein Associate Professor Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund Biophysical Studies of Molecular Machines |
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Jonghwan Kim Associate Professor Transcriptional and epigenetic regulations in Pluripotent stem cells and trophoblast lineage development |
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Edward M Marcotte Professor Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1 |
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Andreas Matouschek Associate Dean, Professor Mechanisms of protein machines, protein folding, unfolding, and degradation. |
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Ian J Molineux Professor Mechanisms of phage infection and genome ejection in vivo; phage evolutionary genetics and applications of phage |
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Christopher S Sullivan Professor Our lab seeks to understand how viruses interact with the host non-coding RNA machineries to replicate, induce tumors, and cause pathogenesi |
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Keiko Torii Professor Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology Shaping Patterns in Plant Development |
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Steven A Vokes Associate Professor Understanding how transcriptional repressors, especially underlying Hedgehog signaling, interface with chromatin to regulate development |
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John B Wallingford Professor Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology We combine in vivo imaging with systems biology to explore the cell biological basis of embryonic development |
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Zac Wentzell Teaching Assistant MBS PhD candidate researching model of protein evolution using deep learning. |
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