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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Our molecular biologists and geneticists study which genes are involved in key biological processes and how the expression of these genes is regulated in normal and disease states. New methods like CRISPR gene editing are studied and applied to expedite discovery and the development of therapeutics.

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Seema Agarwala

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
agarwala@austin.utexas.edu
PAT
407
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Ethel Bayer-Santos

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
ebayersantos@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-0966
NMS
2.116
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Can Cenik

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Looking for highly motivated and ambitious Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to join the team. 

ccenik@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
2.122
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Xiaolu (Lulu) Lim Ang Cambronne

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
lulu@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-1928
MBB
2.148BA
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Zengjian Jeffrey Chen

  • Professor
  • D.J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Integrative Biology
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
zjchen@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
3.122
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Jaquelin P. Dudley

  • Professor
  • Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
jdudley@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
2.122
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Johann K. Eberhart

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
eberhart@austin.utexas.edu
PAT
522
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Ilya J. Finkelstein

  • Associate Professor
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
ifinkelstein@cm.utexas.edu
MBB
3.422
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Rasika M. Harshey

  • Professor
  • Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
rasika@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
2.118
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Vishwanath Iyer

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
vishy@utexas.edu
MBB
3.212A
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Arlen W. Johnson

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
arlen@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
1.126
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Ken Keiler

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
kkeiler@utexas.edu
NMS
3.306
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Jonghwan Kim

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
jonghwankim@mail.utexas.edu
NMS
4.314
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Alan Lambowitz

  • Professor
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
lambowitz@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
2.234BA
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Ian J. Molineux

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
molineux@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
1.116
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Tanya T. Paull

  • Professor
  • Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
tpaull@utexas.edu
MBB
2.448
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Elif Sarinay Cenik

  • Assistant Professor
  • Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
esarinay@utexas.edu
PAT
241
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David S. Stein

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
d.stein@mail.utexas.edu
PAT
532
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Christopher S. Sullivan

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
chris_sullivan@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
3.218
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Sibum Sung

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
sbsung@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
5.11
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Keiko Torii

  • Professor
  • Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
ktorii@utexas.edu
NMS
5.104A
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Steven A. Vokes

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
svokes@austin.utexas.edu
PAT
337
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John B. Wallingford

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
wallingford@austin.utexas.edu
PAT
222
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Blerta Xhemalce

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
b.xhemalce@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
2.142BA
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