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.

Seema Agarwala
- Associate Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Ethel Bayer-Santos
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:(512) 471-0966
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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.

Xiaolu (Lulu) Lim Ang Cambronne
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-232-1928
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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

Jaquelin P. Dudley
- Professor
- Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Professor of Oncology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Johann K. Eberhart
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Ilya J. Finkelstein
- Associate Professor
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Rasika M. Harshey
- Professor
- Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Vishwanath Iyer
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Arlen W. Johnson
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Ken Keiler
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Jonghwan Kim
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

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

Kyle M. Miller
- Professor
- Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ian J. Molineux
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Tanya T. Paull
- Professor
- Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
- Professor of Oncology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Elif Sarinay Cenik
- Assistant Professor
- Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

David S. Stein
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Christopher S. Sullivan
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Sibum Sung
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Keiko Torii
- Professor
- Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Steven A. Vokes
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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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

Blerta Xhemalce
- Associate Professor
- Molecular Biosciences