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
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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.
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Xiaolu (Lulu) 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
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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
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Johann K. Eberhart
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ilya J. Finkelstein
- Associate Professor
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Rasika M. Harshey
- Professor
- Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Vishwanath Iyer
- Professor
- Professor of Oncology, Dell Medical School
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Arlen W. Johnson
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ken Keiler
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jonghwan Kim
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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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
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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
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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
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Elif Sarinay Cenik
- Assistant Professor
- Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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David S. Stein
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Christopher S. Sullivan
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Sibum Sung
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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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
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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
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Blerta Xhemalce
- Associate Professor
- Molecular Biosciences