Faculty by Research Focus

Cellular, Developmental and Molecular Biology

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Abbondanzieri, Elio

  • Research Assistant Professor
Cheeptip Benyajati

Benyajati, Cheeptip

  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Student Relations for Biology

Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling

Xin Bi

Bi, Xin

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  • Professor

Interests: Epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Structural and functional domains of the genome; Chromatin boundary elements; Gene silencing; DNA damage repair and tolerance

Professor Gloria Culver

Culver, Gloria

  • Professor

Interests: Macromolecular assembly; RNA-protein recognition; Dynamics of RNA folding

Dragony Fu

Fu, Dragony

  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology

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Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders linked to RNA function; Biochemistry and molecular biology

Sina Ghaemmaghami

Ghaemmaghami, Sina

  • Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
    George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
    Professor of Biology
  • Director, AS&E Undergraduate Research

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Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics

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Glastad, Karl

  • Assistant Professor
  • Coming January 1, 2024

Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games

Vera Gorbunova

Gorbunova, Vera

  • Doris Johns Cherry Professor
    Professor of Biology
  • Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center

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Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy

J. David Lambert

Lambert, J. David

  • Professor

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Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes

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Meyer, Anne S.

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  • Associate Professor

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Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA

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Murphy, Patrick J.

  • Assistant Professor

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Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics

Douglas Portman

Portman, Douglas

  • Professor

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Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning

Andrei Seluanov

Seluanov, Andrei

  • Professor

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Interests: Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales

Elaine Sia

Sia, Elaine

she/her/hers

  • Professor
  • Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
    Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Michael Welte

Welte, Michael

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  • Professor

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Interests: Cell and developmental biology ; Intracellular trafficking of proteins, RNAs, and organelles ; Regulation of motor-driven transport ; Cell biology of lipid droplets ; Lipid droplets in protein sequestration and innate immunity