Benyajati, Cheeptip

Associate Professor
Co-Director of UPBM
cheeptip.benyajati@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8040
474 Hutchison

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

Bergstralh, Daniel

Assistant Professor
dan.bergstralh@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2631
326B Hutchison
Website

Interests: Epithelial Morphogenesis; Spindle orientation; Cell Division

Bi, Xin

Professor, On Sabbatical
xin.bi@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6922
307 Hutchison

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

Culver, Gloria

Professor
Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences
gloria.culver@rochester.edu | (585) 273-5000
317 Lattimore

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

Eickbush, Thomas H

Professor
thomas.eickbush@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7247
334A Hutchison

Interests: Molecular biology and evolution ; Integration of retrotransposable elements; Origin and evolution of mobile elements; Regulation of mRNA genes

Fu, Dragony

Assistant Professor
dragonyfu@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3346
333 Hutchison
Website

Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Genotoxic stress response pathways; Regulated cell death mechanisms

Ghaemmaghami, Sina

Assistant Professor
sghaemma@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4829
326A Hutchison
Website

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

Goldfarb, David S

Professor
david.goldfarb@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3890
436 Hutchison

Interests: Molecular cell biology of the nucleus

Gorbunova, Vera

Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Professor of Biology
Associate Professor of Oncology
vera.gorbunova@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7740
434 Hutchison
Website

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

Gorovsky, Martin A

Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus
m.gorovsky@rochester.edu

Lambert, J. David

Associate Professor
dlamber2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2482
344 Hutchison
Website

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

Oakes, Patrick W.

Assistant Professor
poakes@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5389
420 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Website

Interests: Mechanics of cellular force generation; Cell Shape; Cytoskeleton Dynamics; Mechanosensing; Cell adhesion & migration; Rho GTPase signaling

Olmsted, Joanna B.

Dean Emerita of the School of Arts and Sciences
joanna.olmsted@rochester.edu

Portman, Douglas

Associate Professor
douglas.portman@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7414
2-9647 KMRB
Website

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

Seluanov, Andrei

Professor
andrei.seluanov@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6636
432 Hutchison
Website

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

Sia, Elaine

Professor
Co-Director of UPBM
elaine.sia@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9275
332 Hutchison

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

Welte, Michael

Professor and Chair
michael.welte@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3897
317 Hutchison
Website

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