Undergraduate
Program in Biology and Medicine
Faculty Directory
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
Bi, Xin
- Professor
- 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
Brisson, Jennifer
- Associate Professor
- jennifer.brisson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8392
- 310 Hutchison
Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism
Clark, Michael
- Associate Professor of Instruction
- michael.clark@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3432
- 444 Hutchison
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
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching 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
Fry, James D
- Associate Professor
- james.fry@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7835
- 318 Hutchison
Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology
Fu, Dragony
- Assistant Professor
- dragonyfu@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3346
- 333 Hutchison
Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Genotoxic stress response pathways; Regulated cell death mechanisms
Ghaemmaghami, Sina
- Associate Professor
- sghaemma@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4829
- 326A Hutchison
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
- Co-director Rochester Aging Research Center
- vera.gorbunova@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7740
- 434 Hutchison
Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy
Jaenike, John
- Professor
- On sabbatical until January 2020
- john.jaenike@rochester.edu | (585) 276-4594
- 484 Hutchison
Interests: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions; Sex chromosome meiotic drive; Wolbachia as male killers and causes of reproductive isolation in Drosophila; Ecology of mycophagous Drosophila
Lambert, J. David
- Associate Professor
- dlamber2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2482
- 344 Hutchison
Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes
Larracuente, Amanda
- Assistant Professor
- alarracu@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1693
- 343 Hutchison
Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila
Minckley, Robert L.
- Professor of Instruction
- rminckle@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0272
- 446 Hutchison
Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators
Orr, H. Allen
- University Professor
- Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
- allen.orr@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3838
- 342 Hutchison
Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics
Presgraves, Danielle
- Lecturer
- Associate Director for Student Affairs
- danielle.presgraves@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2634
- 478 Hutchison
Presgraves, Daven C.
- Dean's Professor
- daven.presgraves@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0925
- 481 Hutchison
Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes
Seluanov, Andrei
- Professor
- andrei.seluanov@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6636
- 432 Hutchison
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 and Chair
- 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
Uy, J. Albert C.
- Associate Professor
- Coming January 2020!
Interests: Evolutionary Ecology; Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Genetics; Speciation; Conservation
Uy, Floria Mora Kepfer
- Assistant Professor of Instruction
Research Assistant Professor - Coming January 2020!
Interests: Evolution of cooperation; Neuroethology; Host-parasite interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation
Welte, Michael
- Professor
- On sabbatical until July 2020
- michael.welte@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3897
- 317 Hutchison
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
Werren, John H.
- Nathaniel & Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
- On sabbatical until January 2020
- jack.werren@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3694
- 306 Hutchison
Interests: Evolutionary genetics; Microbial-host interactions with emphasis on Wolbachia in arthropods, genetics of speciation and evolution of development; Genetics, genomics and evolution of Parasitoids (e.g. Nasonia and relatives); The role of "selfish" or "parasitic" DNA in evolution