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, 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

Bickel, Ryan

Research Associate
ryan.bickel@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7226
486 Hutchison

Brisson, Jennifer

Assistant Professor
jennifer.brisson@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8392
310 Hutchison
Website

Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism

Clark, Michael

Lecturer
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

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
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

Jaenike, John

Professor
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
Website

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
Website

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.

Senior Lecturer
Adjunct Assistant Professor
rminckle@mail.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0272
446 Hutchison
Website

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
Website

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
Website

Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes

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

Werren, John H.

Nathaniel & Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
jack.werren@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3694
306 Hutchison
Website

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