Faculty by Research Focus

Cellular, Developmental and Molecular Biology

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    Abbondanzieri, Elio

    • Research Assistant Professor
    Office Location
    331 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2809
  • Cheeptip Benyajati

    Benyajati, Cheeptip

    • Associate Professor
    • Director of Student Relations for Biology
    Office Location
    474 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8040

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

  • Xin Bi

    Bi, Xin

    he/him/his

    • Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    Undergraduate researchers

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    Office Location
    307 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6922

    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

    she/her/hers

    • Professor
    Office Location
    484 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 274-2567

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

  • Dragony Fu

    Fu, Dragony

    • Associate Professor
    • Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

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    Office Location
    333 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3346
    Web Address
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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
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

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    Undergraduate researchers

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    Office Location
    326A Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4829
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    Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics

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    Glastad, Karl

    • Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    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
    Research Active
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    PhD students

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    Undergraduate researchers

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    Office Location
    434 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7740
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    Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy

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    Herrera-Perez, Marisol

    • Assistant Professor
    Office Location
    215 Goergen Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2312
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  •  J. David Lambert

    Lambert, J. David

    • Professor
    Office Location
    344 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-2482
    Web Address
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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.

    she/her/hers

    • Associate Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    472 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-9290
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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
    Office Location
    2-9619 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0113
    Web Address
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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
    Research Active
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    PhD students

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    Office Location
    2-9647 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7414
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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
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    432 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6636
    Web Address
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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
    • Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
    Not Research Active
    Office Location
    334A Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-9275

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

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    Sterne, Gabriella R.

    • Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    2-9639 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 273-1447
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    Wang, Ning

    • Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration

  • Michael Welte

    Welte, Michael

    he/him/his

    • Professor
    Office Location
    317 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3897
    Web Address
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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