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  • Bai, Huiru

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • Balakrishnan, Aiswarya

    • First Year PhD Student

    Interests: TBD

  • Bellomio, Philip

    Office Location
    336 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-1237

    Interests: Incorporation of oxidized methionine within the nascent polypeptide during protein translation

  • Bennett, Danielle (Dani)

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer
    Office Location
    331 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2809
  • 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

  • Berger, Kyle

    he/him/his

    • Research Associate, Fu
    Office Location
    328 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0348
  • Bi, Xin

    he/him/his

    • Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    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

  • Biashad, Seyed Ali

    • Research Technician, Seluanov
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • Bickel, Ryan

    • Associate Professor of Instruction
    • Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
    Office Location
    486 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7226
  • Bissell, Mary

    • Biology Space Planning Administrator
    Office Location
    213 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8059
  • Bouzas, Santiago Oscar

    he/him/his

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brisson
    Office Location
    303 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8388
  • Brisson, Jennifer

    she/her/hers

    • Professor
    Research Active
    Office Location
    310 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8392
    Web Address
    Website

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

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  • Dao, Thao Kim

    Office Location
    338 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7521

    Interests: The roles of retinoic acid in shell and embryonic development in the mollusc Ilyanassa

  • Deem, Kevin

    he/him/his

    • Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Brisson
    Office Location
    303 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8388
  • Deng, Chenghong

    Office Location
    328 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0348

    Interests: The role of tRNA modification in neuron development

  • De Silva, Manikkuwadura

    Office Location
    311 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-2440

    Interests: TBD

  • Di Fraia, Domenico

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • DiGiorgio, Patricia

    • Graduate Course Administrator
    Office Location
    475 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7991
  • Driscoll, Rose

    she/her/hers

    Office Location
    303 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8388

    Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids

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  • Fay, Justin

    • Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    319 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2998
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Evolution of gene regulation; Comparative genomics and domestication; Disease consequences of human evolution

  • Femiano, Donna

    • Temp - Undergraduate Secretary
    Office Location
    488 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-3685
  • Ferro, Juan Martin

    • Research Associate, F. Uy
    Office Location
    340 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6066
  • Firsanov, Denis

    • Research Associate, Seluanov
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • Fratianni, Caroline

    she/her/hers

    • UPBM Administrator & Curriculum Advisor
    Office Location
    487 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3850
  • Fry, James D

    • Associate Professor
    • Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    318 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7835

    Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology

  • Fu, Dragony

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

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    333 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3346
    Web Address
    Website

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

  • Fuda, Nicholas

    • Research Associate, Larracuente
    Office Location
    337 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-2475

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  • Ibragimov, Airat

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • Irvin, Joseph

    Office Location
    4-6314 Medical Center
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3740

    Interests: The role of mitophagy on caspase 3 contingent tau pathology in neurons

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  • Lai, Timothy

    he/him/his

    • Research Technician, Fay
    Office Location
    313 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3843
  • Lambert, J. David

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

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

  • Larkin, Linaria

    she/her/hers

    • Research Technician, Meyer
    Office Location
    331 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2809
  • Larracuente, Amanda

    she/her/hers

    • Associate Professor
    • Associate Chair
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    343 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-1693
    Web Address
    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; Centromere organization and evolution

  • Lawrence, Deborah

    • Receptionist and Department Coordinator
    Office Location
    402B Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-1139
  • Lee, Minseon

    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637

    Interests: The role of SIRT6 in rejuvenating the epigenome and maintaining heterochromatin stability in aged cells

  • Leigh, Jennifer

    • Master's Student

    Interests: The potential role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Tubular Aggregate Myopathy

  • Leo, Cailyn

    Office Location
    328 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0348

    Interests: Determining the spatial and temporal effects of TRMT1 on neurodevelopment of mice

  • Lewis, Aaron

    • Facilities Operations Assistant
    Office Location
    213 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8909
  • Liang, Yuan

    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637

    Interests: TBD

  • Lindley, Sean

    Office Location
    G.11201G MRBX
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7726

    Interests: RNA trans-splicing in cells

  • Lindsay, Matthew

    Office Location
    337 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-2475

    Interests: Evolutionary Genetics of Gene Drives and Repetitive DNA in Drosophila melanogaster

  • Liu, Xiaomi

    Office Location
    303 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8388

    Interests: Wing plasticity in aphids, with a focus on a computational approach

  • Longan, Emery

    Office Location
    313 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3843

    Interests: Genetic constraints on adaptation and their role in the evolution of domestication associated traits in the Saccharomyces yeasts

  • Lyon, Hiram

    he/him/his

    • Project Assistant, Culver
    Office Location
    301 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-2372

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  • Paige, Victoria

    she/her/hers

    • Research Specialist, Gorbunova
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • Park, Jaeyoung (Jay)

    Interests: Developmental roles of retinoic acid signaling in Tritia

  • Peter, Benjamin

    he/him/his

    • Assistant Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    478 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2634
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure

  • Phromsiri, Pakinee

    Office Location
    311 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 276-2440

    Interests: Mechanisms and consequences of histone buffering in the early Drosophila embryo

  • Portman, Douglas

    • Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    2-9647 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7414
    Web Address
    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

  • Presgraves, Daven C.

    • Dean's Professor
      Professor of Biology
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    481 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0925
    Web Address
    Website

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

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  • Saleh Ziabari, Omid

    Office Location
    303 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8388

    Interests: The parallel evolution of wings in aphids

  • Sanberg, Victoria (Tori)

    • Research Technician, Werren
    Office Location
    309 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3889
  • Schmidt, James

    he/him/his

    • Research Technician, Chen
    Office Location
    476 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7153
  • Seidman, Daniel

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chen
    Office Location
    476 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7153
  • Sellix, Michelle

    • Grants Management Specialist
    Office Location
    402F Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-2823
  • Seluanov, Michael

    • Research Technician, Teaching Lab
    Office Location
    215 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-9051
  • Seluanov, Andrei

    • Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    432 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6636
    Web Address
    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

  • Shannon, Regina

    • Ordering Liasion
    Office Location
    402F Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-4147
  • Shipley, Alicia

    Office Location
    311 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-2440

    Interests: The mechanism of H2Av exchange between lipid droplets in Drosophila embryogenesis and its temporal regulation at the midblastula transition

  • Shogren, Elsie

    • Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Uy
    Office Location
    340 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6066
  • 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

  • Sidor, Lynn

    Office Location
    331 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2809

    Interests: Using synthetic biology to engineer bacteria to be able to polymerize a layer of polysilicate surrounding themselves, allowing for the creation of bacterial microlenses

  • Stein, Alexis

    • Assistant Professor of Instruction
    Office Location
    216B Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3848
  • Sterne, Gabriella R.

    • Assistant Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Office Location
    2-9639 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 273-1447
    Web Address
    Website
  • Summers, Jeremy

    Office Location
    476 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7153

    Interests: The demographic and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on the Florida Scrub-Jay

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  • VanDeMar, Erin

    • Senior Financial Analyst
    Office Location
    402E Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-5416
  • Volobaev, Valentin

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637

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  • Walker, Tyler

    Office Location
    331 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2809

    Interests: The protection of DNA in response to stress in bacteria

  • Walunjkar, Nilima

    Office Location
    313 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3843

    Interests: Causes and consequences of thermal divergence in Saccharomyces species

  • Wang, Ning

    • Assistant Professor
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

    Please email with inquiries.

    Undergraduate researchers

    Please email with inquiries.

    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration

  • Welte, Michael

    he/him/his

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

    • Research Professor
    • Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor in Biology
    Office Location
    306 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3694

    Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.

  • White, Roger

    Office Location
    311 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 276-2440

    Interests: The role fatty acid trafficking and usage during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis

  • Wnuk, Hayley

    Office Location
    G-9617 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 276-5162

    Interests: The influence of emotional well-being on Alzheimer's Disease progression

  • Wright , Lori

    • Research Specialist, Presgraves
    Office Location
    480 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-2183

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  • Zacher, Maxwell

    Office Location
    425 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637

    Interests: Genetic mechanisms underlying longevity and cancer resistance in the bowhead whale

  • Zarr, Mikayla

    she/her/hers

    • Research Technician, Lambert
    Office Location
    338 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7521
  • Zhang, Jiarui

    Office Location
    2-9905 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7915

    Interests: Molecular mechanism of juvenile-to-adult maturation in the C. elegans nervous system

  • Zhang, Kejia

    Office Location
    328 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0348

    Interests: Molecular functions of tRNA methyltransferase in neuronal development

  • Zhang, Rui

    Office Location
    3.7531 Medical Center
    Telephone
    (585) 275-1226

    Interests: Pseudouridylation of snRNA and the mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing

  • Zhang, Zhihui

    Office Location
    425 Hutchison Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637

    Interests: Anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid

  • Zheng, Zhizhong

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
    Office Location
    425 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6637
  • Zhu, Mingyi

    Office Location
    3-8816 Medical Center
    Telephone
    (585) 275-1734

    Interests: RNA secondary structure prediction