Faculty

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Possible cure for MS: intravenous access by myelin-binding aptamer; PCR at one temp; RT-enabled Taq pol.

Key words
DNA, aptamers, technology development, brain therapy

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Combining genetics with molecular and computational biology to learn about the mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another and the environment

Key words

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Ocular cell biology

Key words
ophthalmology, cataract, glaucoma, myopia, microfibrils, imaging, stem cells, Marfan syndrome, fibrillin, modeling, AFM

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Alzheimer disease pathophysiology

Key words
amyloid, apolipoprotein E, Alzheimer’s disease, drug treatment, mass spectrometry, protein production and clearance

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding the role of DNA damage and RNA degradation during tissue homeostasis, regeneration, aging, and cancer

Key words
DNA damage; DNA repair; Telomerase; Stem cell biology; Cancer; Aging

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
We use quantitative genetics and high throughput phenotyping approaches to understand how plants adapt to their environment

Key words
Ionomics, Genetics, Genomics, Gene by Environment Interactions, Plants

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
The application of nonlinear dynamics and vibrations to mechanical and biomedical systems

Key words
MR imaging of motion, mechanics of brain injury, impact, vibration, wave motion

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding the signals that direct early hematopoiesis and B cell lymphopoiesis

Key words

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Our research is dedicated to understanding the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, employing bioinformatic tools and a big-data approach that integrates genetics, multi-omics, brain imaging, and clinical data.

Key words
Genetics, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior

Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems