Faculty

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Interdisciplinary questions surrounding bacterial small molecule production

Key words
Streptomyces, biosynthesis, genome mining, antibiotics, regulation & genetics

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Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Tumor cell biology, signal transduction, and drug development

Key words
cancer, signal transduction, molecular pharmacology, autophagy, metabolism, drug development

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Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
How genetic variation and environmental experience contribute to individual differences in brain function, behavior, and psychopathology

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Placental and pituitary hormone genes

Key words
biochemistry, carbohydrate, protein structure, signal transduction, intracellular trafficking

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Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
The interplay between inherited genetic variation, environmental factors, and acquired mutations in shaping the earliest stages of carcinogenesis

Key words
cancer, genetics, computational biology, genetic epidemiology

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Emerging viruses

Key words
Host-pathogen interactions, Influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, Bourbon virus, Viral pathogenesis, RNA biology, Influenza Reassortment

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Microbial metabolisms and their influence on biogeochemical cycling

Key words

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Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Genomics and Cell Signaling in Breast Cancer

Key words
cancer, genomics, organoids, 3D culture, receptor tyrosine kinase, signal transduction, next-generation sequencing, targeted therapy of cancer

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Examination of modern and ancient biogeochemical cycles; the coevolution of life and the Earth.

Key words
Organic & isotope geochemistry, geobiology, microbiology

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Neurosciences

Research summary
Studies of cognitive (executive) control and prefrontal cortex function using cognitive neuroscience methods (fMRI, computational, behavioral, clinical)

Key words
aging, attention, behavior, fMRI, prefrontal cortex, systems neuroscience