The Faculty and Their Research

• Benjamin R. Arenkiel – Synaptogenesis in development and adulthood
• Richard R. Behringer – Vertebrate axis formation and mammalian sexual development
• Hugo J. Bellen – Nervous system development and neurotransmitter release in Drosophila
• John W. Belmont – Hematopoietic and immune development and cardiovascular genetics
• Andreas Bergmann – Genetic control of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in Drosophila
• Janet Braam – Molecular and developmental plant responses to environmental stresses
• Rui Chen – Functional genomics of visual system development and diseases; High throughput technology
• Thomas A. Cooper – Alternative splicing regulation in development and disease
• Mauro Costa-Mattioli – Cellular and molecular mechanism of memory storage
• Ronald L. Davis – Central nervous system development and animal behavior
• Francesco J. DeMayo – Molecular regulation of cellular differentiation and physiology
• Benjamin Deneen – Glial cell development and disease
• Mary Dickinson – Vascular remodeling and heart morphogenesis in early vertebrate embryos
• Herman Dierick – Genetic and neurobiological mechanism of Drosophila aggression
• Ido Golding – Using physical principles to understand living systems
• Margaret A. Goodell – Regulation of hematopoietic stem cells
• Brett Graham– Genetic models of mitochondrial disease in Drosophila and mice
• Andrew K. Groves – Development and regeneration of the inner ear
• Georg Halder – The regulation of organ size
• Karen K. Hirschi – Regulation of blood vessel development
• Hamed Jafar-Nejad – Developmental glycobiology; Notch signaling
• Milan Jamrich – Pattern formation and regeneration in mice and Xenopus
• Joanna Jankowsky – Functional consequences of Aβ accumulation in Alzheimer's disease
• Randy L. Johnson – Vertebrate pattern formation
• Monica J. Justice – Mammalian developmental genetics and models of human disease
• Richard L. Kelley – Noncoding RNAs and chromatin structure
• Adam Kuspa – Signal transduction, cell differentiation, and genomics of Dictyostelium discoideum
• Brendan Lee – Skeletal and kidney development, and gene therapy
• Michael T. Lewis – Genetic regulation of mammary gland development and early-stage breast cancer
• Olivier Lichtarge – Bioinformatics, structural biology, and functional genomics
• Hui-Chen (Ruth) Lu – Molecular mechanisms of cortical map development
• Peter Lwigale – Molecular regulation of cell migration during eye development and cornea regeneration
• Mirjana Maletic-Savatic – Imaging and metabolomics and neurogenesis
• Graeme Mardon – Molecular mechanisms controlling retinal development
• James Martin – Cardiac and craniofacial stem cell biology
• Martin M. Matzuk – Oncogenesis, reproduction and development in mice
• David D. Moore – Nuclear receptor signaling pathways
• Daisuke Nakada – Molecular and genetic analysis of stem cell function and cancer
• Jeffrey L. Neul – Rett Syndrome pathophysiology and treatment
• Hoang Nguyen – Skin epithelial stem cell fate maintenance and lineage determination
• Paul A. Overbeek – Cell fate determination
• Scott D. Pletcher – The genetics and molecular analysis of aging in Drosophila
• Matthew N. Rasband – Role of neuronal-glial signaling in brain development, function, injury and disease
• Antony Rodriguez – Role of microRNAs in cardiac development and disease in mice
• Jeffrey M. Rosen – Mammary gland development and breast cancer
• Marco Sardiello – Lysosomal enhancement as a therapeutic strategy for treating neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
• Gad Shaulsky – Intercellular communication in development of Dictyostelium discoideum
• Anna Marie Sokac – Coordinated actin and membrane dynamics in flies and frogs
• Kimberley R. Tolias – Molecular signaling pathways in structural development and plasticity of dendrites and synapses
• Ming-Jer Tsai – Role of transcription factors in development and diseases
• Sophia Y. Tsai – Physiological role of nuclear receptors during development
• Meng Wang – Systemic studies of endocrine and metabolic signaling in promoting healthy aging
• Thomas (Trey) F. Westbrook – Genetic regulation of human tumorigenesis and hematopoiesis
• Hui Zheng – Molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease
• Zheng Zhou – Molecular genetic studies of engulfment of apoptotic cells in C. elegans
• Huda Y. Zoghbi – Neural development, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders
• Thomas P. Zwaka – The nature of embryonic stem cell pluripotency