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The Faculty and Their Research

  • 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
  • Kwang-Wook Choi – Genetic control of eye development in Drosophila
  • Thomas A. Cooper – Alternative splicing regulation in development and disease
  • Ronald L. Davis – Central nervous system development and animal behavior
  • Francesco J. DeMayo – Molecular and developmental biology of the lung and uterus
  • Benjamin Deneen – Glial cell development and disease
  • Mary Dickinson – Vascular remodeling and heart morphogenesis in early vertebrate embryos
  • Gregor Eichele – Pattern formation in vertebrate embryos
  • Margaret A. Goodell – Hematopoietic stem cells: basic biology and gene therapy
  • Andy 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 – Cell biological regulation of developmental signaling pathways
  • Milan Jamrich – Pattern formation and regeneration in mice and Xenopus
  • 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
  • Mary Ellen Lane – Patterning and organization of the vertebrate central nervous system
  • Brendan Lee – Skeletal and kidney development, and gene therapy
  • Soo-Kyung Lee – Transcriptional regulatory network in CNS development
  • 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
  • Ellen A. Lumpkin – Molecular and cellular mechanisms of mechanosensory transduction in touch and pain receptors
  • 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
  • Martin M. Matzuk – Oncogenesis, reproduction and development in mice
  • David D. Moore – Nuclear receptor signaling pathways
  • 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 – Molecular genetics of mammalian microRNAs
  • Jeffrey M. Rosen – Mammary gland development and breast cancer
  • Gad Shaulsky – Intercellular communication in development of Dictyostelium discoideum
  • Ming-Jer Tsai – Role of transcription factors in development and diseases
  • Sophia Y. Tsai – Physiological role of nuclear receptors during development
  • Hiroshi Tsuda – Neurodegenerative disease models in Drosophila
  • 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

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