Joint Faculty
Ellen Lumpkin, Ph.D.
Adam Antebi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Hormonal regulation of developmental timing and aging
Alison A. Bertuch, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Basic mechanisms of telomere maintenance, structure, and function and DNA repair in the yeast model organism and human cells and the role of telomere biology in tumorigenesis and bone marrow failure
Malcolm K. Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Use of gene therapy to improve responses to cancer
Gretchen J. Darlington, Ph.D.
Professor
Gene transcription; molecular basis of cellular and organismal aging
Scott Goode, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular genetics of epithelial morphogenesis and invasion in Drosophila and its role in cancer metastasis in man
Margaret A. Goodell, Ph.D.
Professor
Murine and human hematopoietic stem cells; regulation, development, and gene therapy; differentiation of hematopoietic cells from human embryonic stem cells
Margaret A. Goodell, Ph.D.
Kendal D. Hirschi, Ph.D.
Professor
Analysis of nutrient and metal transporters in Arabidopsis and agriculturally important crops
Adam Kuspa, Ph.D.
Professor
Genomic studies of cell signaling and development in Dictyostelium
Richard A. Lewis, M.D., M.S.
Professor
Studies of recessive and X-linked hereditary eye disorders, especially those afflicting infants and children, and for constitutional disorders with major ocular involvement
Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sensory transduction in mammalian touch and pain receptors
Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Mammalian reproduction and development
David D. Moore, Ph.D.
Professor
Functions of members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily
Paolo M. Moretti, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Gene-environment interactions in brain function and neurological disease: genetic and molecular studies of disease pathogenesis in Parkinson’s diseases and Rett syndrome
Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Gene control of neuronal excitability within the developing mammalian CNS
Paul A. Overbeek, Ph.D.
Professor
Gene regulation in transgenic mice; ocular development; growth factors; insertional mutagenesis
Xuewen Pan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dissection of genetic network and elucidation of chemical mechanisms of actions
Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Cancer predisposition syndromes; the molecular basis of genomic instability in cancers
Kinga Szigeti, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The role of genomic variation in adult neurodegenerative diseases; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related peripheral neuropathies: genotype-phenotype correlation
Thomas Paul Zwaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Ignatia B. Van den Veyver, M.D.
Associate Professor
Genetics of X-linked disorders (Aicardi, Goltz and MLS syndrome). Epigenetics; DNA methylation in development; Imprinting in hydatidiform moles
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Genomics of beneficial bacteria; molecular mechanisms of probiotic:intestinal interactions, human microbiome project
John H. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor
Stability of triplet repeat sequences and the basis of dynamic mutations in cells and mouse models, and gene-based therapy of retinitis pigmentosa in mouse models
Thomas Paul Zwaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The nature of embryonic stem cell pluripotency