Programs - Genetics

Research in the Genetics group in the Department of Molecular Biosciences is focused on the genetic control of organismal development, physiology and evolution. Questions that concern the group include: regulation of gene expression, developmental genetics, genomics and comparative evolutionary genetics. Training of graduate students and post-doctoral scientists in the Genetics group includes a grounding in both classical and molecular genetics as well as molecular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics.

Students can also particpate in the Genetics Graduate Program

Interactions between neurons and their environment.
Dr. Brian Ackley

T cell activation, cell signaling, adhesion molecules
Dr. Steve Benedict

Autoimmunity
Dr. John Brown

Differentiation, Development, Genetics of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Dr. Mathew Buechner

Transport and positioning of messenger RNA in developing organisms
Dr. Robert Cohen

Identification of molecular switches that control cell fate decisions during development
Dr. Victoria Corbin

Molecular virology and pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus
Dr. David Davido

Mechanisms that regulate growth and maintenance of microbubular organelles
Dr. William Dentler

Transcription regulation, Development of novel anti-bacterial agents
Dr. Susan Egan

Role of ribozymes and enzymes in tRNA processing
Dr. Peter Gegenheimer

Protein and membrane transport in the late secretory pathway
Dr. Edina Harsay

Mechanisms of developmental gene regulation and pathogenesis for Chlamydia
Dr. P. Scott Hefty

Mechanisms that regulate and modify nerve cell interactions
Dr. Paul Kelly

Redundancy in the genome and genetic mechanisms of organismal morphogenesis
Dr. Erik Lundquist

The role of the APC protein in the suppression of colon cancer
Dr. Kristi Neufeld

We are using molecular genetic approaches to stimulate production of novel secondary metabolites
Berl R. Oakley

Pathogenesis, molecular biology, cellular invasion, Shigella
Dr. William Picking

Autoimmunity; Development of specific therapeutic reagents for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Dr. Dean Stetler

The cytoskeleton in cell division, development and neuromuscular function
Dr. Kathy Suprenant

Mechanism of dsRNA entry and RNAinterference in tissues
Dr. Lisa Timmons

Morphogenetic mechanisms of limb development
Dr. Robert Ward

The regulation of gene transcription in eucaryotic cells during viral infections
Dr. Robert Weaver

Developing various novel computational algorithms to generate large-scale, high-throughput predictions of tertiary protein structures and protein-protein interactions from amino acid sequences
Dr. Yang Zhang