Faculty Research
David Axelrod
Cell and Molecular Oncology. Breast Cancer
Maureen Barr
Modeling human genetic diseases in C. elegans
Mark Brenneman
Repair of DNA damage via homologous recombination.
Linda Brzustowicz
Medical and human genetics: the genetics of somatic cells, mouse models for human diseases and genes for complex human genetic disorders
Kevin Chen
MicroRNAs and RNA binding proteins, evolution of gene regulation
Doug Fugman
Establishment of cell line and DNA repositories for the scientific investigation of complex human genetic conditions and predispositions.
Derek Gordon
Statistical genetics
Gary Heiman
Genetic epidemiology of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Jody Hey
Evolutionary Genetics
Mary Konsolaki
Alzheimer's disease
Li Liang
DNA damage repair
Tara Matise
Computational Genetics
Terry McGuire
Loss of Heterozygosity; Behavioral and Neural Genetics
Kim McKim
Molecular Genetics of Meiotic Recombination in Drosophila Melanogaster
Bryce Nickels
Regulation of gene expression in bacteria
Howard Passmore
Mammalian genetics and disease models
Christopher Rongo
Molecular genetics of synapse formation and plasticity in C. elegans
Amrik Sahota
Human Molecular Genetics; Molecular Diagnostics
Changshun Shao
DNA repair and genomic instability in mouse models.
Gleb Shumyatsky
We are studying molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory focusing on learned fear, the most simple and evolutionally conserved type of memory in mammals.
Lee Simon
Protein degradation, primarily in E. coli bacteria, effects of starvation and heat shock on proteolysis, effects of phage infection on protein degradation, phage genes that function to inhibit proteolysis in bacteria
Andrew Singson
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C. elegans.
Navin Sinha
Mechanism of DNA replication, particularly factors involved in generating high fidelity; Mechanisms of mutagenesis by chemical carcinogens and base-analogs.
William Sofer
Predicting Secondary Structure of Proteins using Genetic Algorithms
Ann St. John
Microbial gene regulation and physiology
Jay Tischfield
Medical and human genetics: the genetics of somatic cells, mouse models for human diseases and genes for complex human genetic disorders
David Toke
Examine the Loss of Heterozygosity using hematopoietic stem cells from a mouse model.
Lei Yu
Genetics of compulsive behaviors (such as alcoholism and drug addiction) and neuro-sensory disorders (such as neuropathic pain).

