Division of Life Sciences

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


Lourdes Serrano


Changshun Shao
DNA repair and genomic instability in mouse models.


Michael Sheldon


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).