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The following is a list of current Brown University MCB Graduate Program Faculty members. For more information regarding original laboratory research and recent publication information, please use the links provided.

*Asterisks indicate the faculty members who are trainers in the MCB Graduate Program. Trainers are faculty members currently accepting new students.

• *Walter Atwood, Ph.D. Professor: Pathogenesis of the human polyomaviruses, JC Virus (JCV) and BK Virus (BKV). Visit the Atwood Lab homepage.
• *Gilad Barnea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Molecular biology and mouse genetics in the mapping and characterization of neuronal circuits used by the brain for the processing of olfactory information.
• * Carthene Bazemore-Walker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Cancer and autoimmunity, understanding structure, function and macromolecular interactions of newly identified proteins.
• * Judith Bender, Ph.D., Professor: Gene silencing and biosynthesis of tryptophan in Arabidopsis.
• * Richard Bennett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Biology of the human pathogen Candida albicans.
• * David Berson, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Neuroscience. Cell types, characteristics and intraretinal mechanisms that shape stimulus selectivities of retinal ganglion cells. Visit the Berson Lab homepage.
• * Wayne Bowen, Ph.D., Professor: Sigma receptors as therapeutic and diagnostic targets.
• * Alexander Brodsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Experimental and genomic identification of functional RNA protein interaction sites in vivo.
• *Laurent Brossay, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Pathobiology, NK T cells and NK cell immune responses.
• *David Cane, Ph.D., Professor: Biosynthesis of natural products; enzymology and genetics of biosynthetic transformations; stereochemical aspects of biosynthetic processes.
• *Qian Chen, Ph.D., Professor: Cartilage and bone development; orthopaedics.
• *Y. Eugene Chin, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Research): Signal transduction in response to cullular environmental changes for cell differentiation and development.
• Robbert Creton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Research): Mechanisms regulating brain regionalization during early development. Visit the Brown Zebrafish Research Group homepage.
• *Albert E. Dahlberg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor: Understanding the catalytic role of ribosomal RNA in protein synthesis.
• *Alison DeLong, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Protein phosphorylation and signal transduction in Arabidopsis.
• *Casey Dunn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: How evolution has produced a diversity of life.
• *Willaim Fairbrother, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: RNA splicing, genomics, computational biology. Visit the Fairbrother Lab homepage.
• *Justin Fallon, Ph.D., Professor: Neuroscience. Regulation of synapse formation and plasticity; muscular dystrophies. Visit the Fallon Lab homepage.
• Anne Fausto-Sterling, Ph.D., Professor: Using principles of developmental systems theory to understand the emergence of gendered and racialized bodies. Selected topics in the history of early 20th Century Biology. Genetic variation in regenerative abilities in Planaria. Visit the Fausto-Sterling homepage.
• *Richard Freiman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Chromatin and transcriptional control; regulation of tissue specific gene expression in the mouse reproductive system.
• *Susan A. Gerbi, Ph.D., Professor: RNA-RNA interactions (rRNA, U3 snRNA, 7SL of SRP); chromosome structure and DNA replication; molecular evolution. Visit the Gerbi homepage.
• *Philip A. Gruppuso, M.D., Professor: Regulation of fetal hepatic growth.
• *Edward Hawrot, Ph.D., Professor: Structure and function of acetylcholine receptors and of protein neurotoxins.
• *Stephen Helfand, M.D., Professor: Genetics and Genomics of aging in Drosophila.
• Peter Heywood, Ph.D., Professor: Ultrastructure of algal, protozoan, and mammalian cells.
• *Douglas C. Hixson, Ph.D., Professor (Research): Hepatocyte cell adhesion molecules; cellular origins of liver cancer; antigenic alterations during hepatocarcinogenesis.
• *Gerwald Jogl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Functions and structural interactions of modular protein domains. Visit the Jogl Lab homepage.
• *Mark Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Molecular genetic analysis of plant reproductive development: Mechanisms of targeted pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis. Visit the Johnson Lab homepage.
• *Arthur Landy, Ph.D., Professor: Mechanism of site-specific recombination; protein-DNA interactions; structure of higher-order protein-DNA complexes.
• *Jeffrey Laney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Role of proteolysis in the dynamics of gene expression.
• *Charles Lawrence, Ph.D., Professor , Applied Mathematics: Computational molecular biology. Bioinformatic identification of regulatory elements in DNA. Visit the Lawrence Lab homepage.
• *Diane Lipscombe, Ph.D., Professor: Regulation of voltage-gated Ca channel activity in the nervous system by alternative splicing. Visit the Lipscombe Lab homepage.
• *David Mark Welch, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist (MBL) How sex structures genomes, populations and species; population genomics of cryptic species; microbial diversity and population genetics.
• *Michael McKeown, Ph.D., Professor: Behavioral genetics in Drosophila.
• Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D., Professor: Cell structure; membrane structure and composition; electron microscopy. Visit the Miller homepage.
• *Eric Morrow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Genetics of cognitive development.
• *Kimberly Mowry, Ph.D., Professor: Developmental polarity, oogenesis, post-transcriptional regulation. Visit the Mowry Lab homepage.
• *Eduardo Nillni, Ph.D., Professor: Obesity-biology of hypothalamic neuropeptides involved in the regulation of energy balance and thyroid function. Visit the Nillni Homepage.
• *Elena Oancea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology. Understanding signal transduction events using fluorescent microscopy in living cells.
• *Rebecca Page, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Understanding the molecular basis of protein function using x-ray crystallography. Visit the Page Lab homepage.
• *Wolfgang Peti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins using NMR spectroscopy. Visit the Peti Lab homepage.
• *David Rand, Ph.D., Professor: Molecular evolution; co-evolution in mitochondrial genomes; hybrid zones and speciation. Visit the Rand homepage.
• *Benjamin Raphael, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science: Genome rearrangements in cancer and evolution. Visit the Raphael Lab homepage.
• *Robert Reenan, Ph.D., Professor: Evolution of brain function and behavior
• *Arthur Salomon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Cellular signaling networks important for understanding and treating disease. Visit the Salomon Lab homepage.
• *John Sedivy, Ph.D., Professor: Proto-oncogene signaling (c-myc, c-raf); cell-cycle control; molecular mechanisms of cellular senescence; cell culture genetics; gene targeting.
• *Tricia Serio, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Prion propagation; translation termination. Visit the Serio Lab homepage.
• *Surendra Sharma, Ph.D., Professor (Research): Cytokines and viruses in B-cell growth.
• *Robert J. Smith, M.D., Professor: Medicine. Mechanisms of the cellular actions of the hormone insulin and the closely-related insulin-like growth factors (IGFs).
• *Mitchell Sogin, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, MBL: Evolution of the Protists, molecular microbial ecology.
• *Marc Tatar, Ph.D., Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Demography, evolution and genetics of aging.
• *Jack Wands, M.D., Professor: Medicine. Molecular biology of liver disease; alcohol effects on the liver. Visit the homepage of the Liver Research Center.
• Daniel Weinreich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: How genetic novelty fuels evolution by natural selection. Visit the Weinreich Lab homepage.
• *Gary Wessel, Ph.D., Professor: Cell and molecular biology of fertilization; organelle biogenesis. Visit the Wessel Lab homepage (PRIMO).
• *Kristi Wharton, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Role of growth factors and signal transduction in cell fate determination and differentiation during development; Drosophila developmental genetics. Visit the Wharton Lab homepage.
• * Mark Zervas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor: Mechanisms of nervous system patterning and brain development. Visit the Zervas homepage.
• *Zhitkovich, Anatoly, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pathobiology. DNA repair and biological responses to DNA damage.

Emeritus Faculty

Samuel Beale, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Biosynthesis of pigments (chlorophyll, heme, bilin).

Annette W. Coleman, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Gametogenesis; nature of species in algae; organelle DNAs.

John R. Coleman, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Regulation of gene expression during cell differentiation.

Andrew Holowinsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Emeritus): Chloroplast development: photocontrol and regulatory interactions.

Paul M. Knopf, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Immunity to Schistosoma mansoni infections; nervous system-immune system interactions.

Elizabeth Leduc, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Cell Biology

Walter C. Quevedo, Jr., Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Regulation of eukaryotic cell structure and function.

Frank Rothman, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus)

Boris Rotman, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Cancer biology

Stanley Zimmering, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus): Genetic Effects of Environmental Mutagens and Antimutagens