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Beale, Samuel
Biosynthesis of pigments (chlorophyll, heme, bilin).
Brodsky, Alexander
Systems-wide approaches exploring post-transcriptional processing networks; microarrays
Dahlberg, Albert
Ribosomes and ribosomal RNA structure and function.
DeLong, Alison
Protein phosphorylation and signal transduction in Arabidopsis .
Fairbrother, Will
Identification and characterization of functional elements in the genome; computational biology.
Fausto-Sterling, Anne
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.
Chromatin and transcriptional control; regulation of tissue specific gene expression in the mouse reproductive system.
RNA-RNA interactions (rRNA, U3 snRNA, 7SL of SRP); chromosome structure and DNA replication; molecular evolution.
Molecular genetics of aging and longevity.
Johnson, Mark
Molecular genetic analysis of plant reproductive development: Mechanisms of targeted pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis.
Mechanism  of site-specific recombination; protein-DNA interactions; structure of higher-order protein-DNA complexes.
Role of proteolysis in the dynamics of gene expression.
Behavioral genetics in Drosophila.
Cell structure; membrane structure and composition; electron microscopy.
mRNA localization during oogenesis; Xenopus development.
Page, Rebecca
Protein X-ray crystallography; neuronal scaffolding protein complexes; phosphatase/kinases critical for the immune system and cancer.
Reenan, Robert
Salomon, Arthur
Exploitation of emerging proteomic technologies to probe cellular signaling networks; development of bioinformatics tools to distill data generated in modern protemics experiments.
Proto-oncogene signaling (c-myc, c-raf); cell-cycle control; molecular mechanisms of cellular senescence; cell culture genetics; gene targeting.
Prion propagation; translation termination
Ubiquitin mediated proteolysis, mammalian cell cycle, mouse knockouts.
Cell and molecular biology of fertilization; organelle biogenesis.
Role of growth factors and signal transduction in cell fate determination and differentiation during development; Drosophila developmental genetics.

Zervas, Mark
Genetic and molecular approaches to test hypotheses of mechanisms that
underpin nervous system patterning, brain development, neuron lineage
decisions and neurological diseases.

   
Research Faculty  
Créton, Robbert  
Gregory, Steven  
Haley, Sheila  
Klysik, Jan  
   
Emeriti  
Coleman, Annette  
Coleman, John  
Ellis, Richard  
Holowinsky, Andrew  
Leduc, Elizabeth  
Quevedo, Walter  
Rothman, Frank  
Rotman, Boris  
Zimmering, Stanley  
   
Adjunct Faculty  
Cane, David  
Suggs, J. William  
 
 
   
Secondary Appointments  
Gruppuso, Philip  
Nillni, Eduardo  
Rosmarin, Alan  
Sogin, Mitch - MBL  
   
Courtesy Appointments  
Avissar, Yael  
Nunes-Duby, Simone