Faculty

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Sidney Frank Hall, Room 252/235 (lab)

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Research Interests: Mechanisms underlying heart and skeletal muscle diseases, with a primary focus on the role of RNA-binding proteins in regulating the expression of pathologic genes during stress challenges.

  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

    Sidney Frank Hall, Room 265

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Research Interests:By employing rigorous integrative approaches, the Chellappa Lab seeks to understand the dynamic role of metabolism in driving complex phenotypes such as aging. Her lab also investigates the cross-kingdom chemical communications between the host and the trillions of co-existing microorganisms in mammals.

  • Qian Chen

    Professor, Department of Orthopedics

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development

    Research interests: Cartilage and bone development; orthopedics. 

  • Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development

  • Professor, Department of Chemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Protein Dynamics

    Research Interests: Establishing a chemically logical roadmap to understand how DNA damage relates to genetic change and human disease.

  • Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Development

    Research Interests: Fundamental mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in mammalian development and human disease.

  • Kathryn Grive

    Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Research)

    Kilguss Research Institute Room 108

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Development; Protein Dynamics

    Research Interests: Ovarian development and function, female reproductive health, oncofertility

  • Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Development; Neurogenetics

    Research Interests: Understanding the molecular genetic mechanisms underlying aging and longevity using the model system, Drosophila melanogaster.

  • Professor, Department of Medicine

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development

    Research Interests: My research program is aimed at the understanding of the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias.

  • Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development

  • Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Director, Computational Biology Graduate Program

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Computational Biology; Development

    Research Interests: Sex differences in aging, coordinated regulation of synaptic genes, computational biology

  • Sofia Lizarraga

    Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Sidney Frank Hall 168/171

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development; Neurogenetics

    Research Interests: Neurodevelopmental disorders with a focus on autism.

  • Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Computational Biology

    Research Interests: Application of high throughput techniques such as RNA-seq to study changes in the transcriptional network caused by genetic and environmental interventions that extend life span in model organisms.

  • Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Development

    Research Interests: How the mitochondrial genome and its interactions with the nuclear genome influence animal performance, evolutionary fitness, and aging; how thermal selection influences the genetic composition of populations.

  • Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development; Neurogenetics

    Research Interests: We are interested in evolution of brain function and behavior. Our primary model system is Drosophila, the fruit fly, for its powerful traditional and molecular genetics. Our main question is - how do genomes encode and regulate proteins involved in rapid electrical and chemical signaling in the brain, normally and in disease?

  • John Sedivy

    Professor of Biology, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR, CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development

    Research Interests: Understanding the biology of aging at the cellular level: the epigenetic regulation of cellular senescence, genome-wide surveillance of transposable elements, and the role of c-Myc in aging.

  • Carlos Giovanni Silva-García

    Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Neurogenetics

    Research Interests: How internal and external signals induce molecular and cellular mechanisms to promote longevity and impact age-related diseases and whether these conditions (positive or negative) can be transmitted to subsequent generations. 

  • Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Development

    Research Interests: Genetic analysis of Drosophila to understand how insulin/IGF signals and lipid hormones regulate aging, and how these endocrine signals interact with nutrition.

  • Anatoly Zhitkovich

    Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

    Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling

    Research Interests: Cellular stress responses that control activity of accurate and mutagenic DNA repair processes and cell fate decisions following DNA damage by carcinogenic chemicals and anticancer drugs.