Research interests of the faculty in Molecular and Cellular Biology
LAURA A. BERKOWITZ, Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook. Adjunct Associate Professor. Investigation of neurological disease mechanisms and drug development using C. elegans.
JOE BROWN, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Assistant Professor. Environmental health microbiology.
GUY A. CALDWELL, Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Associate Professor. Developmental genetics of C. elegans. Models for human genetic diseases.
KIM A. CALDWELL, Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Assistant Professor. Molecular biology of C. elegans.
PERRY F. CHURCHILL, Ph.D., Wayne State University. Associate Professor. Protein structure and function, protein-lipid interactions.
CAROL DUFFY, PhD. University of Iowa. Assistant Professor. Herpes virus replication.
HARRY E. HEATH, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. Associate Professor. Bacterial gene structure, organization and regulation
MARGARET D. JOHNSON, Ph.D., Albert Einstein. Associate Professor. Genetic regulation of inositol metabolism during plant development.
PAUL LeBLANC, Ph.D., Cornell University. Professor. Macrophage activation and anti-viral activity, monoclonal antibody technology.
STEVAN MARCUS, Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Associate Professor. Signal transduction, cell growth and morphogenesis in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
JANIS O'DONNELL, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Professor. Regulation of pteridine synthesis and neural function in Drosophila.
JULIE OLSON, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Associate Professor. Marine microbial ecology.
MARTHA J. POWELL, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor. Cell biology, substrate recognition and attachment of fungal and protistan spores.
KATRINA RAMONELL, Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Assistant Professor. Elucidation of defense signaling pathways in Arabidopsis.
STEPHEN SECOR, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles. Associate Professor. Vertebrate physiology.
GARY SLOAN, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Professor. Bacterial extracellular enzymes.
HARRIETT E. SMITH-SOMERVILLE, Ph.D., University of Texas. Professor and Interim Chair. Macrostomal induction and differentiation of Tetrahymena vorax.
EDWIN C. STEPHENSON, Ph.D., Yale University. Professor. Drosophila developmental genetics. RNA localization during Drosophila oogenesis.
JOHN YODER, Ph.D. University of Colorado. Assistant Professor. The evolution of morphological novelty.
