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Biosciences Program Faculty performing Genetics research
Genetics research at the University of Iowa includes laboratories in the Genetics PhD Program and other programs on campus.
The University of Iowa Genetics Program is a diverse interdepartmental program that offers exceptional training in the rapidly evolving and cutting-edge discipline of genetics based research.
Faculty research interests include:
· Computational Genetics
· Developmental Genetics
· Molecular and Biochemical Genetics
· Human Genetics
· Evolutionary Genetics
· Eukaryotic Gene Expression
The diversity of research interests within the UI genetics community enables the program to provide highly-qualified graduate students with training opportunities that meet their special needs. |
| Name |
Rank |
Department/
Program |
Research
Description |
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Adams, Christopher, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Endocrinology |
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Anderson, Michael G., PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
Neuroscience
|
Understanding fundamental physiological properties of the eye and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying a variety of complex eye diseases |
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Bassuk, Alex, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pediatrics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Congenital defects of the nervous system, especially neural tube defects, familial epilepsy, neurogenetics, neural stem cell biology |
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Braun, Terry, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biomedical Engineering
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
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Genetics; bioinformatics and computational genetics; macular degeneration. |
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Brenner, Charles, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Tumor suppressor gene function and NAD metabolism |
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Casavant, Thomas, PhD |
Professor |
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
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Computational aspects of genomics, molecular biology, and human genetics, as well as high performance computing systems, software and networks. |
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Cheng, Chi-Lien, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
|
Alternation of generations in land plants |
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Comeron, Josep, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution and Genome Evolution |
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Cornell, Robert, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Molecular genetics of neural crest development in zebrafish |
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Dagle, John, MD/PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pediatrics
Biochemistry
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Antisense oligonucleotide and siRNA technology, early vertebrate development, and the genetics of prematurity |
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Davidson, Beverly, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
|
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in metabolic diseases and gene transfer to the CNS |
|
Dawson, Deborah, PhD |
Professor |
Preventive & Community Dentistry
Program in Public Health Genetics
Biostatistics
Genetics
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Statistical genetic analysis, including methodological development and modeling of human disorders; investigations of dental outcomes, including caries, fluorosis, periodontal disease and growth and development. |
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Domann, Frederick, PhD |
Professor |
Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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DNA methylation and oncogenes, Ras and Cancer, Redox regulation of AP-2 |
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Donelson, John, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry
|
Molecular biology of parasites that cause tropical diseases |
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Dupuy, Adam, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Developing new mouse models of human cancer using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system |
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Eberl, Daniel, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Otolaryngology
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of hearing in Drosophila |
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Engelhardt, John, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases |
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Fassler, Jan, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Eukaryotic gene expression and signal transduction; characterization of two-component regulators in yeast |
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Feiss, Michael, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Virus DNA packaging: mechanistic studies using phage lambda |
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Fingert, John, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
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I conduct patient-based research to investigate the genetic basis of glaucoma and other inherited eye diseases. |
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Frankel, Joseph, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Cortical organization of tetrahymena |
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Geyer, Pamela, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Role of chromosome structure and organization on gene expression in Drosophila |
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Henry, Michael, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Pathology
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Molecular and cellular biology underlying cancer metastasis |
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Houston, Douglas, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
|
Maternal transcription factor and signalling pathways in vertebrate development |
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Irish, Erin, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
|
Regulation of determinacy in plant meristems |
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Janz, Siegfried, MD |
Professor |
Pathology
Immunology
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Mouse models of human B cell and plasma cell neoplasms |
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Johnson, Wayne, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Molecular mechanisms of sensory signal transduction |
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Jones, Bradley, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Microbiology
Genetics
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Bacteria-host cell interactions of Salmonella pathogenesis; Francisella pathogenesis |
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Kitamoto, Toshihiro, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anesthesia
Neurology
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Genetics of complex behavior |
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Klingelhutz, Al, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Microbiology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and transformation by human papillomavirus |
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Kwitek, Anne, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
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Genetics of complex disease (hypertension, diabetes and obesity) |
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Levasseur, Dana, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of embryonic stem cell function and pluripotent stem cell biology |
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Lidral, Andrew, PhD/DDS |
Professor |
Orthodontics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Craniofacial developmental genetics |
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Lin, Jim (Chung-Jung), PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Structure and function of protein components of the cytoskeleton; molecular mechanisms of cardiac morphogenesis |
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Llopart, Ana, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Understanding the evolution of the genetic barriers responsible for species being reproductively isolated from one another; speciation genetics |
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Logsdon, John, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Evolutionary Molecular Genetics/Genomics: Origins and Evolution of
Meiosis, Lateral Gene Transfer, Phylo-informatics |
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Ludewig, Gabriele, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
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Environmental Toxicology, Genetic Toxicology |
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Malone, Robert, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Molecular genetics of chromosome behavior and DNA repair/recombination genes in meiosis |
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McAllister, Bryant, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Evolutionary Genetics and Genome Evolution |
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McCaffrey, Anton, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Role of RNA in human disease and the development of nucleic acid based therapeutics |
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McCray, Paul, MD |
Professor |
Pediatrics
Microbiology
Genetics
Human Toxicology
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Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases; Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis; Identification and Characterization of Host Defense Peptides and Proteins |
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Menninger, John, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Accuracy of Translation; Cellular Aging; mRNA/Ribosome co-evolution |
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Mohler, Peter, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Ankyrin-based pathways for targeting and restriction of ion channels/transporters to specialized membrane domains. |
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Moye-Rowley, Scott, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Transcriptional control of oxidative stress tolerance; eukaryotic multidrug resistance |
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Murray, Jeffrey, MD |
Professor |
Pediatrics
Biology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Studies of human gene-environment interactions |
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Nagy, Peter, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology
Biochemistry
Genetics
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Histone methylation |
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Patil, Shivanand, PhD |
Professor |
Pediatrics
Genetics
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Cytogenetic abnormalities in humans |
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Piper, Robert, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
|
Mechanisms governing the movement of proteins in eukaryotes |
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Russo, Andrew, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
|
Control of neuronal gene expression |
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Rutkowski, Tom, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Mechanisms of adaptation to chronic cellular stresses in physiology and disease |
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Segre, Alberto, PhD |
Professor |
Computer Science
Genetics
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Nagging, a distributed search paradigm that exploits the speedup anomaly by playing multiple reformulations of the problem -- or portions of the problem -- against each other. |
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Sheffield, Val, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Pediatrics
Genetics
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Molecular genetics of human hereditary disease |
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Shih, Ming-Che, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
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Gene regulation of plant metabolism |
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Sigmund, Curt, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Molecular genetics and molecular biology of the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension. Cardiovascular biology. |
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Slusarski, Diane, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
|
Signal transduction mechanisms in development and disease |
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Smith, Richard, MD |
Professor |
Otolaryngology
Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Pediatrics
Genetics
|
Inherited hearing impairment ; glomerulonephritis |
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Soll, David, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
|
Molecular Pathology and Cell Motility |
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Stauffer, George, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
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Mechanisms of bacterial gene transcription |
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Stoltzfus, C. Martin, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
|
HIV RNA splicing regulation |
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Stone, Edwin, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
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Molecular genetics of inherited eye diseases |
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Tan, Kai, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Genetics
|
Understanding gene regulatory networks and molecular pathways in human diseases |
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Ting, Nelson, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anthropology
Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics
Genetics
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I am a molecular primatologist who specializes in the evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of Old World rainforest primates. |
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Tootle, Tina, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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The Tootle lab studies the molecular mechanisms by which prostaglandins mediate actin dynamics and cell migration during Drosophila oogenesis. |
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Wallrath, Lori, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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The role of chromatin proteins in disease |
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Washington, M. Todd, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Understanding the mechanisms of DNA polymerases involved in both mutagenic and error-free replication of DNA damage at the thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural level |
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Wassink, Thomas, MD |
Associate Professor |
Psychiatry
Genetics
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Genetic basis of psychiatric disorders |
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Weiner, Joshua, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biology
Neuroscience
|
Cell adhesion molecules in nervous system development and function |
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Weiss, David, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Microbiology
Genetics
|
Cell division and protein localization in bacteria |
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Welsh, Michael, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and fuction of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease |
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Wilson, Mary, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Immunobiology, genetics, and molecular biology of visceral leishmaniasis in murine and human hosts |
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Wu, Chun-Fang, PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Plasticity of neuronal function and form using Drosophila as a model organism |
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Xing, Yi, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Genetics
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Bioinformatics of RNA splicing and alternative splicing, comparative genomics, and microarray data analysis. |
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Yahr, Timothy, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Microbiology
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Role of the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis |
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Yeaman, Charles, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Cell mechanisms involved in development and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity |
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