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Alfonso, AixaClassical and molecular genetic analysis of neural development and synapse function in C. elegans
Ashley, MaryMolecular ecology, landscape genetics, conservation biology
Chang, ChiehMolecular and opto-genetic investigation of neural circuit assembly and regeneration
Chuang, Chiou-FenMolecular and genetic mechanisms of cellular diversity in the C. elegans sensory system
Drew, KevinIdentification of macromolecular assemblies, characterizing macromolecular assemblies, determining the structure of assemblies and modulation of molecular interactions
Escalante Meza, IgnacioThe behavioral ecology, evolution, and biomechanics of arthropods. Tropical biology, arachnids, locomotion, bio-inspired design, and animal welfare.
Gao, RuixuanSynapse, neuroanatomy, neuropathology, proteomics, transcriptomics, cell biology, microbiology, bioimaging, microscopy
Gong, Liang-WeiMolecular mechanisms of exocytosis and endocytosis
Gonzalez-Meler, MiquelResponse of ecosystems and plants to environmental change with emphasis on ecosystem effects on climate, human-nature interactions, and the impact of non-native species (including pests) on ecosystem function. Other areas include bioenergy systems, sustainability of urban areas, and environmental forensics.
Hampton-Marcell, JarradHuman microbiomes, host-microbe interaction, metagenomics, bioinformatics, machine learning
Igic, Boris Evolution, mating systems, diversity and disparity within/among organismal groups, quantitative trait loci
Jeffery, ConstanceProtein structure, function and evolution, membrane proteins, moonlighting proteins, pseudoenzymes, the effects of disease- causing mutations on protein structure and function, predicting protein functions
Keyhani, OliverMolecular biology, genetics, ecology and evolution of fungal pathogens and mutualists of insects, insect behavior and immunity
Lynch, Jeremy Evolution of development, insects, embryos, pattern formation, germline determination, cis-regulatory logic, genetic basis of form and morphogenesis
Mason-Gamer, RobertaI use genetic methods to study plant evolutionary history, with a particular focus on the phylogenetics of polyploids and hybrids.
Minor, Emily Landscape ecology, urban ecology, conservation planning, dispersal and invasions
Morrison, DonGenetic recombination and quorum sensing in the streptococci
Nunez-Mir, GabrielaMacroscale/macrosystems ecology, biological invasions, quantitative and computational methods in ecology, conservation science
Okkema, PeterMuscle & neuronal development and organogenesis in the nematode C. elegans
Orenic, TeresaPattern formation in the Drosophila adult limbs and nervous system
Park, ThomasNeurobiology studies of sensory systems using behavioral and physiological techniques
Polikanov, YuryStructural studies of ribosome functional complexes
Poretsky, RachelMicrobial ecology in marine and freshwater environments, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, bioinformatics
Dubreuil, RonaldGenetic studies of spectrin in Drosophila: effects on absorption, packaging, and transport of dietary fat and effects on the development of Parkinson’s disease
Richmond, JanetBehavioral, electrophysiological and ultrastructural analyses in C. elegans to resolve molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission (exocytosis, endocytosis and receptor trafficking)
Salles, AngieNeural Systems and Behavior; Social Communication; Bats.
Shingleton, AlexEvolution, Development, Physiology, Eco-Evo-Devo, Gene-Environment Interactions, Modeling, Drosophila, Morphology, Allometry, Plasticity
Stabb, EricThe symbiotic bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri
Stone, DavidG protein regulated signaling, directional sensing, and cellular polarization in yeast
Walker, JosephPhylogenetics, Plant Genomics, computational methods development.
Warpeha, KatherineGlobal change biology, cellular stress, cellular signaling, plant products of the phenylpropanoid pathway
Zak, JosephNeural circuits, plasticity, and learning of sensory guided behaviors.