Integrative/Organismal Biology

Members of the I/O Biology subgroup investigate physiological processes at multiple scales of organization, from cells to organisms, to understand the adaptations to Earth’s diverse environments and to investigate mechanisms underlying disorders and diseases. Research utilizes animal and plant model systems studied in natural ecosystems and controlled conditions.

Primary Affiliation

H. Craig Heller
Executive Council Representative
  • Neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, memory, and thermoregulation
Barbara Block
  • Thermal physiology, open ocean predators, ecological physiology and tuna biology
Xiaoke Chen
  • Brain circuits mediating motivated behaviors; addiction, pain and depression
José R. Dinneny
  • Understanding how plants perceive, use and interact with water at multiple scales
Christopher Lowe
  • Evolution and development, specifically the evolution of the deuterostomes
Lauren O'Connell
  • Evolutionary innovations in physiology and behavior from molecules to ecosystems
Stephen Palumbi
  • Using genomics to understand ecology, evolution & conservation of marine species
Robert Sapolsky
  • Neuron death, stress, gene therapy
Stuart Thompson
  • Neurobiology, signal transduction
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