Cell Biology
Faculty
Cell fate, stem-cell behaviors, and cell polarity in plant epidermal lineages
Brain circuits mediating motivated behaviors; addiction, pain and depression
Chemical and systems biology of Ca2+ dependent phosphatase signaling networks
Investigating cell death pathways using chemical biology and functional genomics
Cell patterning and cytoskeleton organization during development
Protein folding, protein quality control, amyloid and misfolding diseases
Role of chromatin signaling in nuclear programming and disease regulation
Developmental biology of dopamine neurons and mRNA processing
Protein quality control and molecular mechanisms of disease
Genetic analysis of neural circuit organization and assembly in flies and mice
Chromatin regulation of genome stability
Biochemistry of pathogen manipulation of host signaling to promote disease
Cardiovascular development and regeneration
How experience tunes up brain circuits during critical periods of development
Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation
Cell cycle control and systems biology
Cell organization and signaling and deciphering human genetic variation
Development, plasticity and degeneration of neural circuits
Molecular probes and technology applied to mitochondria, synapses, and RNA
Courtesy Faculty
Organization, function and roles of cytoskeletal networks on cell morphogenesis
Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics
Emeriti Faculty
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate immune responses
We seek to understand how cell-cell interactions specify the correct cellular organization of complex tissues
