Cellular Developmental and Molecular Biology
Cheeptip Benyajati
Associate Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 474
cbej@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-8040
- Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila
- Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling
Xin Bi
Associate Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 307
xinbi@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-6922
- epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression
- structural and functional domains of the genome
- chromatin boundary elements
- gene silencing
Gloria Culver
Professor and Chair
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 310
gculver@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 276-3602
- Macromolecular assembly
- RNA-protein recognition
- Dynamics of RNA folding
Thomas H. Eickbush
Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 334A
eick@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7247
- integration of retrotransposable elements
- origin and evolution of mobile elements
- regulation of rRNA genes
David S. Goldfarb
Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 436
dasg@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-3890
Vera Gorbunova
Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Professor of Oncology
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 434
vgorbuno@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7740
- Mechanisms of aging
- Comparative biology of aging
- Long-lived rodents
- DNA repair and genomic instability
- Anticancer therapy
Martin A. Gorovsky
Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 432
goro@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-6988
- nuclear differentiation in Tetrahymena
- chromatin structure and composition
- organization, expression, and evolution of histone genes and tubulin genes
- molecular and genetic analysis of cilia biogenesis
- role of RNAi in chromatin function
J. David Lambert
Assistant Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 344
dlamber2@mail.rochester.edu
585-273-2482
- The evolution of developmental mechanisms
- Early patterning in molluscs and related groups
- Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions
- Evolution of novel phenotypes
Joanna B. Olmsted
Professor and Dean of Arts and Sciences
Research Inactive
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270401
Rochester,
New York 14627-0401
Lattimore Hall 317
olmj@troi.cc.rochester.edu
585-275-4827
Terry Platt
Professor of Biochemistry and Biology
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 444
tpla@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-8244
- Molecular mechanisms of gene expression
- Protein-nucleic acid interactions
- Transcription termination and mRNA 3' end formation in Escherichia coli and yeast
Douglas Portman
Associate Professor
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University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentristy
Center for Aging and Developmental Biology
601 Elmwood Avenue
Box 645
Rochester,
New York 14642
KMRB 1-9647
douglas.portman@rochester.edu
585-275-7414
- Neural cell fate specification
- Sex differences in neural circuit function
- Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning
Andrei Seluanov
Assistant Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 432
andrei.seluanov@rochester.edu
585-275-6636
- Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel
- Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging
- Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales
Elaine A. Sia
Associate Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 326B
esia@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-9275
- Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Michael Welte
Associate Professor
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University of Rochester
Department of Biology
River Campus Box 270211
Rochester,
New York 14627-0211
Hutchison 317
mwelte@mail.rochester.edu
585-276-3897
- Regulation of microtubule motors
- Transport and positioning of organelles and nuclei
- Biology of lipid droplets
- Protein sequestration



























