Cellular Developmental and Molecular Biology
Cheeptip Benyajati
Associate Professor
Hutchison 474cbej@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
Assistant Professor
Hutchison 307xinbi@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-6922
Molecular biology and genetics
- epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression
- structural and functional domains of the genome
- chromatin boundary elements
- gene silencing
Gloria Culver
Associate Professor
gculver@mail.rochester.edu- Macromolecular assembly
- RNA-protein recognition
- Dynamics of RNA folding
Thomas H. Eickbush
Professor and Chair
Hutchison 334Aeick@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7247
Molecular biology and evolution
- integration of retrotransposable elements
- origin and evolution of mobile elements
- regulation of rRNA genes
David S. Goldfarb
Professor
Hutchison 436dasg@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-3890
Vera Gorbunova
Assistant Professor
Hutchison 326Avgorbuno@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7740
Martin A. Gorovsky
Rush Rhees Professor
Hutchison 432goro@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-6988
Cell and molecular biology
- 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
Heinrich Jasper
Assistant Professor
Hutchison 333henri_jasper@urmc.rochester.edu
585-275-8973
Development, cell biology and genetics
- Signal transduction networks governing development, stress responses, metabolism and aging of Drosophila
Rulang Jiang
Associate Professor
Kornberg Medical Research Building, Room G-9633rulang_jiang@urmc.rochester.edu
585-273-1426
Functional genomics
- Using mouse models to understand the molecular basis of embryonic development and birth defects
J. David Lambert
Assistant Professor
Hutchison 344dlamber2@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7521
- The evolution of developmental mechanisms
- Early patterning in molluscs and related groups
- Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions
- Evolution of novel phenotypes
Rita K. Miller
Assistant Professor
Hutchison 332rmlr@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-1152
Cell biology and molecular genetics
- Cytoskeletal organization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Coordination of cell polarity and positioning of the mitotic spindle
- Nuclear migration
Joanna B. Olmsted
Professor and Dean of Faculty Development
Lattimore Hall 317olmj@cc.rochester.edu
585-275-4827
Cell biology
Terry Platt
Professor of Biochemistry and Biology
Hutchison 444tpla@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
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
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
Elaine A. Sia
Associate Professor
Hutchison 326Besia@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-9275
Molecular biology and genetics
- Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
