Section of Molecular Biology Faculty

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Eric Allen, Assistant Professor of Biology and Marine Biology
    Environmental genomics; Microbial oceanography, ecology, evolution, biogeography; Genetic structure of microbial populations; Molecular genetics and ecological physiology.

Tim Baker, Professor of Biology
    Cryoelectron microscopy and three-dimensional, computer reconstruction of macromolecules.

Stuart Brody, Professor of Biology
    Biochemical genetics of circadian rhythms and mitochondrial membranes in Neurospora.

Michael David, Professor of Biology
    Mechanisms by which interferons and other cytokines activate the transcription of early response genes.

Gen-Sheng Feng, Professor of Biology
    Deciphering molecular signaling mechanisms in embryonic and adult stem cells.

Russell Doolittle, Research Professor of Biology
    Evolution of protein structure and function.

E. Peter Geiduschek, Research Professor of Biology
    Biochemical and genetic approaches to the control of gene activity.

Partho Ghosh, Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
    Interactions between microbial pathogens and hosts.

James Golden, Professor of Biology

Susan Golden, Distinguished Professor of Biology

Ananda Goldrath, Assistant Professor of Biology
     Generation and maintenance of T cell immunity.

Jeff Hasty, Associate Professor of Biology

Steve Hedrick, Professor of Biology, Chair, Section of Molecular Biology, Chancellor Associate Endowed Chair VII
     Immune recognition and development.

Donald Helinski, Professor Emeritus of Biology
    Analysis of mechanisms of regulation of plasmid DNA replication and plasmid DNA partitioning.

Randall Johnson, Professor of Biology
    Regulation of response to hypoxia and other microenvironmental stresses in vivo.

Tracy Johnson, Assistant Professor of Biology
    Mechanisms of pre-mRNA splicing; mRNA synthesis and processing

James Kadonaga, Distinguished Professor of Biology
    Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes.

Jens Lykke-Andersen, Associate Professor of Biology
    Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes.

Stephen Mayfield, Professor of Biology
    Molecular genetics of gene expression in micro-algae, and genetic and metabolic engineering of the production of therapeutic proteins and biofuel molecules in algae.

Cornelis Murre, Professor of Biology
    Helix-loop-helix proteins in B cell development and oncogenesis.

Xuong Nguyen-Huu, Professor of Biology
    Protein crystallography.

Maho Niwa, Assistant Professor of Biology
    Regulation of functional homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum during the cell cycle progression.

Amy Pasquinelli, Associate Professor of Biology
    Genetic and molecular approaches for understanding how tiny regulatory RNAs control gene expression.

Lorraine Pillus, Professor of Biology, Vice Chair of the Section of Moecular Biology
    Chromosome structure and function; genetics and epigenetics of transcription; position effects and transcriptional repression.

Joe Pogliano, Associate Professor of Biology
    DNA segregation in prokaryotes.

Kit Pogliano, Professor of Biology
    How the progeny of a single cell division assume differing fates.

Paul Price, Distinguished Professor of Biology
    Analysis of protein structure and physiological function; post translational protein modification.

Milton Saier, Professor of Biology
    Transmembrane transport and the regulation of cellular physiology and transcription.

Immo Scheffler, Professor of Biology
    Somatic cell genetics. Molecular genetics of mammalian mitochondria.

Douglas Smith, Professor Emeritus of Biology
    Molecular biology; DNA replication and repair; computer applications to biology.

Suresh Subramani, Distinguished Professor of Biology
    Organelle homeostasis; peroxisome function and biogenesis; peroxisomal disorders; peroxisomal protein import; peroxisome turnover by autophagy.

Yang Xu, Professor of Biology
    Lymphocyte development and signaling pathways in response to DNA damage.

Dong-Er Zhang, Professor of Biology
    Molecular mechanisms of cell differentiation and cancer development

Elina Zuniga, Assistant Professor of Biology
    Dendritic cells in innate and adaptive responses during viral infections.


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