TRAINING FACULTY | | |
Name | Research focus | Email | Phone |
| Bagchi, Anindya | Role of chromatin in human disease, namely cancer; investigate the effect of genetic copy number variation, namely deletion and amplification, in tumorigenesis and schizophrenia. | bagch005@umn.edu | 612-625-7598 |
| Bardwell, Vivian | Transcriptional regulation in cancer and development
| bardw001@umn.edu | 612-626-7028 |
| Berman, Judith | Genome stability, drug resistance, morphogenesis and systems biology of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
| berma003@umn.edu | 612-625-1971 |
| Blazar, Bruce | Developmental mechanisms, neuroscience, and regulation of gene expression
| blaza001@umn.edu | 612-626-2734 |
| Chen, Lihsia | Cell adhesion, signal transduction, cytoskeleton, and C. elegans.
| chenx260@umn.edu | 612-625-1299 |
| Clarke, Duncan | Yeast and Human Cell Cycle Control
| clark140@umn.edu | 612-624-3442 |
| Conner, Sean | Clathrin-mediated endocytosis; mammalian intracellular membrane trafficking.
| sdconner@umn.edu | 612-625-3707 |
| Echeverri, Karen | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of regeneration. | echev020@umn.edu | 612-626-7320 |
| Ervasti, James | Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy; Role of Actin in Cell Polarity
| jervasti@umn.edu | 612-626-6517 |
| Farrar, Michael | Signal transduction and lymphocyte development
| farra005@umn.edu | 612-625-0401 |
| Gale, Cheryl | Fungal morphogenesis, Yeast cell biology, pathogenesis mechanisms
| galex012@umn.edu | 612-624-1982 |
| Gammill, Laura | Cytoskelton and Cell Motility, developmental mechanisms, neuroscience, and regulation of gene expression
| gammi001@umn.edu | 612-625-6158 |
| Gardner, Melissa | Chromatin mechanics and dynamics; Quantitative fluorescence microscopy | klei0091@umn.edu | 612-626-6760 |
| Gray, William | Molecular basis of auxin-regulated growth and development; ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis
| grayx051@umn.edu | 612-624-3042 |
| Greenstein, David | Fundamental and fascinating developmental processes of meiosis and fertilization using C. elegans
| green959@umn.edu | 612-624-3955 |
| Harris, Reuben | The causes and consequences of programmed mutagenesis
| rsh@umn.edu | 612-624-0457 |
| Hays, Thomas | Cytosckelton and cell motility, developmental mechanisms
| haysx001@umn.edu | 612-626-2949 |
| Hogquist, Kristin | Molecular mechanism of cell-fate determination in T cells
| hogqu001@umn.edu | 612-625-1616 |
| Jameson, Stephen | Development, homeostasis and trafficking of T lymphocytes
| james024@umn.edu | 612-625-1496 |
| Kaufman, Dan | Developmental mechanisms, cell-cell interactions, and regulation of gene expression
| kaufm020@umn.edu | 612-624-0922 |
| Kawakami, Yasuhiko | Understanding the molecular and genetic mechanisms of vertebrate limb development and apply the study to elucidate the mechanisms of congenital limb in human and limb regeneration | kawak005@umn.edu | 612-626-9935 |
| Kikyo, Nobuaki | Nuclear reprogramming in somatic cell nuclear cloning and stem cells
| kikyo001@umn.edu | 612-624-0498 |
| Kirkpatrick, David | The role of DNA repair and recombination in maintaining genome stability
| dkirkpat@umn.edu | 612-624-9244 |
| Koepp, Deanna | Cell cycle regulation, Ubiquitination and proteolysis, Genetic mechanisms of tumorigenesis
| koepp015@umn.edu | 612-624-4201 |
| Koob, Michael | Human Genetics | koobx001@umn.edu | 612-626-4521 |
| Kuriyama, Ryoko | Cell division and cell-cycle control in animal cells
| kuriy001@umn.edu | 612-624-0471 |
| Kyba, Michael | Stem Cell Biology: regulatory pathways, diseases and therapies Transcriptional control of mesoderm development
| kyba@umn.edu | 612-626-5869 |
| Lanier, Lorene | Axon guidance and growth cone motility
| lanie002@umn.edu | 612-626-2399 |
| Largaespada, David | Identification and understanding of genes involved in cancer development
| larga002@umn.edu | 612-626-4979 |
| Luxton, G.W. Gant | Nuclear cell biology; specifically nuclear-cytoskeletal interactions; their formation, regulation and dysfunction in disease | luxto003@umn.edu | |
| Mansky, Louis | Cell and molecular biology of HIV and HTLV
| mansky@umn.edu | 612-626-5525 |
| Marahrens, York | Chromatin, Genome Instability, DNA Repair, Repetitive DNA Sequences, Bioinformatics
| marah005@umn.edu | 612-625-6201 |
| McIvor, R Scott | Gene therapy for genetic disease and cancer using viral and non-viral vectors
| mcivo001@umn.edu | 612-626-1497 |
| McLoon, Linda | Craniofacial muscles in health and disease
| mcloo001@umn.edu | 612-626-0777 |
| McLoon, Steven | Stem cells for therapeutic retinal cell replacement and progenitor cell maturation in retinal development
| mcloons@umn.edu | 612-624-9182 |
| Nakagawa, Yasushi | Mammalian brain development, cell type specification and establishment of neuronal connectivity
| nakagawa@umn.edu | 612-626-4916 |
| Nakato, Hiroshi | Molecular and genetic analysis of Drosophila development
| nakat003@umn.edu | 612-625-1727 |
| Neufeld, Thomas | Developmental control of growth and cell proliferation in Drosophila
| neufe003@umn.edu | 612-625-5158 |
| O'Connor, Michael | Cell-cell interactions in growth, differentiation, and development
| moconnor@umn.edu | 612-626-0642 |
| Odde, David | mechanisms by which cells grow and divide
| oddex002@umn.edu | 612-626-9980 |
| Olszewski, Neil | Function of O-GlcNAc protein modification in growth and development, molecular genetics of plant DNA viruses
| neil@umn.edu | 612-625-3129 |
| Perlingeiro, Rita | Mechanisms controlling lineage decision and reprogramming, and application to regenerative medicine | perli032@umn.edu | 612-625-4984 |
| Petryk, Anna | Craniofacial Development, Bone Biology, Mammalian embryogensis, organogenesis, and brain development
| petry005@umn.edu | 612-624-5409 |
| Porter, Mary | Regulation of dynein-based motility
| porte001@umn.edu | 612-626-1901 |
| Rougvie, Ann | Developmental timing in C. elegans: from microRNAs to nutritional cues
| rougv001@umn.edu | 612-624-4708 |
| Schimmenti, Lisa | Development of ocular birth defects, hearing loss and autism
| las@umn.edu | 612-624-1966 |
| Shima, Naoko | Uses the laboratory mouse as a model to understand a causative link between chromosome instability and cancer
| shima023@umn.edu | 612-626-7830 |
| Shimizu, Yoji | Lymphocyte and tumor cell adhesion, migration and signal transduction
| shimi002@umn.edu | 612-626-6849 |
| Simon, Jeffrey | Animal development; control of gene expression; chromatin mechanisms
| simon004@umn.edu | 612-626-5097 |
| Somia, Nikunj | My laboratory is interested in understanding the lifecycle of retroviruses and use this information 1) to identify new drug targets for HIV, 2) to develop better vectors for gene therapy and 3) to use these vectors for gene discovery.
| somia001@umn.edu | 612-625-6988 |
| Starr, Tim | Understanding the genatics of cancer in order to develop individualized, targeted therapies | star0044@umn.edu | 612-626-6971 |
| Steer, Clifford | Non-viral gene therapy using nanocapsules and the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon; antiapoptosis of neurodegenerative disorders using ursodeoxycholic acid as a therapeutic drug; genomic methylation changes associated with transposition of SB; and induced by microRNAs
| steer001@umn.edu | 612-625-8999 |
| Titus, Margaret | Molecular genetic analysis of unconventional myosin function
| titus004@umn.edu | 612-625-8498 |
| Tolar, Jakub | Stem cell gene therapy
| tolar003@umn.edu | 612-626-5501 |
| Van Ness, Brian | Cancer transgenic mouse models and pharmacogenomics
| vanne001@umn.edu | 612-624-9944 |
| Voytas, Daniel | Plant genome engineering through homologous recombination; Retrotransposable elements and genome organization
| voytas@umn.edu | 612-626-4509 |
| Zarkower, David | Molecular genetics of sexual differentiation, germ cell development, and testis cancer
| zarko001@umn.edu | 612-625-9450 |
ACADEMIC FACULTY | | |
Name | Research focus | Email | Phone |
| Brambl, Robert | Function of chaperone proteins and regulation of gene expression. | brambl@umn.edu | 612-625-7080 |
| Brooker, Robert | Structure and function of membrane-bound transport proteins | brook005@umn.edu | 612-624-3053 |
| Conklin, Kathleen | Oncogenesis and retroviruses | conkl001@umn.edu | 612-626-0445 |
| Davis, Dana | C. albicans genetics and pathogenesis | dadavis@umn.edu | 612-624-1912 |
| Goldstein, Stuart | Mechanisms of flagellar and ciliary motility and spirochete motility, using light and electron microscopy for the analysis of theoretical models | golds004@umn.edu | 612-624-5399 |
| Hackett, Perry | Transposons, human gene therapy, vertebrate gene expression, mouse, zebrafish | hacke004@umn.edu | 612-624-6736 |
| Hirsch, Betsy | cytogenetic techniques to elucidate constitutional and acquired chromosome abnormalities | hirsc003@umn.edu | 612-273-4952 |
| Lefebvre, Paul | Flagellar protein assembly in Chlamydomonas | pete@umn.edu | 612-624-4706 |
| Letourneau, Paul | understanding how nerve fibers grow and how the complex circuits of neuronal connections are formed during embryogenesis | letou001@umn.edu | 612-624-5999 |
| Linck, Richard | Investigations of Ciliary and Flagellar Microtubules at Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Levels | linck001@umn.edu | 612-624-5179 |
| McCarthy, James | The McCarthy laboratory focuses on the identifying important elements within the tumor microenvironment that facilitate tumor progression, metastasis and resistance to therapy | mccar001@umn.edu | 612-625-7454 |
| Schottel, Janet | Desiccation stress, viable but non-culturable cells, biofilms, mRNA stability, plant-pathogen interactions | schot002@umn.edu | 612-624-6275 |
| Shaw, Jocelyn | C. elegans embryonic and neuronal development | shawx005@umn.edu | 612-625-1912 |
| Silflow, Carolyn | Centriole positioning in Chlamydomonas” and "Regulation of hydorgenase genes in Chlamydomonas | silfl001@umn.edu | 612-624-0729 |
| Skubitz, Amy | Discovery and validation of biomarkers for ovarian cancer | skubi002@umn.edu | 612-625-5920 |
| Sorenson, Robert | Cell Biology of insulin secretion and cell division in islets of Langerhans | soren001@umn.edu | 612-624-6414 |
