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Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty

The following is an alphabetical list of MCB faculty members and brief descriptions of their research. A list of faculty by division affiliation is available here

Click on a faculty member's name to see a complete description of their research (if available). Alternatively, use the search form below to search the faculty research interest pages for keywords.

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Diana Bautista
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular mechanisms of transduction in touch and pain receptors
David Bilder
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics of cell and tissue architecture
Mary Beth Burnside
Vice Chancellor for Research and Chancellor's Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology of photoreceptors
W. Zacheus Cande
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and developmental biology
Abby Dernburg
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Chromosome organization and dynamics during meiosis
David G. Drubin
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Actin and microtubule cytoskeletons in yeast and mammalian cells
Gary Firestone
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular endocrinology; tumor biology
John Forte
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Membrane proteins, transport and energetics
John Gerhart
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Developmental biology
Iswar Hariharan
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mechanisms of control of growth and cell proliferation
Lin He
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
microRNA functions in cancer development, mouse tumor models
Rebecca Heald
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mitotic spindle assembly and function in Xenopus laevis
Gary Karpen
Adjunct Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Chromosome structure and function
Arash Komeili
Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Cell and Developmental Biology
Assembly and Subcellular Organization of Bacterial Organelles
Kunxin Luo
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Signal transduction pathways mediated by receptors and the mechanisms controlling the activity of the receptor kinases
Robert Macey
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Terry Machen
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Epithelial transport; cellular and membrane physiology
G. Steven Martin
Department Chair and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology; tumor virology
Howard Mel
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Satyabrata Nandi
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Tumor biology; endocrinology
George Oster
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mathematical modeling of molecular, cellular and developmental systems
Michael Rape
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Protein ubiquitination, degradation and the control of cell division and differentiation
Harry Rubin
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and tumor biology
Randy Schekman
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Organelle assembly; protein transport
Herbert Srebnik
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Richard Strohman
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology
Paola Timiras
Professor Emerita of Cell and Developmental Biology
Neuroendocrinology of development and aging
Karsten Weis
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Macromolecular transport into and out of the nucleus in eukaryotic cells
David Weisblat
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Developmental biology
Matthew Welch
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
The role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion
Fred Wilt
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular embryology; cell biology
Andrew Wurmser
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells
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Expression of the green fluorescent reporter protein gfp exclusively in a blue wavelength sensitive cone in monkey retina.

Expression of the green fluorescent reporter protein gfp exclusively in a blue wavelength sensitive cone in monkey retina.

Photo courtesy of Professor John G. Flannery.

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