Genetics, Genomics & Development 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
- Sharon Amacher
- Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Cell fate determination in vertebrate embryonic development
- Georjana Barnes
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Microtubule cytoskeleton and cell cycle controls
- Steven Beckendorf
- Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular biology of development; Global warming: solutions and biological effects; Concentrating solar power.
- Rachel Brem
- Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Genetics of Regulatory Variation
- Steven E. Brenner
- Associate Professor (Affiliated) of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Computational Genomics
- Thomas Cline
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Sex determination in Drosophila
- Michael B. Eisen
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Genomics/Bioinformatics
- James Fristrom
- Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Role of transmembrane proteins in cell-cell adhesion and the actin cytoskeleton
- Gian Garriga
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Developmental neurobiology; molecular genetics
- Richard Harland
- C.H. Li Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular biology of development
- Nicole King
- Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Choanoflagellates and the evolution of multicellular animals from their unicellular ancestors
- Doug Koshland
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Mechanisms and principles that mediate desiccation tolerance and the structure, integrity, and evolution of chromosomes
- Michael Levine
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Regulation of enhancer-promoter interactions
- Barbara Meyer
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Sex determination in C. elegans
- Craig T. Miller
- Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Developmental and evolutionary genetics
- Lior Pachter
- Professor, Affiliated of Genetics, Genomics and Development
- Nipam Patel
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Genetic and evolutionary studies of embryonic pattern formation
- Jasper Rine
- Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Gene regulation; cell biology
- Donald Rio
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular genetics; transposable elements; RNA splicing
- Henk Roelink
- Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Induction in vertebrate development and ES cell differentiation
- Daniel S. Rokhsar
- Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Collective phenomena and ordering in condensed matter and biological systems
- Gerald Rubin
- Howard Hughes Investigator and MacArthur Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular genetics; molecular neurobiology
- Kristin Scott
- Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Establishment of nerve cell connectivity in developing nervous systems
The following faculty have a secondary affiliation with the Genetics, Genomics & Development division.
- David Bilder
- Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics of cell and tissue architecture
- Michael Botchan
- Department Co-Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Eukaryote gene expression
- David G. Drubin
- Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Actin and microtubule cytoskeletons in yeast and mammalian cells
- Robert Tjian
- Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry
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