Nausica Arnoult

Nausica Arnoult

Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Arnoult lab focuses on genome stability, DNA repair and telomere biology.
Justin Brumbaugh

Justin Brumbaugh

Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
My research leverages stem cells and induced cell fate change to study early development with a focus on epigenetics and post-transcriptional regulation.
Thomas Cech

Thomas Cech

Distinguished Professor • Nobel Laureate • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology • Biofrontiers Institute • Chemistry and Biochemistry
My research is on chromosome ends (telomeres) and their replication by telomerase.
Edward Chuong

Edward Chuong

Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Chuong lab is interested in the evolution of gene regulation in adaptation and disease.
Shelley Copley

Shelley Copley

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Research in the Copley lab centers on the molecular evolution of catalysts and metabolic pathways.
Brian DeDecker

Brian DeDecker

Teaching Associate Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Corrie Detweiler

Corrie Detweiler

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
We explore new ways to interfere with bacterial infection.
Zoe Donalson

Zoe Donaldson

Associate Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
We study the neural and genetic basis of bonding and loss.
Robin Dowell

Robin Dowell

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
My primary interest is in understanding transcriptional regulation: how does it work, evolve, and respond to perturbations?
Kelsie Eichel

Kelsie Eichel

Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Eichel Lab investigates how neurons build their elaborate polarized architecture and how these mechanisms go awry in neurological disease states. We use a C. elegans -to-human neuron cross-translational platform that provides both an in vivo model and system to identify conserved mechanisms.
Christy Fillman

Christy Fillman

Teaching Professor of Distinction
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Larry Gold

Larry Gold

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Gold Lab today focuses on the utilization of biological and information technology to improve healthcare.
Nancy Guild

Nancy Guild

Professor Attendant Rank • Director of Introductory Undergraduate Education
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Min Han

Min Han

Distinguished Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Han lab has engaged in dynamic research programs addressing important biological problems related to human diseases, primarily using C. elegans and mouse genetics.
Jennifer Hill

Jennifer Hill

Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Hill Lab is interested in understanding how animals respond to cues from their resident microbes during postnatal development. How do early life host-microbe interactions shape organ function and disease susceptibility?
Lisa Hiura

Lisa Hiura

Assistant Research Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Our lab investigates the development of social behavior, and how neural plasticity enables organisms to adapt to their changing social environments across the lifespan.
Andreas Hoenger

Andy Hoenger

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
My main research interests are functional and structural analyses by 3-D cryo-electron microscopy of cytoskeletal assemblies and large macromolecular structures as well as cellular organelles.
Michael Klymkowsky

Mike Klymkowsky

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
My current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that impact mutant phenotypes and how best to design, assess, and effectively teach students to support inclusion and to understand, appreciate, and apply of molecular biological principles.
Jenny Knight

Jenny Knight

Associate Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
My lab studies a variety of critical factors that affect students as they learn biology, such as how students learn successful problem solving skills and engage in metacognitive and self-reflective practices, as well as developing tools for both students and instructors to engage productively in the learning process.
Ken Krauter

Ken Krauter

Professor • Associate Chair
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Dr. Krauter's research focuses primarily on understanding the relationship between the human microbial composition and human development and disease.
Leslie Leinwand

Leslie Leinwand

Distinguished Professor • Chief Scientific Officer, BioFrontiers Institute • Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
We conduct research on cardiac and skeletal muscle with emphasis on genetic diseases involving them.
Kristin Moore

Kristin Moore

Teaching Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Lee Niswander

Lee Niswander

Professor • Chair
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Niswander lab investigates mouse models of embryonic development to provide insights into fundamental developmental processes, major human birth defects and potential clinical therapies.
Greg Odorizzi

Greg Odorizzi

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
My research investigates the molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking from endosomes to lysosomes, which have a major role in protein degradation.
Brad Olwin

Brad Olwin

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Our research group is investigating the mechanisms that regulate skeletal muscle regeneration, focusing on skeletal muscle stem cells.
Soyeon Park

Soyeon Park

Associate Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Dr. Park's laboratory studies the biogenesis of a molecular machine known as the proteasome, a major protease in eukaryotes.
Thomas Perkins

Tom Perkins

Professor Adjoint • JILA Fellow
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology • JILA
The Perkins group focuses on developing precision single-molecule techniques and applying them to answer a variety of biological questions.
Cheryl Pinzone

Cheryl Pinzone

Teaching Assistant Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Professor Sara Sawyer

Sara Sawyer

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Sawyer lab studies viral immunity, viral evolution, and the transmission of viruses from animals to man.
Jingshi Shen

Jingshi Shen

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
The overarching goal of my group is to uncover molecular principles governing vesicle-mediated cargo transport.
Ravinder Singh

Ravinder Singh

Associate Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Dr. Singh's laboratory studies post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Michael Stowell

Michael Stowell

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Our research is focused on molecular and supramolecular structures that facilitate communication between neurons at the chemical synapse and how such structures are perturbed in neurological disease.
Tin Tin Su

Tin Tin Su

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Our goal is to understand how cells, tissues and organisms survive exposure to high energy radiation such as X-rays.
Jonathan Van Blerkom

Jonathan Van Blerkom

Research Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
At present, we are investigating why these mitochondria normally remain hypo-polarized and what effects this may have on certain elements of the oolemma found to be essential for sperm docking and penetration.
Gia Voeltz

Gia Voeltz

Professor • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Our research goals are to understand how ER shape and dynamics are regulated and by what mechanism(s) do ER contact sites drive the biogenesis of the other cytoplasmic organelles in healthy cells, in neurodegenerative diseases, and during viral infection.
Ding Xue

Ding Xue

Professor
Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology
Dr. Xue's research interests lie in studying the mechanisms of programmed cell death (or apoptosis), phospholipid asymmetry in biological membranes, mitochondrial inheritance, and radiation-induced bystander effects, as well as various human diseases associated with abnormalities in these fundamental biological processes.