Amy Shaub Maddox |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research philosophy is summed up by a quote from Nobelist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: “Discovery is to see what everybody has seen and to think what nobody has thought.” My lab studies the molecular and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology |
Gregory Matera, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in our laboratory focuses on foundational mechanisms that regulate eukaryotic gene expression. In particular, we are interested in the roles played by RNAs and proteins in genetic … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
Steven Matson |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in our laboratory is focused on the enzymatic mechanisms and biological roles of DNA helicases which convert duplex DNA to ssDNA for use as a template in DNA replication and repair or as a su … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
Daniel McKay, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory studies the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation during development. |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
Charles Mitchell |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My work focuses on the role of plant pathogens in (A) controlling or facilitating biological invasions by plants, (B) structuring plant communities, and (C) modulating the effects of global change on … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Organismal Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Plant Biology |
Zachary Nimchuk |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Understanding how cells communicate and co-ordinate during development is a universal question in biology. My lab studies the cell to cell signaling systems that control plant stem cell production. P … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology |
Robert Peet |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on plant community ecology and such related fields as plant geography, conservation biology, ecoinformatics and plant population ecology. I am particularly interested in how plant … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Organismal Biology, Plant Biology |
Mark Peifer |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation during embryogenesis and in cancer. We focus on the regulation of cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion, and on Wnt signaling and its regul … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
Jason Reed |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Regulation of plant development: We use techniques of genetics, molecular biology, microscopy, physiology, and biochemistry to study how endogenous developmental programs and exogenous signals cooper … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Plant Biology, Systems Biology |
Steve Rogers |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in our lab is centered on understanding the mechanisms and principles of movement at the cellular level. Cytoskeletal filaments – composed of actin and microtubules – serve as a structura … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genomics |
Jeff Sekelsky, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Genome instability is a major cause of cancer. We use the model organism Drosophila melanogaster to study maintenance of genome stability, including DNA double-strand break repair, meiotic and mitotic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology |



