Molecular Medicine Faculty

Located in Biotech Two:

Michael P. Czech, Ph.D.,Professor and Chair of Molecular Medicine

RNAi-based therapeutic strategies for inflammatory and metabolic diseases

Craig Peterson, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Molecular Medicine

Regulation of gene expression

Victor R. Ambros, Ph.D.,Professor

Molecular and genetic control of animal development; microRNA regulatory mechanisms

Silvia Corvera, M.D., Professor

Signal transduction and membrane trafficking

Roger Davis, Ph.D., Professor

Mechanisms by which growth factors regulate cellular proliferation

Stephen Doxsey, Ph.D., Professor

Mitotic and meiotic spindle assembly with an emphasis on centrosome structure, functions, and regulation

Dale Greiner, Ph.D., Professor

T cell development and regulation of autoimmune disorders

David Guertin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Signal transduction in development and cancer

Tony Ip, Ph.D., Associate Professor

            Intestinal stem cells and tissue regeneration in Drosophila

David Lambright, Ph.D., Professor

Structural and molecular mechanisms of cell signaling and membrane trafficking

Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D., Professor

Viral and immunopathogenesis of persistent viral infections

Craig Mello, Ph.D., Professor

Regulation of gene expression during early embryogenesis in C. elegans

Gregory Pazour, Ph.D., Associate Professor

The role of the intraflagellar transport (IFT) proteins in eukaryotic ciliary assembly

Joel Richter, Ph.D., Professor

Translational control of meiosis, mitosis, and neuronal synaptic plasticity

John Sullivan, M.D., Professor

Cellular and humoral immune responses to Epstein-Barr virus and human immunodeficiency virus

Bert van den Berg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Structure and function of membrane transport proteins

Lan Xu, Ph.D., Associate Professor

TGFß Signal Transduction

AIDS Research Group:

Mario Stevenson, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for AIDS Research

Viral etiology of AIDS

Paul Clapham, Ph.D., Associate Professor

HIV receptors and cellular tropisms

Maria Zapp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Regulation of retroviral and cellular mRNA transport

Located in Biotech Four:

Kirsten Hagstrom, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Chromosome structure and segregation during cell division

William Theurkauf, Ph.D., Professor

Mitosis and cell cycle regulation; actin organization and function; embryonic axis specification

UMass Mouse Phenotyping Center
Located in Biotech Five:

Program in Gene Function and Expression
Located in the Lazare Research Building:

Michael Green, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Director, Program in Gene Function and Expression

Eukaryotic gene regulation and cancer molecular biology

Usha Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Molecular genetics of lipid metabolism and signaling

Ingolf Bach, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Neuronal cell fate specification

Michael Brodsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Regulation of Drosophila p53 and DNA damage-induced apoptosis

Lucio Castilla, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Genetics of leukemia, mouse models

Heinrich Gottlinger, M.D., Ph.D., Professor

Molecular Biology of HIV-1

Paul Kaufman, Ph.D. , Associate Professor

Assembly and Function of Eukaryotic Chromosomes

Nathan Lawson, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Determining the signals responsible for blood vessel development using zebrafish

Brian Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Molecular genetics of pancreatic and liver cancers

Heidi Tissenbaum, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Molecular mechanisms of aging in C.elegans

Fumihiko Urano, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor

Role of ER stress in diabetes and aging

Marian Walhout, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Mapping transcription regulatory circuits in the nematode C.elegans

Yong-Xu Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Transcriptional control of energy metabolism and metabolic diseases by the nuclear receptor PPAR subfamily