Molecular Medicine Faculty

Located in Biotech Two:

Michael P. Czech, Ph.D.,Professor and Chair of Molecular Medicine
Signal transduction by the insulin receptor and genomics of metabolic disease
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
Tony Ip, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Embryonic development and immune response 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., Assistant 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., Assistant Professor
TGFß Signal Transduction

Diabetes Research Group:

Aldo Rossini, M.D., Professor and Director, Division of Diabetes
Studies to understand the mechanisms of tolerance.  Induction for transplantation and loss of autoimmunity
Rita Bortell, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes
Dale Greiner, Ph.D., Professor
T cell development and regulation of autoimmune disorders
John Mordes, M.D., Professor
Diabetes

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

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
Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells
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., Assistant Professor
Genetics of leukemia, mouse models
Job Dekker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Epigenetic control of chromosome activity
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., Assistant Professor
Determining the signals responsible for blood vessel development using zebrafish
Brian Lewis, Ph.D., Assistant 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., Assistant Professor
Molecular pathogenesis of protein conformational diseases
Marian Walhout, Ph.D., Assistant 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

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