BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOMICS

Zachary Adelman, PhD
Gene editing and genetic engineering to develop novel genetics-based methods for controlling vector-borne disease transmission

Hubert Amrein, PhD
Taste perception, Chemosensory Neural Networks and Internal Nutrient Sensing

Helene Andrews-Polimenys, PhD
Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonellae

Rodolfo Aramayo, PhD
Genetics, Epigenetics and Meiotic RNA Silencing

Ulfar Bergthorsson, PhD
Genome evolution, gene duplication and its role in adaptation

Heath Blackmon, PhD
Sex chromosome evolution, phylogenetic comparative analyses and theoretical population genetics

Sarah Bondos, PhD
Hox transcription factors as master regulators and Biomaterials

James Cai, PhD
Genetics, Computational Statistics, and Data Science

Claudio Casola, PhD
Genome evolution of forest trees

Robert Chapkin, PhD
Role of dietary and microbial ligands as modifiers of inflammation and cancer development

Jeffrey Cirillo, PhD
Molecular genetics of mammals and bacterial respiratory pathogens including pneumonia and tuberculosis infections

Shaunna Clark, PhD
Genetic and epigenetic basis of substance use and addiction, statistical methods and software development

Tracy Clement, PhD
Integrative approach to elucidate the molecular basis of cyto/nucleo morphogenesis in the spermatid, called spermiogenesis

Michael Criscitiello, PhD
Comparative Immunogenetics

Jorge Cruz-Reyes, PhD
RNA Editing in African Trypanosomes

Brian W. Davis, PhD
Genome evolution, selection affects on natural and human-managed animal populations, computational biology and bioinformatics to understand heritable disease, phenotypic variation, and cancer

Kira Delmore, PhD
Genomic differentiation during the process of speciation and seasonal migration

James Derr, PhD
Conservation and population genetics of mammals focusing on North American and African wildlife

Scott Dindot, PhD
Genetic and epigenetic basis of disease, with a particular interest in neurological disorders associated with genomics imprinting

Akhilesh Gaharwar, PhD
Design of bioresponsive materials for regenerative medicine, therapeutic delivery, and 3D bioprinting by combining diverse disciplines, including materials science, chemistry, cells biology, genetics, additive manufacturing and molecular/cellular medicine.

Jessica Galloway-Peña, PhD
Studies the pathobiome, or pathogens and the associated microbiota likely to influence the persistence, transmission, and evolution of pathogens, clinical contributors to the development of antibiotic resistance infections in high risk populations

Clare Gill, PhD
Molecular and computational tools for mapping quantitative trait loci

Vishal Gohil, PhD
Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Energy Metabolism

Shaodong Guo, PhD
Impact of plant-derived diets and nutrients on organ physiology in mice and humans, improving human health

Nancy Ing, PhD
Steroid hormone action on reproductive tissues in mammals

J. Spencer Johnston, PhD
Genome size evolution and population genomics to improve honey bee health

Geoffrey Kapler, PhD
Eukaryotic DNA replication, DNA damage checkpoints, genome instability, gene amplification

Vaishali Katju, PhD
Evolution genetics and genomics, gene duplication, compensatory mutations and adaptation

Mariana Mateos, PhD
Evolution of host-symbiont associations using the association between Drosophila flies and Spiroplasma bacteria

Jerome Menet, PhD
Regulation of rhythmic gene expression by the circadian clock in the mouse

John Mullet, PhD
Genomics/genetics of energy sorghum design

William Murphy, PhD
Mammalian evolutionary genetics

Seth Murray, PhD
Maize (corn) genetic improvement and discovery using molecular plant breeding, molecular quantitative genetics, high throughput field phenotyping and statistical analysis methods

Kevin Myles, PhD
Small RNA pathways in the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses

Vlad Panin, PhD
Developmental Biology / Glycosylation and Cell Interactions

Daniel Paredes-Sabja, PhD
Clostridioides difficile spore-host interactions, exosporium assembly and therapeutic development

Gregory Reeves, PhD
Systems biology tools — computational modeling and quantitative, live imaging — to study the signaling pathways that initialize differentiation using Drosophila

David Riley, PhD
Quantitative genetics in beef cattle reproduction

Matt Sachs, PhD
Mechanisms of translation regulation

Deborah Siegele, PhD
Entering and exiting stationary phase in E. coli

Irtisha Singh, PhD
Uncovering transcriptional and co-transcriptional regulatory programs in normal and diseased states

Raquel Sitcheran, PhD
NF-kappaB regulation of mitochondrial function in cancer cell invasion and metabolism

David Stelly, PhD
Plant Genetics, Cytogenetics, Biotechnology, Breeding and Genomics

Paul Straight, PhD
Microbial Interactions and Secondary Metabolism

Sarguru Subash BVSc, PhD
Host-pathogen interaction in the urinary tract

David Threadgill, PhD
Mouse modeling of gene-environment interactions underlying human health and diseases

Deborah Threadgill, PhD
Comparative genomic studies with the Campylobacter

John Z. Yu, PhD
Cotton Genomics and Germplasm Diversity

Hong-Bin Zhang, PhD
Crop Genetic Improvement and Variety Breeding

Kurt Zhang, PhD
Advanced bioinformatics technology and applications using cutting-edge genomics/imaging techniques to study complicated human diseases with the integration of human population studies with animal studies

Xuejun Zhu , PhD
Biomolecular engineering for applications in health and agriculture, including discovery of biological molecules involved in microbe- and host-microbe interactions, designing probiotics to program the microbe-mediated interactions
CONSERVATION, EVOLUTION, AND POPULATION GENETICS

Ulfar Bergthorsson, PhD
Genome evolution, gene duplication and its role in adaptation

Heath Blackmon, PhD
Sex chromosome evolution, phylogenetic comparative analyses and theoretical population genetics

James Cai, PhD
Genetics, Computational Statistics, and Data Science

Charles Criscione, PhD
Population genetics and molecular ecology of metazoan parasites (e.g., nematodes, platyhelminths)

Brian W. Davis, PhD
Genome evolution, selection affects on natural and human-managed animal populations, computational biology and bioinformatics to understand heritable disease, phenotypic variation, and cancer

Kira Delmore, PhD
Genomic differentiation during the process of speciation and seasonal migration

James Derr, PhD
Conservation and population genetics of mammals focusing on North American and African wildlife

Erin Giles, PhD
Obesity and postmenopausal breast cancers

Shaodong Guo, PhD
Impact of plant-derived diets and nutrients on organ physiology in mice and humans, improving human health

Luis Hurtado, PhD
Phylogeography, molecular phylogenetics, and conservation genetics

J. Spencer Johnston, PhD
Genome size evolution population genomics to improve honey bee health

Vaishali Katju, PhD
Evolution genetics and genomics, gene duplication, compensatory mutations and adaptation

Anna Linderholm, PhD
Ancient DNA a window into the past

Mariana Mateos, PhD
Evolution of host-symbiont associations using the association between Drosophila flies and Spiroplasma bacteria

William Murphy, PhD
Mammalian evolutionary genetics

Seth Murray, PhD
Maize (corn) genetic improvement and discovery using plant breeding, molecular quantitative genetics, high throughput field phenotyping and statistical analysis methods
MEDICAL GENETICS- HUMAN AND ANIMAL

Helene Andrews-Polymenis, PhD
Molecular pathogenesis of Salmonellae

Kayla Bayless, PhD
Endothelial invasion in 3D matrices and Extracellular matrix biology

Zhilei Chen, PhD
Creation and engineering of affordable protein therapeutics to prevent and treat infectious diseases

Jeffrey Cirillo, PhD
Molecular genetics of mammals and bacterial respiratory pathogens including pneumonia and tuberculosis infections

Shaunna Clark, PhD
Genetic and epigenetic basis of substance use and addiction, statistical methods and software development

Tracy Clement, PhD
Integrative approach to elucidate the molecular basis of cyto/nucleo morphogenesis in the spermatid, called spermiogenesis

Michael Criscitiello, PhD
Comparative Immunogenetics

Brian W. Davis, PhD
Genome evolution, selection affects on natural and human-managed animal populations, computational biology and bioinformatics to understand heritable disease, phenotypic variation, and cancer

Scott Dindot, PhD
Genetic and epigenetic basis of disease, with a particular interest in neurological disorders associated with genomic imprinting

Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Mechanisms of breast carcinogenesis

Akhilesh Gaharwar, PhD
Design of bioresponsive materials for regenerative medicine, therapeutic delivery, and 3D bioprinting by combining diverse disciplines, including materials science, chemistry, cells biology, genetics, additive manufacturing and molecular/cellular medicine

Jessica Galloway-Peña, PhD
Studies the pathobiome, or pathogens and the associated microbiota likely to influence the persistence, transmission, and evolution of pathogens, clinical contributors to the development of antibiotic resistance infections in high risk populations.

Clare Gill, PhD
Molecular and computational tools for mapping quantitative trait loci

Vishal Gohil, PhD
Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Energy Metabolism

Richard Gomer, PhD
Tissue size regulation, tissue cell composition, and fibrosing diseases

Shaodong Guo, PhD
Impact of plant-derived diets and nutrients on organ physiology in mice and humans, improving human health

John Hettema, PhD
Clinical focus on epidemiology, genetics, and biology of human anxiety and related disorders

Nancy Ing, PhD
Steroid hormone action on reproductive tissues in mammals

Cédric G. Geoffroy, PhD
Cell-specific molecular changes associated with age and injury of the central nervous system (spinal cord injury) to enhance functional recovery

Fei Liu, PhD
Molecular cues for development and regeneration of tooth roots

Jerome Menet, PhD
Regulation of rhythmic gene expression by the circadian clock in the mouse

Rajesh Miranda, PhD
Fetal Brain Development, Stem cells, microRNAs and Teratology

William Murphy, PhD
Mammalian evolutionary genetics

Vlad Panin, PhD
Developmental Biology / Glycosylation and Cell Interactions

Weston Porter, PhD
Identification and characterization of factors involved in mammary gland development and breast cancer

Terje Raudsepp, PhD
Animal Genomics and molecular Cytogenetics; genomics of sex chromosomes; genomics of sexual development and reproduction

Joseph Rutkowski, PhD
Genetic manipulations of lymphatic endothelial cell biology. Lymphatic circulation and interstitial flux changes in pathological states

James Samuel, PhD
Molecular Pathogenesis of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever

Irtisha Singh, PhD
Uncovering transcriptional and co-transcriptional regulatory programs in normal and diseased states

Raquel Sitcheran,PhD
NF-kappaB regulation of mitochondrial function in cancer cell invasion and metabolism

Jon Skare,PhD
Pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterial agent of Lyme disease

Jianxun (Jim) Song, PhD
Cellular regulation of T-cell immunity and tolerance, and the main factors that affect T cell metabolic reprogramming.

Sarguru Subash BVSc, PhD
Host-pathogen interaction in the urinary tract

Yuxiang Sun, MD, PhD
Hunger hormone ghrelin signaling in obesity, diabetes, inflammation, aging lifespan/healthspan

David Threadgill, PhD
Mouse modeling of gene-environment interactions underlying human health and diseases

Robert Watson, PhD
Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Host Molecular Interactions

Phillip West, PhD
Understanding how mitochondria regulate innate immunity during infection, metabolic diseases, and cancer

Kurt Zhang, PhD
Advanced bioinformatics technology and applications using cutting-edge genomics/imaging techniques to study complicated human diseases with the integration of human population studies with animal studies
MICROBIAL GENETICS

Rodolfo Aramayo, PhD
Genetics, Epigenetics and Meiotic RNA Silencing

Deborah Bell-Pedersen, PhD
Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms

Mary Bryk, PhD
Regulation of gene expression and genome stability by chromatin

Jeffrey Cirillo, PhD
Molecular genetics of mammals and bacterial respiratory pathogens including pneumonia and tuberculosis infections

Brian W. Davis, PhD
Genome evolution, selection affects on natural and human-managed animal populations, computational biology and bioinformatics to understand heritable disease, phenotypic variation, and cancer

Jessica Galloway-Peña, PhD
Studies the pathobiome, or pathogens and the associated microbiota likely to influence the persistence, transmission, and evolution of pathogens, clinical contributors to the development of antibiotic resistance infections in high risk populations.

Jason Gill, PhD
Biology of bacteriophages and their application as antimicrobials

Shaodong Guo, PhD
We are using mouse genetics and gut microbiota analysis to identify the mechanisms of insulin resistance

Jenny Hyde, PhD
Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, that causes a tick-borne multisystemic infection in humans

Julian Leibowitz, PhD
Coronavirus Replication and Pathogenesis

Fei Liu, PhD
Molecular cues for development and regeneration of tooth roots

Mariana Mateos, PhD
Evolution of host-symbiont associations using the association between Drosophila flies and Spiroplasma bacteria

Jerome Menet, PhD
Regulation of rhythmic gene expression by the circadian clock in the mouse

Kevin Myles, PhD
Small RNA pathways in the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses

Beiyan Nan, PhD
Bacteria genetics, biochemistry and super-resolution microscopy techniques. Focusing on motility, cytoskeleton, cell wall synthesis, cell differentiation, cell polarity and cell-cell communication

Daniel Paredes-Sabja, PhD
Clostridioides difficile spore-host interactions, exosporium assembly and therapeutic development

Michael Polymenis, PhD
Coordination of cell growth with cell division

Hongmin Qin, PhD
Trafficking paradigms in flagella and the assembly of a microtubule-based beating machine

Matt Sachs, PhD
Mechanisms of translation regulation

James Samuel, PhD
Molecular Pathogenesis of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever

Deborah Siegele, PhD
Entering and exiting stationary phase in E. coli

Jon Skare,PhD
Pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterial agent of Lyme disease

Paul Straight, PhD
Microbial Interactions and Secondary Metabolism

Sarguru Subash BVSc, PhD
Host-pathogen interaction in the urinary tract

Deborah Threadgill, PhD
Comparative genomic studies with the Campylobacter

Robert Watson, PhD
Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Host Molecular Interactions

Xuejun Zhu , PhD
Biomolecular engineering for applications in health and agriculture, including discovery of biological molecules involved in microbe- and host-microbe interactions, designing probiotics to program the microbe-mediated interactions
MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS

Zachary Adelman, PhD
Gene editing and genetic engineering to develop novel genetics-based methods for controlling vector-borne disease transmission

Hubert Amrein, PhD
Taste perception, Chemosensory Neural Networks and Internal Nutrient Sensing

Vytas Bankaitis, PhD
Lipid-mediated Signal Transduction

Kayla Bayless, PhD
Endothelial invasion in 3D matrices and Extracellular matrix biology

Deborah Bell-Pedersen, PhD
Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms

Heath Blackmon, PhD
Sex chromosome evolution, phylogenetic comparative analyses and theoretical population genetics

Sarah Bondos, PhD
Hox transcription factors as master regulators and Biomaterials

Mary Bryk, PhD
Regulation of gene expression and genome stability by chromatin

Jeffrey Cirillo, PhD
Molecular genetics of mammals and bacterial respiratory pathogens including pneumonia and tuberculosis infections

Tracy Clement, PhD
Integrative approach to elucidate the molecular basis of cyto/nucleo morphogenesis in the spermatid, called spermiogenesis

Jorge Cruz-Reyes, PhD
RNA Editing in African Trypanosomes

Scott Dindot, PhD
Genetic and epigenetic basis of disease, with a particular interest in neurological disorders associated with genomics imprinting

Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Mechanisms of breast carcinogenesis

Akhilesh Gaharwar, PhD
Design of bioresponsive materials for regenerative medicine, therapeutic delivery, and 3D bioprinting by combining diverse disciplines, including materials science, chemistry, cells biology, genetics, additive manufacturing and molecular/cellular medicine.

Luis René García, PhD
Neural-Muscular Circuits and Behavioral Outputs in C. elegans

Cédric G. Geoffroy, PhD
Cell-specific molecular changes associated with age and injury of the central nervous system (spinal cord injury) to enhance functional recovery

Erin Giles, PhD
Obesity and postmenopausal breast cancers

Clare Gill, PhD
Molecular and computational tools for mapping quantitative trait loci

Vishal Gohil, PhD
Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Energy Metabolism

Michael Golding, PhD
Developmental Programming and biochemical mechanisms by which chromatin structure is altered during development and how these epigenetic changes cause birth defects and disease

Shaodong Guo, PhD
Impact of plant-derived diets and nutrients on organ physiology in mice and humans, improving human health

Paul Hardin, PhD
Molecular genetics of biological clocks in Drosophila

Ping He, PhD
Activation and signaling mechanisms of plant immunity upon pathogen infections using Arabidopsis, translation of knowledge from studying model plants to improve crop plants for stress resilience

Andy Herring, PhD
Genetic and environmental effects on cattle

Nancy Ing, PhD
Steroid hormone action on reproductive tissues in mammals

Geoffrey Kapler, PhD
Eukaryotic DNA replication, DNA damage checkpoints, genome instability, gene amplification

Jason Karpac, PhD
Investigating the origins of adaptive signaling networks that merge metabolism, innate immunity, and aging utilizing Drosophila genetics

Julian Leibowitz, PhD
Coronavirus Replication and Pathogenesis

Christine Merlin, PhD
Molecular genetics and genomics of circadian clocks and monarch butterfly migration

Kevin Myles, PhD
Small RNA pathways in the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses

Beiyan Nan, PhD
Bacteria genetics, biochemistry and super-resolution microscopy techniques. Focusing on motility, cytoskeleton, cell wall synthesis, cell differentiation, cell polarity and cell-cell communication

Sakiko Okumoto, PhD
Nitrogen metabolism and sensing in plants

Vlad Panin, PhD
Developmental Biology / Glycosylation and Cell Interactions

Kristin Patrick, PhD
Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes

Michael Polymenis, PhD
Coordination of cell growth with cell division

Weston Porter, PhD
Identification and characterization of factors involved in mammary gland development and breast cancer

Hongmin Qin, PhD
Trafficking paradigms in flagella and the assembly of a microtubule-based beating machine

Gregory Reeves, PhD
Systems biology tools — computational modeling and quantitative, live imaging — to study the signaling pathways that initialize differentiation using Drosophila

Bruce Riley, PhD
Inner ear development in zebrafish

Joseph Rutkowski, PhD
Genetic manipulations of lymphatic endothelial cell biology. Lymphatic circulation and interstitial flux changes in pathological states

Matt Sachs, PhD
Mechanisms of translation regulation

Dorothy Shippen, PhD
Telomeres, telomerase and genome structure in Arabidopsis

Irtisha Singh, PhD
Uncovering transcriptional and co-transcriptional regulatory programs in normal and diseased states

Raquel Sitcheran,PhD
NF-kappaB regulation of mitochondrial function in cancer cell invasion and metabolism

David Stelly, PhD
Plant Genetics, Cytogenetics, Biotechnology, Breeding and Genomics

Paul Straight, PhD
Microbial Interactions and Secondary Metabolism

Yuxiang Sun, MD, PhD
Hunger hormone ghrelin signaling in obesity, diabetes, inflammation, aging lifespan/healthspan

David Threadgill, PhD
Mouse modeling of gene-environment interactions underlying human health and diseases

Phillip West, PhD
Understanding how mitochondria regulate innate immunity during infection, metabolic diseases, and cancer

Linglin Xie, PhD
Molecular and genetic mechanisms of heart development and congenital heart defects, Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

John Z. Yu, PhD
Cotton Genomics and Germplasm Diversity

Hong-Bin Zhang, PhD
Crop Genetic Improvement and Variety Breeding

Kurt Zhang, PhD
Advanced bioinformatics technology and applications using cutting-edge genomics/imaging techniques to study complicated human diseases with the integration of human population studies with animal studies
PLANT GENETICS

Shaodong Guo, PhD
Impact of plant-derived diets and nutrients on organ physiology in mice and humans, improving human health

Ping He, PhD
Activation and signaling mechanisms of plant immunity upon pathogen infections using Arabidopsis, translation of knowledge from studying model plants to improve crop plants for stress resilience

Clint Magill, PhD
Fungal Genetics and Host Resistance

John Mullet, PhD
Genomics/genetics of energy sorghum design

Seth Murray, PhD
Maize (corn) genetic improvement and discovery using plant breeding, molecular quantitative genetics, high throughput field phenotyping and statistical analysis methods

Sakiko Okumoto, PhD
Nitrogen metabolism and sensing in plants

Endang Septiningsih, PhD
Plant genetics and genomics of environmental stress, grain quality, yield and other key agronomic traits in plants, with an emphasis on rice and peanuts

Dorothy Shippen, PhD
Telomeres, telomerase and genome structure in Arabidopsis

David Stelly, PhD
Plant Genetics, Cytogenetics, Biotechnology, Breeding and Genomics
