Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Research
Research training opportunities in the Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology area of concentration extend across the molecular, cellular, intercellular and organismal levels of biology.
During their course of study, students in this area can choose to become part of a wide range of laboratory projects including investigations into the maintenance and replication of genomes, mechanisms of inherited disease, infection and immunity, signal transduction and evolution. The spectrum of experimental approaches includes in vitro systems, bacterial, yeast, animal and human cell culture, animal models and population studies.
Students in this area have the chance to experience research first hand alongside experts in their fields. They utilize the most modern tools and techniques in molecular and cell biology including DNA cloning and sequencing, genetic manipulation of bacterial, insect and animal cells and their viruses, protein mutagenesis and expression, high resolution light and epifluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, mass spectrometry, bioinformatics and proteomics.
Students with a degree with concentration in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology are equipped for careers in academia, clinical research and testing, or industry with subcategories of molecular biology, cell biology, immunology and ecology.
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Researchers
- Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Scott E. Baird, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences, Director of CoSM Undergraduate Research Program
- Nancy J. Bigley, Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology; Professor, Pathology
- Thomas L. Brown, Ph.D., Associate Chair for Research, Boonshoft School of Medicine; Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology; Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Paula Ann Bubulya, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Biological Sciences
- Yanfang Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Neurology, and Internal Medicine,
- Kwang-jin Cho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- David Cool, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Adrian M. Corbett, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Mauricio Di Fulvio, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Steven R. Higgins, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry; Associate Director, Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program
- Bradley S. Jacobs, M.D., Chief, Professor, and Residency Program Director, Neurology
- Shulin Ju, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Assistant Dean for Research Affairs, BSOM
- J. Ashot Kozak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Dan E. Krane, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences
- Michael Leffak, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Robert Lober, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Weiwen Long, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Michael P. Markey, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Director, Center for Genomics Research
- Debra Ann Mayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- John V. Paietta, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Jeffrey L. Peters, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Jaime E Ramirez-Vick, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
- Hongmei Ren, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- S. Dean Rider, Jr., Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Thomas Rooney, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences
- Labib Rouhana, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Ravi Sahu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Richard Simman, M.D., Clinical Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- John Stireman, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences
- Courtney Sulentic, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Keiichiro Susuki, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Jeffrey Bryant Travers, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Professor, Dermatology
- Dawn P. Wooley, Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Lucile E Wrenshall, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Yong-jie Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Quan Zhong, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
