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Department of Biology Research
 

Cell and Developmental Biology

primary faculty

Ted Abel
molecular mechanisms of long-term memory storage

Nancy Bonini
role of the eyes absent gene in eye formation; transgenic models for human neurodegenerative disease

Anthony Cashmore
photoregulatory signal regulation

Fevzi Daldal
photosynthetic and respiratory electron transfer pathways and structure, function and biogenesis of cytochrome complexes

Kim Gallagher
analysis of intercellular protein trafficking

Mark Goulian
two-component signaling in E. coli. regulation of porin expression, directed evolution of signaling circuits

Greg Guild
shaping Drosophila cells with the actin cytoskeleton

Wei Guo
molecular basis of polarized exocytosis

Junhyong Kim
evolution of gene regulation and developmental systems, computational infrastructure for deducing the tree of life, comparatve genomics and molecular evolution

Michael A. Lampson
cell division, intracellular signaling

R. Scott Poethig

genetic regulation of plant morphogenesis

Mecky Pohlschröder
protein translocation in archaea

Philip A. Rea
energy-dependent transport across plant membranes

Lawrence C. Rome
design and function of muscular systems for locomotion and sound production

David S. Roos
cell biology and molecular genetics of protozoan parasites Toxoplasma and Plasmodium (malaria); eukaryotic evolution; computational biology

Marc F. Schmidt
encoding of complex motor behaviors; auditory feedback and vocal learning

Richard Schultz
egg activation and gene expression in mouse embryos

Tatyana Svitkini
how cells move: molecular hardware of cell motility

Lewis Tilney
cell biology of actin and microfilaments

Doris Wagner
control of the onset of reproduction in Arabidopsis

Eric S. Weinberg
genetic control of embryonic pattern, brain development and organogenesis in the zebrafish embryo

Sally H. Zigmond
cell motility and chemotaxis

 


adjunct faculty

Berger, Shelley - Wistar Institute
Regulation of gene expression; relationship between chromatin structure and transcription function

Coleman, Thomas - Fox Chase Cancer Center
Mechanism of eukaryotic cell proliferation using cell free extracts from Xenopus eggs; molecular mechanisms governing cell cycle regulation.

Moss, Eric - Fox Chase Cancer Center
Heterochronic genes and mechanisms of developmental timing in C. elegans and higher organisms; RNA-binding proteins and translational regulation in development.

 


Research
Department of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

last updated May 22, 2007