Department of Biology

Developmental Neurobiology

Cellular Organization and Behavior in the Archaea domain of life.

Neural development and behavior

Cytoskeletal mechanisms controlling cell morphogenesis

Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity

Repair of broken chromosomes and triggering of the DNA damage response

Antimicrobial design; targeted protein degradation; TSC2 activators; enzyme structure-function studies.

Molecular Neurobiology and RNA metabolism

mRNA translation in cellular differentiation and disease

Genetics and molecular biology of bacteria and yeast.

Modulation of Neural Networks

Gene Expression in Cellular Stress Responses

Computational and theoretical neuroscience

Evolution, Genetics, Epigenetics, History of Science, and Science Education

Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex

Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development.

Ecology, conservation biology, animal behavior.

Endosomal Membrane Traffic in Neurons.

Circadian Rhythms, Behavior, and Gene Expression.

Behavioral and neuronal development in C. elegans.

Molecular immunology. Antibody transport.

Activity-dependent regulation of neuronal properties.

Development and function of cortical circuits

Community ecology, phenology and climate change

Biology Education

Gene expression, cell differentiation and programmed cell death.

Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Physiology, BiomechanicsComparative Anatomy, Evolution Physiology, Biomechanics

Biology education and protein structure-function

Teaching Genetics and Genomic and Molecular Biotechnology

Super-resolution light microscopy and the structure of the synapse

Cell Differentiation, Centrioles, and Cell Death. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression in Naegleria.

Drosophila Neurogenetics

Comparative nutritional pathophysiology in man and animals. Lipoprotein metabolism and atherogenesis, diabetes and obesity.

Developmental immunology and immunogenetics.

Genetic counseling.

Mammalian embryogenesis. Gene expression in single cells.

Neural Development