Faculty & Research
Research Faculty

Cellular Organization and Behavior in the Archaea domain of life
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Regulation of Protein Phosphatases and the Evolution of Cellular Signaling

Developmental control of gene expression.
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Self-organization of Living and Active matter
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Single-molecule Biochemistry and Biophysics. Transcription and RNA processing. Cytoskeletal networks and regulation.
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The Biochemistry of Behavior
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Repair of broken chromosomes and triggering of the DNA damage response
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Antimicrobial design; targeted protein degradation; TSC2 activators; enzyme structure-function studies.
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Uncovering fundamental molecular mechanisms of virus translocation across biological membranes
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Molecular Neurobiology and RNA metabolism
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Mechanisms for control of mitochondrial protein activity, quality, and lifespan
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Physical Biology of the Cell

Chemical glycobiology and organic chemistry
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Expertise: Genomics of brain development

Genetics and molecular biology of bacteria and yeast

Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex
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Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development.
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Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance; single molecule approaches to study chromatin associated factors in vitro and in cells.

Complex fluids and biological physics; programmable self-assembly of soft materials; colloidal interactions and phase transitions; DNA nanotechnology; self-organization of active matter; optical trapping and single-molecule science.

Circadian Rhythms, Behavior, and Gene Expression
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Neurogenetics of sensory behaviors
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Structural bioinformatics analysis of telomeric complexes, integrating X-ray crystallographic structure determination, molecular evolution, and structure-function studies.
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Homeostasis and Neural Circuit Plasticity and Function
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Master's Advising Head

Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics