| Justen
Andrews |
Gene regulatory networks controlling
sex in arthropods. |
(lab) |
| Carl
Bauer |
Oxygen and light regulation
of gene expression; Biosynthesis of heme
and chlorophyll; Prokaryotic development. |
(lab) |
|
Alan Bender |
Higher education. |
(site) |
| James
Bever |
Ecology and evolution of plants
and fungi. |
|
| J.
Jose Bonner |
Improving science literacy. |
|
| Yves
V. Brun |
Cell cycle control, cell division,
and cell differentiation in bacteria. Bacterial
adhesion. |
|
| Lingling
Chen |
Structural and biochemical
studies on protein-protein interactions in
GroEL-mediated protein folding and microbial
communications. |
(lab) |
| Peter
Cherbas |
Drosophila development and
genomics; Nuclear receptors. |
(lab) |
| Keith
Clay |
Microbial Interactions: Ecology,
Symbiosis, Disease. |
(lab) |
| Lynda
Delph |
Evolutionary ecology, plant
reproductive biology. |
(lab) |
| Greg
Demas |
Behavioral endocrinology; neuroendocrine-immune interactions; aggression; biological rhythms; seasonality. |
(lab) |
| Thomas
F. Donahue |
Genetic, molecular and biochemical
analysis of translation initiation in yeast. |
|
| Jim
Drummond |
Limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins: a minimalist approach to structure and function. |
|
| Viola
Ellison |
Human chromosome duplication
and maintenance of genome integrity. |
|
| Mark
Estelle |
Molecular genetics of hormone
action in Arabidopsis. |
(lab) |
| Pat
Foster |
Mutagenesis, DNA repair, replication,
and recombination. | |
| Clay
Fuqua |
Multicellular interactions
of bacteria. |
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| Jim Goodson |
Neural/neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behavior; comparative neuroanatomy; evolution of avian sociality. |
|
| Matthew Hahn |
Computational and Evolutionary Genomics; Evolution of Transcriptional Regulation; Molecular Population Genetics. |
(lab) |
| Spencer Hall |
Ecology of infectious disease and food web interactions in freshwater environments. |
(lab) |
| Roger
Hangarter |
Plant physiology: Environmental
sensory-response systems and plant development. |
(lab) |
| Richard
Hardy |
Genome functions of RNA viruses
and the roles of trans-acting factors. |
|
| Ke Hu |
Cytoskeletal biogenesis of apicomplexan parasites. |
|
| Laura
Hurley |
Neuromodulation of the auditory
system; modulator-induced plasticity in neural
circuits underlying behavior. |
|
| Roger
Innes |
Molecular genetics of plant/pathogen
interactions. |
(lab) |
| Thomas
Kaufman |
Cytogenetics, developmental
genetics, and molecular genetics of Drosophila. |
|
| Daniel Kearns |
Bacterial motility and multicellular behavior. |
|
| David Kehoe |
Environmental regulation of gene expression in bacteria. |
(lab) |
| Ellen
Ketterson |
Avian biology; avian migration;
mating systems and parental care; hormones
and behavior; physiological mechanisms underlying
trade-offs in life histories; using hormones
to explore adaptation; dominance and aggression;
population dynamics during the non-breeding
season. |
(lab) |
| Justin
Kumar |
Compound Eye Development in
the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. |
(lab) |
| Curt
Lively |
Evolution and coevolution;
sex, virulence and genetic diversity in host-parasite
interactions. |
(lab) |
| Michael
Lynch |
Evolution of molecules, genome
structure, and phenotypes. |
(lab) |
| Melanie Marketon |
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenic microbe-host interactions. |
|
| Emília
Martins |
Evolution of complex behavioral
traits; phylogenies and the comparative method. |
(lab) |
| Scott
Michaels |
Molecular genetics of flowering
time regulation in Arabidopsis and
other species. |
(lab) |
| Tai Min |
Molecular mechanisms of Down syndrome, neurological disorders, and aging. |
|
| Armin
Moczek |
Evolutionary developmental
biology, phenotypic plasticity, morphological
and behavioral diversity in arthropods. |
(lab) |
| Kristi Montooth |
Evolutionary physiological genetics; population genetics; biochemical adaptation. |
|
| Leonie Moyle |
Genetics of speciation and adaptation, comparative genomics, evolutionary ecology, plant reproduction. |
(lab) |
| Tuli Mukhopadhyay |
Structure and assembly of enveloped, RNA viruses. |
|
| David Nelson |
Chlamydial virulence factors and host response. |
|
| Jeffrey
D. Palmer |
Molecular evolution: Lateral
transfer of mitochondrial genes to the nucleus
and between organisms. Evolution of mutation
rates. Molecular phylogeny. |
(lab) |
| Yean Chooi Odle |
Teaching and engaging introductory biology students, especially non-majors. |
|
| Richard Phillips |
Biogeochemical consequences of plant-soil-microbial interactions in terrestrial ecosystems. |
|
| Joe Pomerening |
Signal transduction pathways governing early embryonic and somatic cell cycles, and understanding the integration of feedback loops and other signaling elements in their M-phase control systems. |
|
| Elizabeth
C. Raff |
Specification of three-dimensional biological form in cells and in evolution |
|
| Rudolf
A. Raff |
Evolutionary developmental biology; Evolution of early development; Larval origins; How embryos fossilize. |
|
| Heather
Reynolds |
Plant community ecology; plant-soil-microbial interactions. |
(lab) |
| Loren
H. Rieseberg |
Plant evolutionary genomics; speciation; domestication; invasiveness; Compositae genomics; conservation. |
(lab) |
| Sidney L. Shaw |
Microtubule dynamics and cellular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. |
|
| Troy
Smith |
Neural and hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior. |
(lab) |
| Nicholas Sokol |
MicroRNA Function in Drosophila |
|
| Stefan
J. Surzycki |
Characterization of C.
reinhardti VNTR sequences. Study of C.
reinhardti transposons. |
|
| Michael
Tansey |
Mycology teaching. |
|
| Milton
Taylor |
The interferon response in hepatitis C patients. A study using DNA array technology to explain the differences in response to treatment. Molecular mechanism of synergy between different interferons using array technology, and various virus systems. |
(lab) |
| Gregory Velicer |
Ecology and evolution of bacterial social behavior. |
|
| Michael
J. Wade |
Evolution in metapopulations;
Genetic basis of speciation in Tribolium;
Epistasis; Evolutionary genetics of maternal
effects; Sexual selection and alternative
male mating strategies; Coevolution of arthropod
hosts and Wolbachia endosymbionts. |
(lab) |
| Maxine
A. Watson |
Plant developmental ecology |
(lab) |
| Malcolm
E. Winkler |
The physiology, pathogenesis,
molecular genetics, stress responses, and
genomics of the gram-positive human respiratory
pathogenic bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae. |
(lab) |
| Joel
Ybe |
X-ray crystallographic and
biochemical studies of membrane vesicle protein
coats. |
(lab) |
| Andrew Zelhof |
Metamorphosis of Drosophila photoreceptor cells. |
|
| Miriam
E. Zolan |
Meiosis and DNA repair. |
|
| Tal
Bosin |
Pulmonary and indole pharmacology. Oxidative
stress induced injury. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
|
| Karen Bush |
Antibacterial drug discovery and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. |
|
| David
Daleke |
Structure and organization of biological membranes;
phospholipid transporters; effect of diabetes
on membrane structure. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
(lab) |
| Richard
DiMarchi |
Current scientific activities of the laboratory
are focused on the relationship of protein structure & function,
with a particular interest in novel methods of
drug delivery. (Department
of Chemistry) |
|
| Wayne
Forrester |
Mechanisms of directed cell
migration in C. elegans. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
(lab) |
| James Glazier |
Biosensors, computational and developmental biology. (Biocomplexity Institute) |
|
| Elizabeth Housworth |
Statistical genetics. (Department of Mathematics) |
|
| Sengyong Lee |
Study of superoxide induced post-translational
modification of yeast heat shock transcription
factor (HSF) for its role in the regulation of
heat shock response. (Ivy
Tech State College-Bloomington) |
|
| Elisabeth Lloyd |
Units and levels of selection; the evolution of female orgasm; history and philosophy of biology. (Department of History & Philosophy of Science) |
(lab) |
| Vicky
Meretsky |
Conservation biology. (School
of Public and Environmental Affairs) |
|
| Joseph
Near |
Biochemical processes in chemical
neurotransmission; catecholamine and serotonin
transport systems in storage vesicles and the
presynaptic plasma membrane. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
|
| Anton
Neff |
Molecular analysis of embryonic development,
wound healing and regeneration. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
|
| Kenneth
Nephew |
DNA methylation
in ovarian cancer, breast cancer chemoprevention,
spinal cord regeneration, steroid hormone action.
(Medical
Sciences Program) |
|
| Martha
Oakley |
Specificity
of coiled-coil interactions and protein-lipid
interactions. (Department
of Chemistry) |
|
| David
Parkhurst |
Mathematics and statistics in ecology, environmental
science, and public policy. (School
of Public and Environmental Affairs) |
|
| Flynn Picardal |
Environmental microbiology, microbial geochemistry,
and bioremediation. (School
of Public and Environmental Affairs) |
|
| David Polly |
Vertebrate paleontology and comparative morphological variation at the level of the metapopulation. (Department of Geology) |
(lab) |
| Anne Prieto |
Function and signaling of receptor tyrosine
kinases and their ligands in the developing and
mature nervous system. (Department
of Psychology) |
|
| J.C.
Randolph |
Forest ecology. Ecological aspects of global
environmental change, with particular interests
in forestry and agriculture. Applications of
geographic information systems (GIS) and remote
sensing in environmental and natural resources
management. Landscape ecology and regional-scale
modeling. Physiological ecology of woody plants
and of small mammals. (School
of Public and Environmental Affairs) |
|
| Kathy
Schick |
Paleoanthropology, African prehistory. (Department
of Anthropology) |
|
| Dale Sengelaub |
Neural development; neural plasticity; hormones
and behavior. (Department
of Psychology) |
|
| Craig
Stewart |
High performance computing applications for
phylogenetic inference; bioinformatics. Grid
and supercomputing architectures. (UITS)
|
|
| Roderick Suthers |
Neural and physiological bases of acoustic
behavior. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
(lab) |
| William Timberlake |
Analysis of the perceptual-motor, regulatory,
rhythmic, and neurophysiological structures and
processes that underlie behavior. (Department
of Psychology) |
|
| Thomas
Tolbert |
Biochemistry
and Glycobiology. Protein Chemistry; Semisynthesis
of modified proteins; Production and study
of glycoproteins using chemoenzymatic and biosynthetic
methods; Bioorganic Chemistry; Isotopic labeling
of biomolecules; Biomolecular NMR. (Department
of Chemistry) |
|
| Nicholas
Toth |
Paleoanthropology, lithic technology, African prehistory. (Department
of Anthropology) |
|
| Claire E. Walczak |
Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and
chromosome segregation; Regulation of microtubule
dynamics during interphase and mitosis. (Medical
Sciences Program) |
(lab) |
| Meredith J. West |
Development of communicative behavior. (Department
of Psychology) |
(lab) |
| Theodore
Widlanski |
Bioorganic methodology;
enzyme reaction mechanisms; anti-breast tumor
agents; DNA polymerization; new strategies
for HIV inhibition; phosphotyrosine phosphatases:
biomimetic catalysis. (Department
of Chemistry) |
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