Graduate Studies
Genetics, Cellular & Molecular Sciences Training Grant
Training Faculty
| GCMS Faculty | Contact | Description |
|---|---|---|
 Zachary Aron Affiliate: Assistant Professor of Chemistry | zaron [at] indiana.edu 856-4862 | Chemical synthesis using biosynthetic assembly lines. |
 Farrah Bashey-Visser Assistant Scientist Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | fbasheyv [at] indiana.edu 812-855-1962 Sycamore Hall 039 | Evolutionary ecology of life-history and social strategies, evolution of virulence. |
 Carl Bauer Adjunct: Professor and Chair of Biochemistry | bauer [at] indiana.edu 812-855-6595/5-8443(lab) SI 305A / SI 313 / 317 (lab) | Oxygen and light regulation or gene expression; Biosynthesis of heme and chlorophyll; Prokaryotic development. |
 Yves Brun Clyde Culbertson Professor of Biology Microbiology | ybrun [at] indiana.edu 812-855-8860/5-7239(lab) JH 447G / JH 447F (lab) | Mechanism, regulation, and evolution of bacterial shape, differentiation, and biofilm formation. |
 Brian Calvi Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | bcalvi [at] indiana.edu 812-855-5450 JH 361B | Cell cycle control of DNA replication and genome stability. |
 Erin Carlson Affiliate: Assistant Professor of Chemistry | carlsone [at] indiana.edu 855-3665 SI 200B | Development and application of advanced chemical biology and systems biology technologies to both define the mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and identify potential therapeutic agents. |
 Lingling Chen Adjunct: Associate Professor of Biochemistry | linchen [at] indiana.edu 812-855-0491 SI 400A / SI 415 (lab) | Biochemistry and structure of molecular chaperon GroEL/GroES in protein folding, cell-cell communication via quorum sensing in bacteria, transcriptional regulators of IclR family |
 Peter Cherbas Emeritus Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | cherbas [at] indiana.edu 812-855-6273 JH A317 | Drosophila development and genomics; Nuclear receptors. |
 Keith Clay Distinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | clay [at] indiana.edu 812-855-8158/5-1674(lab) JH 159B / JH 159 (lab) | Microbial interactions: ecology, symbiosis, disease. |
 Jared Cochran Affiliate: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry | jcc6 [at] indiana.edu 812-855-6935 SI 400B | Development of a metal switch for controlling the activity of P-loop NTPases; kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of unconventional kinesin-microtubule systems; high resolution structural and mechanistic studies of tubulin-protein interactions. |
 John Colbourne Associate Scientist, Associate Director, Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics | jcolbour [at] indiana.edu 812-856-0099 MY 160 | Functional genomics for ecology, evolution, and the environmental sciences. |
 David Daleke Adjunct: Associate Professor of Medical Sciences | daleked [at] indiana.edu 812-855-6902/5-6161(lab) MY 200B / MY 200 (lab) | Structure and organization of biological membranes; phospholipid transporters; effect of diabetes on membrane structure. |
 Charles Dann III Affiliate: Assistant Professor of Chemistry | cedann [at] indiana.edu 856-1704 SI 320D | Determination of atomic resolution structures of RNA and protein macromolecules by X-ray crystallography, particualrly cis-acting regulatory RNAs termed riboswitches and the gene products (proteins) that they regulate. |
 Pranav Danthi Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | pdanthi [at] indiana.edu 812-856-2449 SI 220B | Reovirus-host interactions. |
 Jim Drummond Adjunct: Associate Professor of Biochemistry | jadrummo [at] indiana.edu 812-856-4184/6-4184(lab) SI 305C / SI 301 (lab) | Limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins; a minimalist approach to structure and function. |
 Wayne Forrester Adjunct: Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences | wforrest [at] indiana.edu 812-856-5304 MY 259 | Mechanisms of directed cell migration in C. elegans. |
 Patricia Foster Professor of Biology Microbiology | plfoster [at] indiana.edu 812-855-4084/5-4054(lab) JH 447E / JH 447A(lab) | Mutagenesis, DNA repair, replication, and recombination. |
 Clay Fuqua Professor and Chair of Biology Microbiology | cfuqua [at] indiana.edu 812-856-6005/6-5186(lab) JH 425E /JH 425 (lab) | Multicellular interactions of bacteria. |
 Irene Garcia Newton Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | irnewton [at] indiana.edu 812-855-3883 JH 221C | Functional genomics of environmental microbes and symbiosis. |
 David Giedroc Adjunct: Professor of Chemistry | giedroc [at] indiana.edu 812-856-3178/6-6398(lab) SI 320A / SI 310 (lab) | Zinc- and copper-specific metal sensor proteins from bacterial pathogens, translational frameshifting, and RNA structure and function in mammalian coronavirus replication. |
 Matthew Hahn Associate Professor of Biology and Informatics Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | mwh [at] indiana.edu 812-856-7001/6-7016(lab) JH 249B / JH 249 (lab) | Computational and evolutionary genomics; evolution of transcriptional regulation; molecular population genetics. |
 Roger Hangarter Class of 1968 Chancellor's Professor Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | rhangart [at] indiana.edu 812-855-5456/5-2179(lab) MY 352 / MY 330 (lab) | Plant physiology: environmental sensory-response systems and plant development. |
 Peter Hollenhorst Adjunct: Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences | pchollen [at] iupui.edu 812-855-1151 JH 209 | Mechanisms of transcription factor specificity in cancer. |
 Ke Hu Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | kehu [at] indiana.edu 812-855-0166/5-0311(lab) MY 216A / MY 230 (lab) | Cytoskeletal biogenesis of apicomplexan parasites. |
 Heather Hundley Adjunct: Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences | hahundle [at] indiana.edu 812-855-0675 JH 204 | Post-transcriptional mechanisms of regulating gene expression. |
 Roger Innes Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | rinnes [at] indiana.edu 812-855-2219/5-2852(lab) MY 316B / MY 302 (lab) | Molecular genetics of plant/pathogen interactions. |
 Cheng Kao Adjunct: Professor of Biochemistry | ckao [at] indiana.edu 812-855-7583 SI 205A | Biochemistry of RNA virus infection and innate immunity. |
 Thom Kaufman Distinguished Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | kaufman [at] indiana.edu 812-855-3033/5-7674(lab) JH A508 / JH A505 (lab) | Cytogenetics, developmental genetics, and molecular genetics of Drosophila. |
 Daniel Kearns Associate Professor of Biology Microbiology | dbkearns [at] indiana.edu 812-856-2523/6-2559(lab) JH 469/JH 432 (lab) | Bacterial motility and multicellular behavior. |
 David Kehoe Professor of Biology Microbiology | dkehoe [at] indiana.edu 812-856-4715 JH A413A | Environmental regulation of gene expression in bacteria. |
 Justin Kumar Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | jkumar [at] indiana.edu 812-856-2621/6-2702(lab) MY 202A / MY 202 (lab) | Specification, patterning and proliferation of the developing retina. |
 Curt Lively Distinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | clively [at] indiana.edu 812-855-1842/5-3282(lab) JH 117B / JH 116/117 (lab) | Evolution and coevolution; sex, virulence and genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions. |
 Michael Lynch Distinguished Professor of Biology, Class of 1954 Professor Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | milynch [at] indiana.edu 812-855-7384/6-0115(lab) JH 324C / JH 327 (lab) | Evolution, population genetics, and genomics. |
 Melanie Marketon Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | mmarketo [at] indiana.edu 812-856-3198/5-6055(lab) JH 469A/455 (lab) | Molecular mechanisms of pathogenic microbe-host interactions. |
 Jake McKinlay Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | jmckinla [at] indiana.edu 812-855-0359/5-9332(lab) JH A309 / A308 (lab) | Microbial metabolism and its role in cell physiology, the environment, and biotechnology. |
 Armin Moczek Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | armin [at] indiana.edu 812-856-1468/6-1783(lab) MY 102D / MY 102 (lab) | Evolution and Development; Insect Genomics; Developmental Plasticity; Behavioral Ecology and Sexual Selection; Insect Endocrinology; Invasive Species and post-invasion Evolution; Natural History of Onthophagus beetles. |
 Kristi Montooth Assistant Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | montooth [at] indiana.edu 812-856-2589 JH A318A | Evolutionary physiological genetics, population genetics, biochemical adaptation. |
 Leonie Moyle Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | lmoyle [at] indiana.edu 812-856-7027/6-7051(lab) JH 325C / JH 325 (lab) | Genetics of speciation and adaptation, Comparative genomics, Evolutionary ecology, Plant reproduction. |
 Tuli Mukhopadhyay Associate Professor of Biology Microbiology | sumukhop [at] indiana.edu 812-856-3686/6-3633(lab) SI 220C / SI 019 (lab) | Structure and assembly of enveloped, RNA viruses. |
 David Nelson Adjunct: Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology | nelsonde [at] indiana.edu 812-856-2813/5-3145(lab) MS 420 | Chlamydial Biology, Microbial Pathogenesis and Pathogen Discovery. |
![Thumbnail photo for Kenneth Nephew [missing]](/img/app-profiles/faculty-no_photo.jpg) Kenneth Nephew Affiliate: Professor of Medical Sciences | knephew [at] indiana.edu 855-9445 JH 302 | Cancer epigenetics; cancer stem cells; ovarian cancer; breast cancer, cancer biomarkers; cancer informatics; estrogen hormone action; microRNAs and cancer. |
 Martha Oakley Affiliate: Associate Professor of Chemistry | oakley [at] indiana.edu 855-4843 /856-5607 SI 320B | Bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; phosphoinositide control of protein function; structure-function relationships. |
 Jeffrey Palmer Distinguished Professor and Class of 1955 Professor Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | jpalmer [at] indiana.edu 812-855-8892 JH 235C / JH 229/235 (lab) | Comparative genomics and molecular evolution: Horizontal gene transfer in plants and fungi. Evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes and RNA editing. Intracellular transfer of organellar genes to the nucleus. Evolution of mutation rates. Molecular phylogeny of plants. |
 Craig Pikaard HHMI-GBMF Investigator and Carlos O. Miller Professor Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | cpikaard [at] indiana.edu 812-855-1874/5-2659(lab) MY 300 | Mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing and large-scale epigenetic control. |
 Joe Pomerening Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | jpomeren [at] indiana.edu 812-856-3952 SI 043F / SI 043 | 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 Raff Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | raff [at] indiana.edu 812-855-5287 MY 100A | Specification of three-dimensional biological form. |
 Rudolf Raff Distinguished Professor and James H. Rudy Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | raffr [at] indiana.edu 812-855-2791 MY 102A | Evolutionary developmental biology; Evolution of early development; Larval origins; How embryos fossilize. |
 Dean Rowe-Magnus Associate Professor of Biology Microbiology | drowemag [at] indiana.edu 812-855-8514/6-0723(lab) JH 451(lab) | Integrons and Super-Integrons; biofilm formation; c-di-GMP signalling pathways; natural competence; ecology and pathogenesis in the Vibrionaceae. |
 Sidney Shaw Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | sishaw [at] indiana.edu 812-856-5001 MY 354 | Microtubule dynamics and cellular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. |
 Nicholas Sokol Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | nsokol [at] indiana.edu 812-856-6812/6-4914(lab) JH A504/JH A502A(lab) | MicroRNA Function in Drosophila. |
 Michael VanNieuwenhze Affiliate: Associate Professor of Chemistry | mvannieu [at] indiana.edu 856-7545 SI 200A | Inhibition of bacterial cell wall (peptidoglycan) biosynthesis; synthesis and biological study of movel agents for use in cancer chemotherapy. |
 Michael Wade Distinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | mjwade [at] indiana.edu 812-856-4680/6-4996(lab) JH 131C / JH 131/145 (lab) | 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. |
 Claire Walczak Adjunct: Professor, Medical Sciences | cwalczak [at] indiana.edu 812-855-5919/5-6785(lab) MY 262 / MY 260 (lab) | Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation; Regulation of microtubule dynamics during interphase and mitosis. |
 Andrew Zelhof Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | azelhof [at] indiana.edu 812-855-0294 JH 357A | Photoreceptor cell morphogenesis |
 Adam Zlotnick Adjunct: Professor of Biochemistry | azlotnic [at] indiana.edu 812-856-1925/6-1874 SI 220D/SI 217A | Biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures. |
 Miriam Zolan Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | mzolan [at] indiana.edu 812-855-6694/5-3692(lab) JH 217 / 219/221 (lab) | Meiosis and DNA Repair |