Program Leader: Dominique Alfandari
alfandar@vasci.umass.edu
Office Manager and Primary MCB Contact:
Sarah Czerwonka
Email: s.czerwonka@umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-4408
Program Coordinator:
Maggie DeGregorio
Email: mdegregorio@umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-2046
MCB Mailing Address:
204C French Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
MCB Email: mcb@mcb.umass.edu
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Benjamin Adams PhD Student |
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Siddheshwari Advani PhD Student |
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Korin Albert PhD Student |
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R. Craig Albertson Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
336 Morrill II South |
Evolutionary Developmental Biology |
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Dominique R. Alfandari Professor of Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts |
661 North pleasant street, ISB 427B |
Cell migration in Developmental systems |
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Constance Angelou PhD Student |
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Kathleen F. Arcaro Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
Life Sciences Laboratories Office N225 Lab N240 |
Environmental Toxicology |
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Margaux Audett PhD Student |
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Dilay Hazal Ayhan PhD Student |
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Courtney C. Babbitt Assistant Professor and Honors Faculty, Department of Biology |
330 Morrill 2 |
Evolutionary Genomics |
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Saikeshavan Balchand PhD Student |
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Cynthia L. Baldwin Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427E ISB |
Cellular Immunity: Intracellular Microbes and gamma delta T cells |
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Keith Ballard PhD Student |
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Michael J. Barresi Professor, Smith College |
How Glial Cells Help Wire the Nervous System |
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Madelaine Bartlett Assistant Professor, Biology |
374B Morrill IV South |
Evolution of plant development; Molecular evolution |
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Tobias Baskin Professor, Biology |
375F Morrill IV South |
Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis During Growth & Development |
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Magdalena Bezanilla Professor, Biology |
375D Morrill IV South |
The role of the actin cytoskeleton in the morphogenesis and development of plant cells |
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Eric L. Bittman Professor, Department of Biology |
420G Morrill III South |
Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function |
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Amye Black PhD Student |
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Samuel J. Black Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427G ISB |
Molecular Basis of Innate Immunity Against Parasitic Protozoa |
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Jeffrey L. Blanchard Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
LSL N571 |
Microbial cellular and community networks; influence of environmental change on the evolution of molecular processes; systems biology; bioinformatics |
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John P. Burand Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
202A Fernald Hall |
Molecular Biology of Insect Viruses, and Insect Pathology |
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Cameron Butova PhD Student |
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Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
Room N425, Life Sciences Laboratories |
Evolutionary genomics of adaptation and divergence in wild, weedy and crop plant species |
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Mine Canakci PhD Student |
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| Stuart Cane | ||
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Elizabeth Chan MS Student |
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Karthik Chandiran PhD Student |
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Min Chen Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
865 LGRT B |
Application of Proteins in Biotechnology; Functional Mechanism of Membrane Protein Pores, Channels and Transporters |
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Alice Cheung Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LGRT 1226 |
Molecular and cell biology of male-female interaction and polarized cell growth in plant reproduction |
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Peter Chien Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LSL N325 |
Regulated Protein Degradation in Bacterial Cell-Cycle Progression |
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Christina Chisholm PhD Student |
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John M. Clark Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
Morrill I N311A |
Molecular Action of Pesticides and Cellular Basis for Resistance |
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Elizabeth A. Connor Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
To determine the contribution of glial Schwann cells and extracellular matrix molecules to nerve terminal stability at the frog neuromuscular junction. |
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Hélène Cousin Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts |
427N ISB |
Cranial Neural Crest Migration during Embryonic Development |
| Payal Damani-Yokota | ||
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Kristen DeAngelis Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology |
N573 Life Science Lab |
Community ecology and physiology of soil microbes, climate change, plant-soil interactions |
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Edward P. Debold Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts |
158 Totman Building |
Muscle Myosin in Cardiovascular Disease and Muscular Fatigue |
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Robert DelGizzi PhD Student |
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Derrick Deming PhD Student |
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Gerald B. Downes Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
427C Morrill 2 |
Development and function of spinal cord networks |
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Brett Estes MS Student |
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Monifa Fahie PhD Student |
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James Fargnoli MS Student |
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Michelle Farkas Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
745C LGRT B |
Development and Application of Chemical Biology Methods for the Study of Cancer Progression and Metastasis |
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Rafael A. Fissore Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427A ISB |
Ca2+ Release Mechanisms in Mammalian Oocytes during Maturation and Fertilization |
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Molly Fitzgerald–Hayes Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LGRT 916 |
Chromosome Segregation and Centromere Function, Cell Cycle Control and Checkpoint Signaling |
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Neil St. John Forbes Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
N525 Life Sciences Laboratories |
Engineering Tumor-Targeting Therapies |
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Alam Garcia Heredia PhD Student |
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Scott C. Garman Associate Professor of Biochemisty and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LGRT 1230 |
Structural biology of glycoproteins in human disease |
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Yingying Geng PhD Student |
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Anne Gershenson Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LSL N333 |
Protein Folding and Function, Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy |
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Lila M. Gierasch Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
LSL N331 |
Protein folding in the cell and molecular chaperone functions |
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Lori Goldner Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts |
Has-407A |
Single Molecule Biophysics |
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Jill Graham PhD Student |
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Kevin L. Griffith Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
314 Morrill Science Center IVN |
Regulation of Biological Networks by Cell-Cell Signaling |
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David J. Gross Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LGRT 1021G |
Cell Surface Receptor Signaling |
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Jeanne A. Hardy Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
745A LGRT B |
Design of allosteric pathways in caspases and phosphatases; x-ray crystallography |
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Sam Hazen Associate Professor, Biology |
LSL N427 |
Regulatory Networks and Natural Variation in Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Growth |
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Daniel N. Hebert Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LSL N327 |
Protein Folding, Quality Control and Degradation of Membrane Glycoproteins |
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Lisa Hernandez-Alicea MS Student |
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Alejandro P. Heuck Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LGRT 1228 |
Bacterial Pathogenesis |
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Patrick Hill PhD Student |
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Karan Hingorani PhD Student |
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Matthew A. Holden Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
745D LGRT B |
Cell membrane mimics; Membrane transport studies; Functional bionetworks |
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Heidi Hu PhD Student |
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Di Huang PhD Student |
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Fuu-Jiun Hwang PhD Student |
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Maaya Ikeda PhD Student |
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Abigail Jensen Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
108C Morrill III South |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of vertebrate retinal development and retinal disease. |
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D. Joseph Jerry Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427P ISB |
Tumor Suppressor Genes and the Cellular Basis for Susceptibility to Breast Cancer |
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Kamal Kishore Joshi PhD Student |
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Igor A. Kaltashov Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
N369 Life Sciences Laboratory |
Architecture and Dynamics of Transport Proteins |
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Rolf O. Karlstrom Professor, Department of Biology |
330 Morrill 2 |
Developmental neurobiology; axon guidance and forebrain patterning |
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Kasmira Taki Kasimira MS Student |
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Laura A. Katz Elsie Damon Simonds Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College |
201 Burton Hall, Smith College |
Genome evolution and biodiversity studies of microbial eukaryotes |
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Kenta Kawasaki MS Student |
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Muhammad Khan PhD Student |
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Maria Kilfoil Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts |
HAS 405A |
Cell Mechanics and Cell Biophysics |
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Young–Cheul Kim Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts |
206B Chenoweth |
Impact of Nutrients and Dietary Bioactive Components on Chronic Diseases |
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Anastasiia Klimova PhD Student |
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Michele M. Klingbeil Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
N227 Life Science Lab |
Parasitology, the replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (kinetoplast DNA network) in African trypanosomes |
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Lydia Lamriben PhD Student |
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Jungwoo Lee Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
N267 Life Sciences Laboratories |
Translational Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering |
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Wei–Lih Lee Associate Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
454A Morrill IV South |
Mechanism of Dynein-Mediated Nuclear Migration and Spindle Positioning |
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Susan B. Leschine Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
Life Sciences Laboratories N567 |
Microbial Biology: Anaerobic Decomposition of Insoluble Natural Polymers; Fuels from Biomass |
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Genglin Li Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
Biophysical properties of ion channels, synaptic transmission in sensory systems, sensory information encoding and decoding. |
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Jing Liu PhD Student |
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Zhenhua Liu Assistant Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts |
209 Chenoweth |
Nutrition and Cancer Prevention |
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John M. Lopes Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
207 Morrill Science Center IVN |
Regulation of Gene Expression in Yeast |
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Li–Jun Ma Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N433 |
Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation |
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Kirk MacKinnon MS Student |
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Jesse Mager Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427M ISB |
Developmental Biology: Cell-Cell Signaling |
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Ira Male PhD Student |
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Barbara Mann PhD Student |
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Chelsea Marcho PhD Student |
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Tyler Marcinko PhD Student |
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Thomas J. Maresca Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
436 Morrill IV South |
Ensuring Genomic Integrity through Cell Division |
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Michele Markstein Assistant Professor, Department of Biology |
Regulation of gene expression, Genome architecture, Epigenetics of intestinal and neural stem cells.
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Michael J. Maroney Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
N373 Life Sciences Laboratory |
Metallobiochemistry |
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Craig T. Martin Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
862 LGRT B |
Transcription; Protein-DNA Interactions |
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Ketan Mathavan PhD Student |
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Lynne A. McLandsborough Associate Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts |
248 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Involvement of Bacterial Surface Molecules in Attachment to Food and Food Processing Surfaces |
| Matthew Metcalf | ||
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Mark S. Miller Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology |
106 Totman Building, |
Aging, Exercise, Skeletal Muscle, Muscle Mechanics, Sex Differences |
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Lisa M. Minter Associate Professor of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427K ISB |
Notch signaling in autoimmune diseases |
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Carolina Morell-Perez PhD Student |
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Yasu S. Morita Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
N233 Life Science Lab |
Mycobacterial Pathogenesis: Glycobiology, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology |
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Manit Munshi MS Student |
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Edwin Murenzi PhD Student |
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Murugappan Muthukumar Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
A212 Conte Research Center |
Statistical Mechanics of Polymers |
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Jennifer Normanly Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N563 |
Regulation of signaling metabolites and cellulosic biofuel feedstock development |
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Safia Omer PhD Student |
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Barbara A. Osborne Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427F ISB |
Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification; Induction of Apoptosis in Lymphocytes |
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Emrah Ozay PhD Student |
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Onur Oztas PhD Student |
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Amrita Palaria PhD Student |
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Om Parkash Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
318 Paige Laboratory |
Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology, phytoremediation of soil contaminants |
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V. Adrian Parsegian Professor, Gluckstern Chair, Physics Department, University of Massachusetts |
Has-301 |
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Sandra Petersen Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences |
Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the brain signal for ovulation. |
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Shelly Peyton Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
N531 LSL |
Biomaterial Platforms to Investigate and Apply Fundamental Principles of Cell Migration |
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Randall W. Phillis Associate Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
355 Morrill IV South |
Molecular Genetics of Neural Develoment in Drosophila |
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Nils Pilotte PhD Student |
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Jason Pizzollo PhD Student |
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Leonid A. Pobezinsky Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427J ISB |
Non-coding RNAs in the immune system |
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Dominic L. Poccia Professor of Biology, Amherst College |
324 McGuire Life Sciences Building |
Activation of Sperm Nuclei at Fertilization |
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Riccardo Racicot MS Student |
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Archit Rastogi PhD Student |
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David I. Ratner Professor of Biology, Amherst College |
426 McGuire Life Sciences Building |
Regulation of Gene Expression in Dictyostelium |
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Corey Reed MS Student |
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Peter H. Reinhart Director, Institute of Applied Life Sciences & Clinical Professor |
Life Sciences Lab, Rm N510A |
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Luke Remage–Healey Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
525 Tobin |
Neural basis of behavior |
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Margaret (Peg) Riley Professor of Biology |
304A Morrill III |
Microbial molecular evolution and ecology |
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Jennifer L. Ross Associate Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts |
302 Hasbrouck |
Biological Physics of Microtubules |
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Vincent M. Rotello Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
379 LGRT Tower C |
Synthetic Models of Biomolecular Activity |
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Ana M. Salicioni Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts |
427S ISB |
Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Sperm Function. Role of Testis-Specific Kinases in Male Fertility and as Targets for Contraception |
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Steven J. Sandler Professor and Department Head of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
306 Morrill Science Center IVN |
The Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Homologous Recombination |
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Katherine Sanidad PhD Student |
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Maria M. Santore Professor of Polymer Science & Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
A417 Conte Research Center |
Interfacial Polymer Physics, Dynamics, and Colloidal Phenomena |
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Thomas Sawyer PhD Student |
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Jake Schnabl PhD Student |
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Nathan Schnarr Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
613 LGRT |
Polyketide Synthase Engingeering |
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Alan L. Schneyer Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
221 Morrill III South |
New Regulators of Glucose Homeostasis and Insulin Sensitivity |
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Larry M. Schwartz Professor, Department of Biology |
Molecular mechanisms that mediate programmed cell death |
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Stylianos P. Scordilis Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Ford Hall 202B |
Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Stress and Contractile Proteins |
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David A. Sela Assistant Professor, Food Science |
340 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Host-microbe coevolution, microbial genomics & ecology, host dietary influences on microbiota form and function |
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Heather Sherman PhD Student |
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M. Sloan Siegrist Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
110A Morrill Science Center IVN |
Adaptation of Intracellular Pathogens to the Host Environment |
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Sallie W. Smith–Schneider Scientist, Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
BayState Medical Center |
Signaling During Mammary Gland Development and Carcinogenesis |
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James V. Staros Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
LGRT 920 |
Protein structure and function; biochemical and biophysical aspects of signal transduction |
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Meg Stratton Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department |
LGRT 1226 |
Molecular level understanding of proteins that are involved in long-term memory formation |
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Alexander Suvorov Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences |
149 A Goessman Building |
Effects on behavior by environmental xenobiotics with endocrine disruptive properties |
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Yuzhou Tang PhD Student |
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Janice C. Telfer Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427D ISB |
The Role of RUNX Family Transcription Factors in Immune System Development |
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Gregory N. Tew Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
A617 Conte Research Center |
Supramolecular Polymer Science |
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Sankaran (Thai) Thayumanavan Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
1540 LGRT Tower C |
Biomimetic Organic Molecules and Polymers |
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Lynmarie K. Thompson Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Director, Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program |
864 LGRT B |
Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Proteins |
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Alicia R. Timme–Laragy Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
Goessmann 149C |
Developmental toxicology of environmental contaminants, transcription-factor-mediated antioxidant defenses, pancreatic B-cell development |
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Joe Torres PhD Student |
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Ana Torres Ocampo PhD Student |
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Kimberly D. Tremblay Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts |
427C ISB |
Stem Cells and Developmental Biology |
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Ning-Hsuan Tseng PhD Student |
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Ludmila Tyler Lecturer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N463 |
Using the model grass Brachypodium distachyon to understand development and bioenergy traits. |
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Richard Vachet Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
N363 Life Sciences Laboratory |
Bioanalytical Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Protein Folding, Metal-Protein Interactions, Gas-Phase Chemistry, Nanomaterials |
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Robert Vass PhD Student |
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Elena Vazey Assistant Professor, Departement of Biology |
Morrill Science Center III, Rm 413 |
Neuromodulation and Neurodegeneration |
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Elizabeth Vierling Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N329 |
Molecular chaperone function in the cytosol and organelles, plant stress response |
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Pablo E. Visconti Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427W ISB |
Signal Transduction Pathways During Sperm Capacitation |
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Patricia Wadsworth Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
458 Morrill IV South |
Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Living Cells |
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Elsbeth Walker Gilgut Professor, Biology (sabbatical fall 16) |
374C Morrill IV South |
Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants |
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Dong Wang Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N429 |
Mechanisms of symbiosis between plant hosts and beneficial microbes |
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Alexandria Wells PhD Student |
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Christine A. White–Ziegler Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Ford Hall 110 |
Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli |
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Steven A. Williams Gates Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Ford Hall 113 |
Molecular Biology of Human Parasitic Diseases/Genome Projects |
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Patrick L. Williamson Professor of Biological Sciences, Amherst College |
323 McGuire Life Sciences Building |
Lipid Asymmetry in the Plasma Membrane |
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Sarah Witkowski Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts |
106 Totman Building |
Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Deleterious changes in Myocardial and Vascular Tissue |
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Kaitlyn Wong PhD Student |
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Mike Woodward MS Student |
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Hen–ming Wu Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LGRT 1024 |
Molecular Biology of Plant Development |
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Hang Xiao Associate Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts |
338 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Cancer Preventive Dietary Components, Diet-based Strategy for Cancer Prevention |
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Nagendra Yadava Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology |
Understand how mitochondrial dysfunction leads to neurodegeneration and other age-associated diseases such as diabetes and cancer, and the molecular, biochemical and physiological causes of mitochondrial dysfunction. |
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He Yang PhD Student |
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Ai Chan Ye PhD Student |
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Rilee Zeinert PhD Student |
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Guodong Zhang Assistant Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts |
245 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Angiogenesis, Inflammation and Tumorigenesis |
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Yili Zhu PhD Student |
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Stephanie Zimmers PhD Student |
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Trisha Zintel PhD Student |
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R. Thomas Zoeller Professor, Department of Biology |
412A Morrill III South |
Environmental endocrine disrupters |