MCB Program Leader: Tom Maresca
tmaresca@bio.umass.edu
MCB Associate Program Leader: Scott Garman
garman@biochem.umass.edu
MCB Mailing Address:
201 French Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
MCB Program Leader: Tom Maresca
tmaresca@bio.umass.edu
MCB Associate Program Leader: Scott Garman
garman@biochem.umass.edu
MCB Mailing Address:
201 French Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9316
Name | Contact Information | Research Interests |
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Afua Adusei PhD Student |
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R. Craig Albertson Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts |
336 Morrill II South |
Evolutionary Developmental Biology |
Berent Aldikacti PhD Student |
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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 |
Seema Amin PhD Student |
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Lauren Andrews Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering |
N265 Life Sciences Laboratories |
Uncovering genetic design rules to reprogram regulation and metabolism in living cells for applications in health and biotechnology |
Efecan Aral PhD Student |
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Kathleen F. Arcaro Professor of Environmental Toxicology, University of Massachusetts |
Office: LSL 529 |
Breast Cancer: Assesing Individual Breast Cancer Risk |
Margaux Audett PhD Student |
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Dilay Hazal Ayhan PhD Student |
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Courtney C. Babbitt Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
Morrill 2, Room 360 |
Evolutionary Genomics |
Hyerim Ban PhD Student |
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Michael J.F. Barresi Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, Smith College |
Developmental Neurobiology, Assistant Neuron and Glial Cell Interactions; Astroglial Cell Development in the CNS |
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Madelaine Bartlett Associate Professor, Biology |
374B Morrill IV South |
Evolution of plant development; Molecular evolution |
Tobias Baskin Professor, Biology |
375F Morrill IV South |
Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis During Growth & Development |
Christine Battle PhD Student |
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Joseph Bergan Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
We seek to understand the principles of how social and defensive stimuli are encoded in the activity of neurons, and how this process can be modulated by behavior state, experience, and neuromodulation. |
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Heather Bisbee PhD Student |
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Eric L. Bittman Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology |
420G Morrill III South |
Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function |
Katharine R. Bittner PhD Student |
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Jeffrey L. Blanchard Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
Morrill III Room409 |
Microbial cellular and community networks; influence of environmental change on the evolution of molecular processes; systems biology; bioinformatics |
Stephanie Brody PhD Student |
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Cameron Butova PhD Student |
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Ana Caicedo Professor, Biology |
Room N425, Life Sciences Laboratories |
Evolutionary genomics of adaptation and divergence in wild, weedy and crop plant species |
Nathan Canniff PhD Student |
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Katherine Chacon–Vargas PhD Student |
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James Chambers Light Microscopy Director, Cell Culture Director, UMass Amherst |
Applying novel chemical biology tools and emerging biophysical techniques to solve fundamental questions in neuroscience |
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Jianhan Chen Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
S585B Life Science Laboratories |
Computational Biochemistry & Biophysics |
Min Chen Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
865 LGRT B |
Application of Proteins in Biotechnology; Functional Mechanism of Membrane Protein Pores, Channels and Transporters |
Alice Cheung Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LGRT 1226 |
Molecular and cell biology of male-female interaction and polarized cell growth in plant reproduction |
Peter Chien Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LSL N325 |
Regulated Protein Degradation in Bacterial Cell-Cycle Progression |
Soonkyu Chung Associate Professor, Nutrition |
211 Chenoweth |
Obesity, Brown adipocytes, Adipose Inflammation, Dietary polyphenols, Epigenetics |
Eugenia Clerico Research Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
LSL N361 |
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Christopher Colvin MS Student |
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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 |
Edward P. Debold Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts |
158 Totman Building |
Muscle Myosin in Cardiovascular Disease and Muscular Fatigue |
Nathan Derr Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Sabin-Reed Hall 435 |
Biophysical and cell biological mechanisms of the cytoskeletal molecular motors dynein and kinesin |
Ashley Doucet PhD Student |
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Gerald B. Downes Professor, Department of Biology |
427C Morrill 2 |
Development and function of spinal cord networks |
Matthew Dunn MS Student |
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Noelle Dziedzic PhD Student |
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Paolo D’Avino PhD Student |
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Jay English PhD Student |
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Stephen J. Eyles Extension Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Director, Mass Spectrometry Core, Institute for Applied Life Sciences |
S503 Life Science Laboratories |
Biological mass spectrometry, protein folding and dynamics |
Michelle Facette Assistant Professor, Biology |
Morrill IV S, 375D |
Cell polarization and asymmetric cell division; cytoskeletal regulation; cellular physiology |
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 |
Carline Fermino do Rosario PhD Student |
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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 |
Patrick Flaherty Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics |
LGRT 1444 |
Statistical machine-learning methods for genomic and biomedical data analysis |
Neil St. John Forbes Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
N525 Life Sciences Laboratories |
Engineering Tumor-Targeting Therapies |
Cristina Ford PhD Student |
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Emily Formato MS Student |
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Joshua Foster PhD Student |
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Lillian Fritz–Laylin Assistant Professor of Biology |
Morrill II Room 340 |
Quantitative Evolutionary Cell Biology |
Alam Garcia Heredia PhD Student |
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Scott C. Garman Associate Graduate Program Director, MCB; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LGRT 1230 |
Structural biology of glycoproteins in human disease |
John G. Gibbons Assistant Professor of Food Science |
Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics |
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Kaitlyn Gilliam PhD Student |
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Larissa Gilliam PhD Student |
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Lori Goldner Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts |
Has-407A |
Single Molecule Biophysics |
Eli Gordon MS Student |
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Rebecca Gordon PhD Student |
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Kevin Guay PhD Student |
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Taylor Guertin MS Student |
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Hanling Guo PhD Student |
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Jeanne A. Hardy Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
745A LGRT B |
Design of allosteric pathways in caspases and phosphatases; x-ray crystallography |
Thomas Harrington PhD Student |
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Lili He Associate Professor, Food Science |
344 Chenoweth Laboratory |
The analysis of chemical, physical and biological targets in complex systems |
Daniel N. Hebert Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LSL N327 |
Protein Folding, Quality Control and Degradation of Membrane Glycoproteins |
Alejandro P. Heuck Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts |
LGRT 1228 |
Bacterial Pathogenesis |
Kaito Hioki PhD Student |
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Kiserian Jackson PhD Student |
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Abigail Jensen Associate Professor, Department of Biology |
414A Morrill III South |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of vertebrate retinal development and retinal disease. |
Taewon Jeon PhD Student |
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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 |
Juan M Jiménez Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
N575 LSL |
Fluid flow characteristics and fluid flow-dependent biomolecular pathways relevant to diseases and processes in the body. |
Parag Juvale 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 |
Ilia Karatsoreos Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences |
Morrill IV North N216 |
The general research objective in our lab is to understand the neural and physiological systems that the brain and body use to protect us from harm and adapt to changes in the environment. We focus on biological rhythms, stress, immunology, and metabolism |
Rolf O. Karlstrom Professor, Department of Biology |
330 Morrill 2 |
Developmental neurobiology; axon guidance and forebrain patterning |
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 |
Paul S. Katz Director of Neuroscience and Professor of Biology |
106 Morrill 3 |
Neuroethology, central pattern generators, single neuron RNA-seq, developmental neuroscience, evolution of neural circuits, molluscan systems
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Hyuna Kim PhD Student |
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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 |
Michele M. Klingbeil Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
N269 Life Science Lab |
Parasitology, the replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (kinetoplast DNA network) in African trypanosomes |
Mike Knapp Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry |
512 LGRT Tower A |
Biological and Inorganic Chemistry; Enzyme structure and mechanisms, Hypoxia sensing, Metalloenzymes, Redesign of the second coordination sphere |
Nathan J Kuhlmann PhD Student |
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Ashish Kulkarni Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering |
N565 Life Sciences Laboratories |
Immunoengineering |
Jun-Goo Kwak PhD Student |
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Gwenael Layec Assistant Professor of Kinesiology |
110 Totman Building |
Musculoskeletal Physiology, Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, Cardiovascular Physiology, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/imaging |
Jungwoo Lee Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering |
N567 Life Sciences Laboratories |
Translational Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering |
Daniel Li MS Student |
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Pamelia Lim PhD Student |
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Brooke Linnehan MS Student |
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Zhenhua Liu Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts |
209 Chenoweth |
Nutrition and Cancer Prevention |
Emily Lopes PhD Student |
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Li–Jun Ma Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N433 |
Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation |
Kirk Mackinnon PhD Student |
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Olivia Macrorie PhD Student |
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Daniel Macveigh–Fierro PhD Student |
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Sibongile Mafu Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
LSL N431 |
Biological chemistry of plant natural products |
Jesse Mager Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427M ISB |
Developmental Biology: Cell-Cell Signaling |
Kyle Mahan MS Student |
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Samar A Mahmoud PhD Student |
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Vaishali Malik MS Student |
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Jacob Maman PhD Student |
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Simin Manole PhD Student |
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Thomas J. Maresca Graduate Program Director, MCB; Associate Professor of Biology |
436 Morrill IV South |
Ensuring Genomic Integrity through Cell Division |
Craig T. Martin Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
862 LGRT B |
Transcription; Protein-DNA Interactions |
Javier Mas PhD Student |
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Jessica McGory PhD Student |
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Lynne A. McLandsborough Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts |
248 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Involvement of Bacterial Surface Molecules in Attachment to Food and Food Processing Surfaces |
Danny McSweeney PhD Student |
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Mark S. Miller Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology |
106 Totman Building, |
Aging, Exercise, Skeletal Muscle, Muscle Mechanics, Sex Differences |
Lisa M. Minter Associate Professor of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427K ISB |
Notch signaling in autoimmune diseases |
Matthew D. Moore Assistant Professor of Food Science |
Room 250, Chenoweth Laboratory |
Food microbiology; food and environmental virology; eukaryotic virus-bacteria interactions; portable detection and sequencing platforms; viral inactivation strategies and therapeutics; viral concentration techniques. |
Sarah Moore Assistant Professor of Engineering, Smith College |
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David E. Moorman Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
Cellular and network mechanisms of motivation, learning, and executive functions (e.g., decision-making). Neural function in animal models of addiction, ADHD, obesity, and depression. Neurotechnology and neural computation. |
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Stephanie Morin PhD Student |
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Yasu S. Morita Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
N275 Life Science Lab |
Mycobacterial Pathogenesis: Glycobiology, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology |
Mandy Muller Assistant Professor of Microbiology |
101B Morrill Science Center IVN |
Using viruses as a tool to understand cell biology |
Murugappan Muthukumar Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
A212 Conte Research Center |
Statistical Mechanics of Polymers |
Stacey Nash PhD Student |
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Saman Nayyab PhD Student |
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Bao Nguyen PhD Student |
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Daniel Norment MS Student |
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Justyne Ogdahl 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 |
Can Ozden PhD Student |
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Stephanie L. Padilla Assistant Professor of Biology |
LSL N227 |
Sex hormones, feeding behavior and body weight homeostasis, circadian rhythms, women’s health |
ChangHui Pak Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
LSL N225 |
synaptic adhesion molecules |
Sarah Pallas Associate Professor, Biology |
Developmental neuroscience, Sensory neurophysiology |
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Om Parkash Dhankher Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
318 Paige Laboratory |
Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology, phytoremediation of soil contaminants |
Shelly Peyton Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
N531 LSL |
Breast Cancer, Metastasis, Drug Resistance, Biomaterials |
Leonid A. Pobezinsky Associate Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427E ISB |
Non-coding RNAs in the immune system |
Sarah Prostak | ||
Akaansha Rampal PhD Student |
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Jenny Rauch Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
The neurodegenerative protein tau and its role in disease progression |
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Luke Remage–Healey Program Leader / GPD of Neuroscience and Behavior Program; Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
525 Tobin |
Neural basis of behavior |
Heather N. Richardson Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
Tobin 527 |
The focus of the Stress and Addiction Lab is to determine the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders using rodent models. |
Katherine Rickelton PhD Student |
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Kristyn Robinson PhD Student |
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Vincent M. Rotello Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
379 LGRT Tower C |
Synthetic Models of Biomolecular Activity |
Alissa Rothchild Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences |
Alveolar macrophages and innate immunity, immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, host-pathogen interactions |
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Patrick Ryan PhD Student |
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Sashrika Saini MS Student |
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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 |
Steven J. Sandler Professor and Department Head of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
210 Morrill Science Center IVN |
The Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Homologous Recombination |
Carolina Santamaria 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 |
Thomas Sawyer PhD Student |
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Nathan Schnarr Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
613 LGRT |
Polyketide Synthase Engingeering |
Samantha Schultz PhD Student |
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Larry M. Schwartz Professor, Department of Biology |
417 Morrill South |
Molecular mechanisms that mediate programmed cell death |
Thomas Scudder MS Student |
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David A. Sela Associate Professor, Department of Food Science |
340 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Nutrition, human milk, gut microbiome, systems biology, host-microbe interactions/co-evolution, translational research |
Tricia Serio Dean, College of Natural Sciences |
LSL N375 |
Prion cycle regulation in vivo, cellular mechanisms and consequences of protein misfolding and resolution |
Emily Severance MS Student |
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Jacqueline Sharp PhD Student |
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Varun Sheel MS Student |
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Spencer Albert Shorkey PhD Student |
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Andrew Shultz PhD Student |
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M. Sloan Siegrist Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts |
N271 Life Sciences Laboratory |
Adaptation of Intracellular Pathogens to the Host Environment |
Paul Sinno MS Student |
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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 |
Daniel Splittstoesser PhD Student |
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Vanessa Stahl PhD Student |
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Andrew Stephens Assistant Professor of Biology |
Nuclear mechanics |
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Meg Stratton Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department |
LGRT 1226 |
Molecular level understanding of proteins that are involved in long-term memory formation |
Eric R Strieter Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry |
LGRT 745D |
Protein Post-Translational Modifications |
Yubing Sun Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
N571 LSL |
Harnessing the mechanobiology of stem cells |
Alexander Suvorov Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences |
173B Goessmann |
Effects on behavior by environmental xenobiotics with endocrine disruptive properties |
Louis Taylor PhD Student |
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Gregory Michael Teicher PhD Student |
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Emily Robin Tetrault PhD Student |
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Gregory N. Tew Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts |
A617 Conte Research Center |
Supramolecular Polymer Science |
Nidhi Thaker PhD Student |
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Sankaran (Thai) Thayumanavan Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts |
1540 LGRT Tower C |
Biomimetic Organic Molecules and Polymers |
Lynmarie K. Thompson Professor of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Director, Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program |
864 LGRT B |
Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Proteins |
Samuel Tillona MS Student |
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Alicia R. Timme–Laragy Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
Morrill 1 N425 |
Developmental toxicology of environmental contaminants, transcription-factor-mediated antioxidant defenses, pancreatic B-cell development |
Madeline Tompach PhD Student |
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Ana Torres-Ocampo PhD Student |
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Thomas Tran PhD Student |
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Kimberly D. Tremblay Professor of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts |
427C ISB |
Stem Cells and Developmental Biology |
Ning-Hsuan Tseng PhD Student |
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Ludmila Tyler Senior Lecturer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N463 |
Using the model grass Brachypodium distachyon to understand development and bioenergy traits. |
Jacob Ullom PhD Student |
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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 |
Elena Vazey Assistant Professor, Departement of Biology |
368A Morrill IVS |
Neuromodulation and Neurodegeneration |
Pablo E. Visconti Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
427W ISB |
Signal Transduction Pathways During Sperm Capacitation |
Patricia Wadsworth Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Director, IDGP |
456 Morrill IV South |
Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Living Cells |
Elsbeth Walker Professor, Biology Department |
374C Morrill IV South |
Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants |
Caiqin Wang PhD Student |
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Dong Wang Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
LSL N429 |
Mechanisms of symbiosis between plant hosts and beneficial microbes |
Janelle Welton 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 |
Steven A. Williams Gates Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Ford Hall 113 |
Molecular Biology of Human Parasitic Diseases/Genome Projects |
Sarah Witkowski Chair and Associate Professor of Exercise & Sport Studies, Smith College |
106 Totman Building |
Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Deleterious changes in Myocardial and Vascular Tissue |
Amanda Woerman Assistant Professor, Department of Biology |
LSL N263 |
Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease, prion strains, and the effect of protein aggregation on neuronal function |
Siu Wong PhD 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 |
Hang Xiao Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts |
338 Chenoweth Laboratory |
Cancer Preventive Dietary Components, Diet-based Strategy for Cancer Prevention |
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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Kubra Yigit PhD Student |
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Mingxu You Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry |
LGRT 867 |
DNA/RNA nanotechnology, bioimaging and biosensing |
Robert Yvon PhD Student |
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Ying Zhang Post Doctoral Research Associate |
Wadsworth Lab, Morrill Science Center III |
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Shu Zhao PhD Student |