Faculty Profiles

Sensory biology and cell physiology

Cellular fat metabolism and inter-organelle communication

Real-time systems analysis of signal transduction and genetic networks at the single cell level

Molecular mechanisms underlying viral genomic RNA – host interactions

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

Computational and quantitative biology

Mechanisms of parasitic behavior manipulation across molecules, cells and circuits.

Synaptic plasticity: cellular mechanisms, development of functional networks and links to behaviour

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolution of molecular and developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Structural biology of signaling and transport through biological membranes

Collective cell behaviors that build tissues in live embryos

Physics, dynamics, and evolution of proteins; microbial cell physiology.

Experience-dependent brain development; critical periods

(Not Accepting Graduate Students) The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Mechanisms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Synthetic & systems biology, biological circuits, gene regulation, protein engineering, laboratory evolution

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

Development of the nervous system, synaptic plasticity, behavior and evolution

Synaptic structure and competition

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution

Neuronal cell biology, neural circuits and olfaction

Immunology, microbiome, and diet.

Quantitative studies of biological self-organization, and the architecture and dynamics of subcellular structures

Force-induced denaturation of DNA, sequence heterogeneity and the dynamics of motor proteins, population growth and mutation in disordered media

Understanding and harnessing the complexity of plant chemistry and metabolism

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling

Human development, Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Computational Biology

Computational methods to identify functional genomic sequences and structures. Quest for conserved RNA structures

Neurobiology of perception and decision making

Experimental design and teaching laboratories

Non-coding RNA biology, imprinted gene expression regulation, neurobiology

Biophysical studies with nanopores

Neurobiology; functional organization of the retina

Microbial development and gene regulation

Assembly and function of neural circuits in the visual system (currently not taking students)

Theoretical and computational studies of the structure, dynamics and function of neuronal circuits.

Fundamental questions in cell signaling and homeostasis