Faculty Profiles

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

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.

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

Collective cell behaviors that build tissues in live embryos

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

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

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

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution

Immunology, microbiome, and diet.

Understanding and harnessing the complexity of plant chemistry and metabolism

Neurobiology; functional organization of the retina

Microbial development and gene regulation

Fundamental questions in cell signaling and homeostasis