MCO Faculty

Developing approaches to aid neuronal regeneration in the context of neurodegenerative diseases of the cortical output circuitry; modulating neuronal function in psychiatric diseases affecting cortical microcircuitry

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

Combining optics, protein engineering, chemistry, electrophysiology, simulation, and theory, at the levels of individual molecules, single cells, and whole, genetically modified, organisms.

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Development and Regeneration of the Mammalian Skin

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Mechanisms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

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

mathematical sciences

Reproductive and regenerative biology

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

Theoretical and experimental studies of self-assembly, DNA/chromosome structure, homology recognition, Roles for Mechanical Force Probes Using Single Molecules

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling

Small molecule probes and therapeutics controlling gene expression, epigenetics, and cell states

Uncovering the intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of stem cell function, and revealing how changes in stem cell activity impact tissue regeneration throughout life

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

Single-molecule and super-resolution studies of cellular processes

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution