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

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) The molecular and neural circuit basis of behavioral individuality.

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Ecology and evolution of microbial symbioses.

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

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

Evolutionary dynamics, experimental evolution, population genetics

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

Microbial eco-systems biology; Microbial physiology; Marine biogeochemistry

Collective cell behaviors that build tissues in live embryos

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

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolutionary, ecological, and genetic basis of speciation

Development and Regeneration of the Mammalian Skin

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolution of floral developmental genetic pathways

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Study evolution, hybridization, and speciation - mainly in butterflies

Immunology, microbiome, and diet.

Understanding and harnessing the complexity of plant chemistry and metabolism

Evolutionary forces in humans and pathogens

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

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution