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| Name | Research Interest | Contact Info. | ||
| Vivian Bardwell | Regulation of Gene Expression; Developmental Mechanisms; Human Genetics |
bardw001@umn.edu 612-626-7028 |
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| Morphogenesis and cell cycle; telomeres, chromatin and senescence in yeasts |
Judith@cbs.umn.edu 612-625-1971 |
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| Susan Berry | berry002@umn.edu 612-624-7144 |
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| Lihsia Chen | Cell Adhesion, Cytoskeleton, Signal Transduction, cell migration, axon guidance, embryogenesis |
chenx260@umn.edu 612-625-1299 |
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| Duncan Clarke | The programmatic goal of our research is to understand cell cycle checkpoint mechanisms that maintain genome stability. |
clark140@umn.edu 612-624-3442 |
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| Daniel J Garry | garry@umn.edu |
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| Laura Gammill | gammi001@umn.edu |
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| Susan Gibson | Signal transduction pathways and gene expression in plants; genomics; plant development; metabolic pathways and regulation of carbon partitioning |
gibso043@umn.edu 612-624-7408 |
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| William Gray | Molecular mechanisms of the hormone auxin in the control of plant growth and development; ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis |
grayx051@umn.edu | ||
| David Greenstein |
green959@umn.edu |
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| Perry Hackett | Applications of DNA transposons for human gene therapy and for determining functions of vertebrate genes using the zebrafish model organism. |
hacke004@umn.edu 612-624-6736 |
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| Jennifer Hall | Regulation of gene expression and signal transduction in the heart and vasculature. |
hall068@umn.edu 612-625-4114 |
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| Tom Hays | Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Developmental mechanisms |
haysx001@umn.edu 612-626-2949 |
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| Robert Herman | Genetic basis of animal development and behavior using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism |
bob-h@umn.edu 612-646-6613 |
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| Ross Johnson | Cell communication mediated by gap junctions; gap junction assembly and its regulation; role of gap junctions in early zebrafish embryos |
gaplab@umn.edu 612-624-1741 |
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| Yasuhiko Kawakami | Pattern formation, Morphogenesis, Signaling pathways, Congenital malformation |
kawak005@umn.edu |
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| Catherine Kirkpatrick | Wingless/Wnt signaling, functional roles of aminopeptidases in development |
cakirkpa@umn.edu 612-625-3737 |
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| Deanna Koepp | koepp015@umn.edu 612-624-4201 |
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| Naoko Koyano | Neuronal differentiation Transcriptional regulation in neurodevelopment |
koyano@umn.edu 612-625-7687 |
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| Lorene Lanier | Cytoskeletal mechanisms of growth cone motility, Neurodevelopment, Cell motility and live cell imaging. |
lanie002@umn.edu | ||
| David Largaespada | Genetic basis of myeloid leukemia, NF1, mouse genetics, murine leukemia viruses, insertional mutagenesis, transposons |
larga002@umn.edu 612-626-4979 |
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| Paul Letourneau | letou001@umn.edu 612-624-5999 |
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| Jamie Lohr | Early Cardiac Development, including cardiac looping and outflow tract formation; Cardiac Neural Crest; Left-Right Patterning. |
lohrx003@umn.edu 612-626-2755 |
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| David Marks | Molecular genetic analysis of genes controlling epidermal cell fate in plants. |
marks004@umn.edu 612-625-6737 |
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| Steve McLoon | Development of the vertebrate nervous system, particularly mechanisms that regulate cell division, cell differentiation and the pattern of axonal connections |
mcloons@umn.edu 612-624-9182 |
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| Yasushi Nakagawa | Development of the mouse forebrain |
nakagawa@umn.edu 612-625-4497 |
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| Hiroshi Nakato | Function of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in pattern formation |
nakat003@umn.edu 612-625-1727 |
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| Thomas Neufeld | Genetic control of cell growth during development; signal transduction. |
neufe003@umn.edu 612-625-5158 |
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| Min Ni | nixxx008@umn.edu |
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| Michael O'Connor | Molecular genetics of development, growth factor signaling and gene regulation. |
moconnor@umn.edu 612-626-2642 |
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| Neil Olszewski | Molecular mechanisms of hormone action; molecular genetic analysis of DNA viruses of plants |
neil@umn.edu 612-625-3129 |
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| Harry Orr | Genetics of cerebellar function/dysfunction |
orrxx002@umn.edu 612-625-3647 |
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| Anna Petryk | Mouse development, organogenesis, birth defects, bone biology |
petry005@umn.edu 612-624-6370 |
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| Ann Rougvie | Temporal Control of Development; Gene Expression; Protein-DNA Interactions |
rougv001@umn.edu 612-624-4708 |
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| Lisa Schimmenti | The genetics of ocular birth defects, pattern formation in the developing eye, role of PAX genes in eye development, the role of genetic testing in newborn hearing screening. |
las@umn.edu 612-624-5613 |
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| Scott Selleck | Regulation of growth factor signaling; role of proteoglycans in morphogen signaling; synapse assembly in Drosophila |
selle011@umn.edu 612-624-4659 |
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| Jocelyn Shaw | shawx005@umn.edu 612-625-1912 |
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| Jeff Simon | Developmental Gene Expression; Protein-Protein and Protein-DNA Interactions. |
simon004@umn.edu 612-626-5097 |
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| Jonathan Slack | slack017@umn.edu |
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| Nikunj Somia | somia001@umn.edu 612-625-6988 |
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| Meg Titus | titus004@umn.edu 612-625-8498 |
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| Kathryn VandenBosch | vande102@umn.edu 612-624-2755 |
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| David Zarkower | Genetic and molecular control of sexual development. |
zarko001@umn.edu 612-625-9450 |
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