Students seeking an academic advisor should enquire with the faculty members listed below or contact Lydia Cooper in the department office to have an academic advisor assigned.
Faculty
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Research Interests
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Contact
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Abbot, Patrick
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Social evolution, behavioral ecology, and molecular evolutionary genetics.
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e-mail
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Appel, Bruce
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Genetics of Neural Development in Zebrafish
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e-mail
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| Benson, Amanda |
The Human Genome, Darwin and Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology |
e-mail |
| Broadie, Kendal |
Genetic dissection of nervous system development, function and plasticity |
e-mail |
| Bordenstein, Seth |
Genetics of Animal-microbe interactions, Evolution of intracellular bacteria, Genomics and function of bacteriophage, infectious speciation |
e-mail |
Carter, Clint
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Parasite Immunology and Biochemistry
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e-mail |
Catania, Kenneth
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Mammalian sensory systems with a focus on cerebral cortex organization, function, and development.
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e-mail |
| Due-Goodwin, Denise |
Research interests: island biogeography, arthropod biology, community (desert) ecology, interests in biodiversity issues. |
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| Eichman, Brandt |
X-ray crystallography, replication, repair, DNA, Protein-DNA, structure,Biochemistry,Cancer,Cell cycle,Chromatin,DNA repair,DNA synthesis, Enzyme action, Protein Structure, Structural Biology
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e-mail
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Fanning, Ellen
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DNA replication, repair, recombination, cell cycle, chromatin, chromosome structure and function, protein phosphorylation, virology, biochemistry, structural biology
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e-mail |
Friedman, Kathy
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Maintenance of chromosome ends by telomerase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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e-mail |
Funk, Daniel
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Speciation; ecological specialization; phylogenetic diversification; molecular evolutionary genetics; herbivorous insect biology, ecology, and evolution
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e-mail |
| Gamse, Joshua |
Neurobiology: Left-Right Asymmetry in the Zebrafish Brain |
e-mail |
Graham, Todd
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Protein transport, sorting and organelle biogenesis
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e-mail |
| Janetopoulos, Chris |
Polarity during cell migration and cellular division |
e-mail |
Johnson, Carl
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Cellular and Molecular Biology of Biological Clocks
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e-mail |
| Kaplan, Daniel |
Mechanism, function, and regulation of ring-shaped helicases |
e-mail |
Krezel, Andrzej
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Structural NMR studies of proteins and protein-protein interactions
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e-mail |
LeStourgeon
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Molecular mechanisms of RNA splicing
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e-mail |
McCauley, Dave
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Research Interests: Population-Level Studies in Plants and Insects |
e-mail |
McMahon, Doug
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neurobiology, vision, brain, biological clock, retina, dopamine
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e-mail |
Page, Terry
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Neurobiology of circadian rhythms
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e-mail |
Patton, James
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Alternative splicing and the control of gene expression; vertebrate microRNA function
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e-mail |
Singleton, Charles
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Cell-environment communication during development.
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e-mail |
Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna
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Mechanisms of gastrulation during vertebrate embryogenesis
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e-mail |
Stubbs, Gerald
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Molecular structure of viruses, particularly filamentous plant viruses; protein crystallography, fiber diffraction
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e-mail |
| Webb, Donna |
Cellular Neurobiology, Signal Transduction Pathways that Regulate Adhesion and Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Migration and Synapse Formation, Neurobiology |
e-mail |
| Woelfle, Mark A |
Molecular mechanisms and adaptive significance of circadian clocks in cyanobacteria |
e-mail |
Zwiebel, Larry
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Molecular Genetics and Neurobiology of Olfaction in Drosophila and Disease Vector Mosquitoes
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e-mail |
The following considerations may help guide your choice of advisor:
Try to choose an advisor whose scientific interests are similar to your own. This is particularly important for MCB and EEOB majors, and for all students considering undergraduate research. There is no obligation to do research in your advisor's laboratory (and most student do not), but an advisor can advise you better about research opportunities closer to his or her own field. All of the Biological Sciences faculty are listed on the Biological Sciences faculty page, together with brief descriptions of their research interests.
If you are a transfer student, or there are problems with your courses, (for instance, late declaration of major), you might prefer the Directors of Undergraduate Studies, Professor McCauley, as your advisor. Professors Stubbs and Singleton are also experienced in dealing with MCB problems. Being pre-med or a double major are not problems- all of the advisors are familiar with these situations.
Typical problems include not taking Organic Chemistry by the end of sophomore year, or not starting the BSCI introductory course (110a) in your freshman year. Being pre-med or a double major are not problems - all of the advisor's are familiar with these situations.
If you do not have scheduling problems, you are advised not to choose the DUS as your advisor unless his research particularly interests you. The DUS tens to be busy with the problems of the other students. You may rest assured that if a problems does come up that your advisor has not seen before, the DUS will be available for consultation.
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