Faculty Members

Gerald M. Alter, Ph.D., Professor
In vivo protein structure and dynamics.

Steven J. Berberich, Ph.D., Chair and Professor
Role of p53, Mdm2, and MdmX in cancer.

Julian Gomez-Cambronero, Ph.D., Professor
Signal transduction in blood cells, normal and leukemic

Patrick B. Dennis, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor

Darrell E. Fleischman, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor
Photosynthesis and symbiotic nitrogen fixation.

Cindy Guirino, Adjunct Instructor

Heather A. Hostetler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Nuclear receptor regulation and energy homeostasis

Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Characterization of p63 and p73 regulated genes in cancer using microarray technology.

Michael Leffak, Ph.D., Professor
DNA sequences and proteins at eucaryotic replication origins.

Guoqi Liu, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
DNA replication, instability of repetitive DNA sequences and human neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.

Michael Markey, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
Molecular genetics of tumor suppressors, including genomics-based approaches for identifying transcriptional targets of RB and p53.

Rajesh Naik, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor

Daniel T. Organisciak, Ph.D., Professor
Retinal light damage, cell death and antioxidants.

John V. Paietta, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Gene regulation in Neurospora.

Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Microbial physiology and genetics; systems biology, transcriptomics and proteomics; genetic network engineering.

Lawrence J. Prochaska, Ph.D., Professor
Cytochrome c oxidase.

Nicholas V. Reo, Ph.D., Professor
NMR, peroxisome proliferators.

Yong-jie Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanism of the DNA replication checkpoint.