The main focus of the Molecular Biology Division is to understand the regulation of basic and disease related cellular processes such as gene expression, hormonal signaling, RNA processing, DNA replication, recombination and repair.
Faculty and Research Interests
Primary Members | |
| Gene structure and regulation |
| Regulation of DNA replication, cell cycle, cancer |
| Molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions and plant gene expression |
| Tumor promoter-induced signal transduction pathways, Carcinogenesis, Cancer prevention |
| Gene regulation, Post-transcriptional control of messenger RNA stability, Translation and localization by RNA-binding proteins, mRNA untranslated regions and nucleases, Genetic mechanisms of development, Cancer, Obesity |
| Mechanisms of purposeful mutation relating to innate and adaptive immunity |
Eric Hendrickson | Mechanisms of mammalian DNA double-strand break repair |
| Gene expression; protein phosphorylation cascades. |
| Eukaryotic molecular biology; hormone action; gene expression. |
| Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular genetics. |
| Cellular mechanisms of maintaining genomic stability; DNA damage response during chromosomal replication. |
Secondary Members | |
| Mechanism of insulin action; regulation of gene expression by lipids; lipid transporters and lipid binding proteins; obesity and metabolic regulation. |
| Biological networks that coordinate metabolism and growth |
| Signal Transduction, Natriuretic Peptides, Guanylyl Cyclase Receptors and cGMP. |
| Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular biology. |
Molecular Biology Facilities
Facilities
Genome Engineering Shared Resource
Co-Director: Eric Hendricson
Manager: Brian Ruis