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Kate Adamala

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

Building synthetic cells and creating new architectures for life for use in foundational research and practical applications.

Ken's portrait photo Kenneth Adolph

Associate Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Hideki Aihara Hideki Aihara

Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Structural biology of protein-nucleic acid interactions relevant to virology and cancer

312 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Frank Albert headshot Frank Albert

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

We use genomics, genome engineering, and synthetic biology to study how natural genetic variation shapes gene expression and complex traits.

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

F. Keith Barker

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Beatriz Baselga Cervera

Assistant Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Merging microbial experimental evolution and bioprospecting to evaluate causal factors and integrate across ecology and evolution.

Jannell Bazurto

Assistant Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Mark Bee

Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

My lab investigates how and why animals communicate using acoustic signals to convey information in social and reproductive interactions.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

David Bernlohr headshot David Bernlohr

Distinguished McKnight Professor and Head, Cargill Chair in Systems Biology of Human Metabolism

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Susan Berry, MD

Professor, Division Director

515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Emily Blythe headshot Emily Blythe

Assistant Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

Our lab studies how signal transduction pathways are spatially organized within cells.

United States

Daniel Bond

Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

Studying how environmental bacteria make themselves and their world conductive, and how we can harness them in biotechnology or bioelectronics.

Elizabeth Borer

Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Mark Borrello

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Yaniv Brandvain

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Plant and Microbial Biology

1500 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Rob Brooker headshot Robert Brooker

Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Christina Camell headshot Christina Camell

Assistant Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

We investigate inflammation and metabolic dysregulation in older individuals to generate mechanistic understanding of the pathways involved.

312 Church Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Clay Carter

Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

Plant biochemistry and cell biology with a focus on the molecular basis of plant-pollinator and plant-microbe interactions.

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Jeannine Cavender-Bares Jeannine Cavender-Bares

Adjunct Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Evolutionary basis of variation in plant phenotypes and spectral properties, community assembly, remote biodiversity sensing, ecosystem change

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Maureen Cetera

Assistant Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

We study how cells coordinate their behaviors across great distances during embryonic development.

515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Lihsia Chen

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Yue Chen Yue Chen

Associate Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Functional proteomic analysis and biochemical characterization of metabolic-sensing PTMs in protein homeostasis, signaling and epigenetics

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Headshot of Duncan Clarke Duncan Clarke

Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

Revealing cell cycle mechanisms that regulate chromosome segregation to avoid aneuploidy, cancer and birth defects for potential cancer therapy

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Headshot of Robert Clarke Robert Clarke

Professor; Executive Director, The Hormel Institute

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

We take a systems and integrative biology approach to studying drug resistance in breast cancer

801 16th Ave NE
Austin, MN 55912
United States

Sean Conner

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Kyle Costa headshot Kyle Costa

Adjunct Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

Jim Cotner James Cotner

Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

We study how microbes influence and are influenced by aquatic environments.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Sehoya Cotner

Affiliated Faculty

Biology Teaching and Learning

United States

Naomi Courtemanche

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Meggan Craft

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

I am an infectious disease ecologist and I lead a lab aiming to understand infectious disease dynamics in animal populations.

Peter Crawford headshot Peter Crawford

Professor; Director of Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Xiuli Dan Xiuli Dan

Research Assistant Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Our research focuses on mitochondrial dysfunction in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

1-274 Nils Hasselmo Hall
312 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Anath Das headshot Anath Das

Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Plant-microbe interactions; Molecular analysis of Agrobacterium virulence; Type IV secretion; Polar targeting of proteins

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Antony Dean

Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

1479 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Laura Dee

Assistant Professor

2003 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

R. Ford Denison

Adjunct Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Can we enhance beneficial legacy effects of soybean sanctions against mediocre nitrogen-fixing symbionts?

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Headshot of Saara DeWalt Saara DeWalt

Dean, Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence in Biological Sciences

Dean's Office, Plant and Microbial Biology

I am interested in determinants of abundance, community composition, and diversity of trees and lianas in temperate and tropical forests.

123 Snyder Hall
1475 Gortner Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108
United States

Xiao Dong

Assistant Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

6-102 MCB
420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Headshot of Sarah Eddy Sarah Eddy

Associate Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning

MN 55455
United States

Theresa Edelman

Teaching Assistant Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning

Mikael Elias headshot Mikael Elias

Associate Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

1479 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Adam Engelhart headshot Adam Engelhardt

Advanced Education Program Specialist 2

Biology Teaching and Learning

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Aaron Engelhart

Assistant Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

Jim Ervasti James Ervasti

Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Molecular basis of muscular dystrophy

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Robert Evans headshot Robert Evans III

Assistant Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Research interests involve engaging students in structural biology/biophysics collaborations including instrument development, XRC, NMR, Cryo-EM/ET, etc.

5-104 Nils Hasselmo Hall
312 Church Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Jacques Finlay

Professor

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

My lab investigates the ecology of freshwater ecosystems, and their interactions with surrounding natural and human-altered landscapes.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Kathryn Fixen

Assistant Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

750 Biological Sciences
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Headshot of Emily Flynn Emily Flynn

Teaching Assistant Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

5-106 MCB
420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Michael Freeman headshot Michael Freeman

Associate Professor

Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Room 244 Gortner Lab
Saint Paul, MN 55108
United States

Katherine Furniss

Teaching Assistant Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning