Faculty Profiles

Sensory biology and cell physiology

Cellular fat metabolism and inter-organelle communication

Real-time systems analysis of signal transduction and genetic networks at the single cell level

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Collective cell behaviors that build tissues in live embryos

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Mechanisms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

Development of the nervous system, synaptic plasticity, behavior and evolution

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution

Immunology, microbiome, and diet.

Quantitative studies of biological self-organization, and the architecture and dynamics of subcellular structures

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling

Non-coding RNA biology, imprinted gene expression regulation, neurobiology

Biophysical studies with nanopores

Fundamental questions in cell signaling and homeostasis