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  • Cheeptip Benyajati

    Benyajati, Cheeptip

    Associate Professor
    Director of Student Relations for Biology
    Office Location
    474 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8040

    Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling

  • Xin Bi

    Bi, Xin

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    Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    307 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-6922

    Interests: Epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Structural and functional domains of the genome; Chromatin boundary elements; Gene silencing; DNA damage repair and tolerance

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    Bickel, Ryan

    Associate Professor of Instruction
    Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
    Office Location
    486 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7226
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    Brisson, Jennifer

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    Professor
    Research Active
    Office Location
    310 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8392
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    Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism

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    Chen, Nancy

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    Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    477 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7149
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    Interests: Population genetics with pedigrees; Contemporary evolution in natural populations; Evolutionary genetics; Conservation genomics; Avian genomics

  • Michael Clark

    Clark, Michael

    Associate Professor of Instruction
    Office Location
    444 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3432
  • Professor Gloria Culver

    Culver, Gloria

    she/her/hers
    Professor
    Office Location
    484 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 274-2567

    Interests: Macromolecular assembly; RNA-protein recognition; Dynamics of RNA folding

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    Fay, Justin

    Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    319 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2998
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    Interests: Evolution of gene regulation; Comparative genomics and domestication; Disease consequences of human evolution

  • James Fry

    Fry, James D

    Associate Professor
    Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    318 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7835

    Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology

  • Dragony Fu

    Fu, Dragony

    Associate Professor
    Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology
    Research Active
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    PhD students

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    Office Location
    333 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3346
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    Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders linked to RNA function; Biochemistry and molecular biology

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  • Sina Ghaemmaghami

    Ghaemmaghami, Sina

    Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
    George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
    Professor of Biology
    Director, AS&E Undergraduate Research
    Research Active
    Now accepting:
    PhD students

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    Office Location
    326A Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4829
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    Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics

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    Glastad, Karl

    Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games

  • Vera Gorbunova

    Gorbunova, Vera

    Doris Johns Cherry Professor
    Professor of Biology
    Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    434 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7740
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    Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy

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  •  J. David Lambert

    Lambert, J. David

    Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    344 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-2482
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    Website

    Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes

  • Amanda Larracuente

    Larracuente, Amanda

    she/her/hers
    Associate Professor
    Associate Chair
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    343 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 273-1693
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    Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila; Centromere organization and evolution

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    Meyer, Anne S.

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    Associate Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    472 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-9290
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    Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA

  • Robert L. Minckley

    Minckley, Robert L.

    Professor of Instruction
    Research Active
    Office Location
    446 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0272
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    Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators

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    Murphy, Patrick J.

    Assistant Professor
    Office Location
    2-9619 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0113
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    Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics

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  • Allen Orr

    Orr, H. Allen

    Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
    Professor of Biology
    On sabbatical until July 2024
    Office Location
    342 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3838
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    Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics

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    Peter, Benjamin

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    Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    478 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2634
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    Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure

  • Douglas Portman

    Portman, Douglas

    Professor
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    2-9647 KMRB
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7414
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    Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning

  • Daven C. Presgraves

    Presgraves, Daven C.

    Dean's Professor
    Professor of Biology
    Research Active
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    Office Location
    481 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0925
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    Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes

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    Wang, Ning

    Assistant Professor
    Research Active
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    Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration

  • Michael Welte

    Welte, Michael

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    Professor
    Office Location
    317 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3897
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    Interests: Cell and developmental biology; Intracellular trafficking of proteins, RNAs, and organelles; Regulation of motor-driven transport; Cell biology of lipid droplets; Lipid droplets in protein sequestration and innate immunity

  • John H. Werren

    Werren, John H.

    Research Professor
    Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor in Biology
    Office Location
    306 Hutchison
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3694

    Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.