Faculty by Research Focus

Cellular, Developmental and Molecular Biology

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

he/him/his

Professor

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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

Dragony Fu

Fu, Dragony

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

J. David Lambert

Lambert, J. David

Professor

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Office Location
344 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-2482
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Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes

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Meyer, Anne S.

she/her/hers

Associate Professor

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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

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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

Douglas Portman

Portman, Douglas

Professor

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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

Andrei Seluanov

Seluanov, Andrei

Professor

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Office Location
432 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6636
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Interests: Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales

Elaine Sia

Sia, Elaine

she/her/hers

Professor

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Not Research Active

Office Location
334A Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-9275

Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Wang, Ning

Assistant Professor

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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

he/him/his

Professor

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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