Faculty
Peter Atkinson
Genetic manipulation of insects of commercial importance
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Tel: (951) 827-4782
Fax: (951) 827-5517
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu
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Jeffrey Bachant
Mitosis is a precisely regulated event during which equivalent sets of chromosomes are partitioned between mother and daughter cells
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Tel: (951) 827-6473
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: jeffrey.bachant@ucr.edu
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Julia Bailey-Serres
Translational regulation; molecular responses to environmental stress
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Tel: (951) 827-3738
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: julia.bailey@.ucr.edu
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Maksim Bazhenov
Computational neuroscience: roles of neural oscillations in sensory information coding, sleep and memory consolidation, epileptogenesis
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Tel: (951) 827-4370
E-mail: maksim.bazhenov@ucr.edu
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Katherine Borkovich
Regulation of multicellular growth and development by G proteins and opsins in fungi
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Tel: (951) 827-2753
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: katherine.borkovich@ucr.edu
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James Borneman
Molecular microbial ecology of pests, pathogens, and ecosystem
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Tel: (951) 827-3584
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: mailto:james.borneman@ucr.edu
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Chia-en Angelina Chang
Ligand-protein and protein-protein interactions, protein dynamics, ligand and receptor design
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Tel: (951) 827-7263
Fax: (951) 827-2435
E-mail: chia-en.chang@ucr.edu
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Xuemei Chen
Cell fate specification in floral patterning and small RNA metabolism and function
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Tel: (951) 827-3988
Fax: N/A
E-mail: xuemei.chen@ucr.edu
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Timothy Close
Genetics of environmental stress tolerance
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Tel: (951) 827-3318
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: timothy.close@ucr.edu
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Donald Cooksey
Molecular biology of bacterial copper resistance; genetics of bacterial plant pathogens
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Tel: (951) 827-3516
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: donald.cooksey@ucr.edu
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David Crowley
Bioremediation of PCBs and other organic pollutants, rhizosphere microbiology, and microbial ecology
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Tel: (951) 827-3785
Fax: (951) 827-3993
E-mail: david.crowley@ucr.edu
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Xinping Cui
Statistical analysis of DNA microarray, quality of life and survival data
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Tel: (951) 827-2563
Fax: (951) 827-3286
E-mail: xinping.cui@ucr.edu
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Sean Cutler
Interface of Chemical Genomics and Plant Cell Biology
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Tel: (951) 827-6990
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: sean.cutler@ucr.edu
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Anupama Dahanukar
Molecular genetics of the Drosophila gustatory system
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Tel: (951) 827-5999
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E-mail: anupama.dahanukar@ucr.edu
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Paul De Ley
Ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy of nematodes, with particular emphasis on the behavioral, molecular and morphological differences between closely related species
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Tel: (951) 827-2280
Fax: (951) 827-3719
E-mail: paul.deley@ucr.edu
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Shou-Wei Ding
Mechanisms of viral mediated gene silencing
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Tel: (951) 827-2341
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: shou-wei.ding@ucr.edu
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Greg W. Douhan
Population biology, pathology, ecology and genetics of fungi
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Tel: (951) 827-4130
Fax: (951) 827-4132
E-mail: gdouhan@ucr.edu
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David Eastmond
Toxicity and carcinogenesis of environmental chemicals; chromosomal alterations in chemically exposed human populations
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Tel: (951) 827-4497
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: david.eastmond@ucr.edu
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Norman Ellstrand
Applied plant population genetics with emphasis on hybridization and gene flow
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Tel: (951) 827-4194
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu
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Thomas Eulgem
Molecular mechanisms of defense gene regulation
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Tel: (951) 827-7740
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu
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Brian Federici
Genetics of insect pathogens; insect pathology and the development of novel microbial insecticides
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Tel: (951) 827-5006
Fax: (951) 827-3086
E-mail: brian.federici@ucr.edu
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Theodore Garland
Experimental evolution of exercise physiology and behavior; quantitative genetics; phylogenetic analyses
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Tel: (951) 827-3524
Fax: (951) 827-4275
E-mail: theodore.garland@ucr.edu
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Sarjeet Gill
Molecular mechanisms of toxic action and xenobiotic metabolism
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Tel: (951) 827-4621
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: sarjeet.gill@ucr.edu
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Thomas Girke
Bioinformatics
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Tel: (951) 905-5232
Fax: N/A
E-mail: Thomas.girke@ucr.edu
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Venu Gonehal
We utilize micro-genomics and live-imaging methods to decipher molecular and cellular networks underlying stem-cell homeostasis
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Tel: (951) 827-3482
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: venug@ucr.edu
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Cheryl Hayashi
Evolutionary genetics and function of spider silk proteins
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Tel: (951) 827-4322
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: cheryl.hayashi@ucr.edu
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John Heraty
Morphological and molecular systematics of Chalcidoidea
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Tel: (951) 827-6351
Fax: (951) 827-3086
E-mail: john.hearty@ucr.edu
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Jodie Holt
Population and physiological ecology of weedy and invasive plant species in wildlands and agricultural ecosystems and the application of that knowledge to management.
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Tel: (951) 827-3801
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: jodie.holt@ucr.edu
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I-Chueh Huang
Innate immune control of viral infection
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Tel: (951) 827-3560
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: ichueh.huang@ucr.edu
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Anthony Huang
Cell, molecular and developmental biology of oils in seeds and flowers
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Tel: (951) 827-4783
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: anthony.huang@ucr.edu
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Bradley Hyman
Genetics, structure, and recombination of animal mitochondrial genomes
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Tel: (951) 827-5911
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: bradley.hyman@ucr.edu
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Tao Jiang
Combinatorial algorithms; computational molecular biology
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Tel: (951) 827-2991
Fax: (951) 827-4643
E-mail: jiang@cs.ucr.edu
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Hailing Jin
Mechanisms of signal transduction and gene regulation in plant pathogen resistance and susceptibility by using plant-viral interaction systems
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Tel: (951) 827-7995
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: hailing.jin@ucr.edu
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Howard Judelson
Molecular genetics of differentiation and pathogenesis in fungi
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Tel: (951) 827-4199
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: howard.judelson@ucr.edu
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Isgouhi Kaloshian
Molecular genetics of root-knot nematode and aphid resistance in tomato
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Tel: (951) 827-3913
Fax: (951) 827-3719
E-mail: isgouhi.kaloshian@ucr.edu
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Ted Karginov
Small RNAs and RNA-binding proteins in gene regulation
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Tel: (951) 827-3604
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E-mail: fedor.karginov@ucr.edu
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Paul Larsen
Ethylene signal transduction
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Tel: (951) 827-2026
Fax: (951) 827-4434
E-mail: paul.larsen@ucr.edu
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Karine Le Roch
Understanding cell cycle and life cycle progression of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, throughout ubiquitin regulations
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Tel: (951) 827-5422
Fax: N/A
E-mail: karine.leroch@ucr.edu
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Bai-Lian Li
Quantitative plant ecology, modeling, computational biology, and ecological informatics
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Tel: (951) 827-4776
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: bai-lian.li@ucr.edu
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Keh-Shin Lii
Computational statistics, time series analysis, statistical modeling, simulations
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Tel: (951) 827-3836
Fax: (951) 827-3286
E-mail: mailto:ksl@ucrstat.ucr.edu
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Renyi Liu
Evolutionary analysis of plant and bacterial genomes
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Tel: (951) 827-3987
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: renyi.liu@ucr.edu
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Xuan Liu
Molecular mechanisms of transcription by tumor suppresser gene p53
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Tel: (951) 827-4350
Fax: (951) 827-3590
E-mail: xuan.liu@ucr.edu
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Stefano Lonardi
Computational molecular biology; data compression; data mining; information hiding
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Tel: (951) 827-2203
Fax: (951) 827-4643
E-mail: stelo@cs.ucr.edu
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Julia Lyubovitsky
Natural materials for tissue regeneration, biosensing, 3D tissue engineered models
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Tel: (951) 827-7231
Fax: (951) 827-6416
E-mail: julial@engr.ucr.edu
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Wenbo Ma
Functional and comparative genomics of plant-associated bacteria
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Tel: (951) 827-4349
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: wenbo.ma@ucr.edu
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Morris Maduro
Developmental mechanisms of cell fate specification in the nematode C. elegans., particularly the regulatory gene network that specifies the embryonic mesoderm and endoderm precursor cells
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Tel: (951) 827-7196
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: morris.maduro@ucr.edu
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Ernest Martinez
Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of chromatin structure and mammalian gene transcription
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Tel: (951) 827-2031
Fax: (951) 827-4434
E-mail: ermest.martinez@ucr.edu
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Manuela Martins-Green
The role of chemokines in wound healing and tumor development
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Tel: (951) 827-2587
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: Manuela.martins@ucr.edu
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Dmitri Maslov
Molecular biology, parasitology, and molecular evolution of kinetoplastid protozoa
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Tel: (951) 827-6485
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: dmitri.maslov@ucr.edu
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Meera G. Nair 
Macrophage function in mucosal infection and inflammation. Research in the Nair lab is focused on understanding the function of macrophages recruited to mucosal sites following infection and how they regulate host immunity and inflammation
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Tel: 951-827-7734
Fax: 951-827-2477
E-mail: meera.nair@ucr.edu
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James Ng
My research focuses on mechanisms underlying the insect vector transmission of viruses, and virus-insect vector interactions mediating the transmission process
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Tel: (951) 827-4223
Fax: N/A
E-mail: james.ng@ucr.edu
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Constance Nugent
Replication and maintenance of telomeric regions of chromosomes
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Tel: (951) 827-2383
Fax: (951) 827-2996
E-mail: connie.nugent@ucr.edu
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Leonard Nunney
Population genetics, ecology, and conservation biology
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Tel: (951) 827-5011
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: leonard.nunney@ucr.edu
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Joao Pedra
Immunity and pathogenesis of tick-borne diseases
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Tel: (951) 827-5294
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E-mail: joao.pedra@ucr.edu
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Alexander Raikhel
Molecular Genetics of Arthropod Vectors of Human Diseases; Reproduction and Immunity in Mosquitoes
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Tel: (951) 827-2129
Fax: (951) 827-3086
E-mail: alexander.raikhel@ucr.edu
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Natasha Raikhel
Molecular mechanisms of trafficking and cell wall structure/function in plants
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Tel: (951) 827-6370
Fax: (951) 827-2155
E-mail: natasha.raikhel@ucr.edu
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A.L.N. Rao
Molecular biology of plant virus replication and host-virus interactions
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Tel: (951) 827-3810
Fax: (951) 827-4294
E-mail: a.rao@ucr.edu
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Anandasankar Ray
Molecular mechanisms of olfactory system function and development in insects
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Tel: (951) 827-5998
Fax: (951) 827-3086
E-mail: anand.ray@ucr.edu
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David Reznick
Evolutionary Biology
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Tel: (951) 827-5820
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: david.reznick@ucr.edu
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Mikeal Roose
Citrus genetics and breeding; use of molecular markers in plant breeding and systematics; asparagus genetics and breeding
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Tel: (951) 827-4137
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: mikeal.roose@ucr.edu
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Joel Sachs
The evolution of cooperation and cheating in rhizobial symbionts of legumes
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Tel: (951) 827-6357
Fax: N/A
E-mail: joel.sachs@ucr.edu
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Frank Sauer
Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology
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Tel: (951) 827-3616
Fax: (951) 827-4434
E-mail: mailto:frank.sauer@ucr.edu
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Neal Schiller
Molecular characterization of bacterial physiology, pathogenesis and host-bacterial interactions
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Tel: (951) 827-4569
Fax: (951) 827-5504
E-mail: mailto:neal.schiller@ucr.edu
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Frances Sladek
Molecular mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression; steroid hormone receptors
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Tel: (951) 827-2264
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: mailto:frances.sladek@ucr.edu
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Stephen Spindler
Biochemical and genetic mechanisms of aging and lifespan extension
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Tel: (951) 827-3553
Fax: (951) 827-4774
E-mail: stephen.spindler@ucr.edu
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Mark Springer
Molecular evolution of transposable elements in sea urchins and molecular systematics of mammals
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Tel: (951) 827-6458
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: mark.springer@ucr.edu
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Patricia Springer
Molecular genetics of leaf development
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Tel: (951) 827-5785
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: patricia.springer@ucr.edu
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Jason E. Stajich
Population and evolutionary genomics of fungi
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Tel: (951) 827-2363
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E-mail: jason.stajich@ucr.edu
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Jolinda Traugh
Signal transduction; analysis of protein kinases and the role of phosphorylation in regulation of metabolism
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Tel: (951) 827-4239
Fax: (951) 827-4434
E-mail: jolinda.traugh@ucr.edu
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J. Giles Waines
Cytogenetics, evolution, plant breeding, genetics of stress resistance; wheats, legumes
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Tel: (951) 827-3706
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: giles.waines@ucr.edu
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Linda Walling
Molecular responses to pests, pathogens and wounding; N-terminal processing of proteins
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Tel: (951) 827-4687
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu
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Susan R. Wessler
Computational and experimental analysis to understand the contribution of transposable elements to gene and genome evolution
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Tel: (951) 827-7866
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: susan.wessler@ucr.edu
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Bradley J. White
Evolutionary genomics of mosquitoes
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Tel: (951) 827-2626
Fax: (951) 827-3086
E-mail: bradley.white@ucr.edu
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Shizhong Xu
Quantitative and population genetics, and plant breeding
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Tel: (951) 827-5898
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: xu@genetics.ucr.edu
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Zhenbiao Yang
Plant molecular mechanisms underlying polar cell growth and Rho GTPase signaling
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Tel: (951) 827-7351
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: zhenbiao.yang@ucr.edu
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Raphael Zidovetzki
Bioinformatics: statistical analysis of gene microarrays and genetic associations; application to studying human diseases
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Tel: (951) 827-5628
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: raphael.zidovetzki@ucr.edu
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Academic Coordinators
David Carter
Microscopy
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Tel: (951) 827-2694
Fax: N/A
E-mail: David.carter@ucr.edu
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Songqin Pan
Proteomics
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Tel: (951) 827-7114
Fax: N/A
E-mail: Songqin.pan@ucr.edu
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