The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Faculty Research Interests

Archaeal genetics & biochemistry

Cann IK, Metcalf WW, Olsen GJ, Spies M, Whitaker RJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS

Bacterial genetics

Blanke SR, Cronan JE, Farrand SK, Gardner JF, Gennis RB, Kuzminov A, Metcalf WW, Miller CG, Ordal GW, Salyers AA, Slauch JM, Switzer RL, Vanderpool CK

Bacterial pathogenesis

Blanke SR, Farrand SK, Hergenrother PJ, Mitchell DA, Salyers AA, Slauch JM, Tapping RI, Wilson BA

Bacterial physiology

Blanke SR, Crofts AR, Cronan JE, Farrand SK, Imlay JA, Kuzminov A, Miller CG, Ordal GW, Salyers AA, Switzer RL, Vanderpool CK, Wolfe RS

Bioenergetics

Crofts AR, Gennis RB, Imlay JA, Lu Y, Wraight CA

Bioinformatics

Jakobsson E, Lu Y, Olsen GJ, Robertson HM, Stubbs LJ, Whitaker RJ

Cell differentiation

Bagchi MK, Chen J, Chen L, Glaser M, Henry JJ, Jones PL, Kaufman SJ, Newmark PA, Shapiro DJ

Cell-matrix interactions

Glaser M, Kaufman SJ, Leckband DE, Wang F, Williams BD

Cell physiology

Bagchi MK, Best PM, Blanke SR, Chen J, Cox CL, Dawson MJ, Feng AS, George JM, Gillette R, Jakobsson E, Katzenellenbogen BS, Kemper BW, Kemper JK, Kwast KE, Meisami E, Nardulli AM, Nelson ME, Ramirez VD, Sherwood OD, Xiang KY

Chromatin structure

Belmont AS, Chen L, Jones PL, Kemper JK, Kemper BW, Mizzen C, Nardulli AM, Prasanth S, Shapiro DJ, Stubbs LJ

Circadian rhythms

Gillette MU

Computational biology

Anastasio TJ, Dawson MJ, Jakobsson E, Mittenthal JE, Nelson ME, Schuler MA, Tajkhorshid E

Cytoskeleton

Brieher WM, Dawson MJ, Wang F

Development

Bagchi MK, Cameron J, Chen J, Gillette MU, Greenough W, Henry JJ, Jones PL, Newmark PA, Raetzman LT, Robinson GE, Stubbs LJ, Wang F

Endocrinology

Bagchi MK, Chen J, Katzenellenbogen BS, Kemper JK, Nardulli AM, Raetzman LT, Ramirez VD, Shapiro DJ, Sherwood OD

Enzyme mechanisms

Brieher WM, Gennis RB, Gerlt JA, Hager LP, Huang RH, Imlay JA, Kemper BW, Lu Y, Mitchell DA, Morrissey JH, Schuler MA, Silverman SK, Sligar SG, Spies M, Switzer RL, van der Donk WA, Wolfe RS

Genomics

Cann IK, Clayton DF, Freeman BC, Gerlt JA, Kelleher NL, Kuzminov A, Kwast KE, Lu Y, Olsen GJ, Robertson HM, Schuler MA, Stubbs LJ, Vanderpool CK, Whitaker RJ, Woese CR

Geomicrobiology

Fouke BW, Whitaker RJ

Glycolipids

Orlean PA

Imaging

Belmont AS, Crofts AR, Dawson MJ, Ha T, Lu Y

Ion transport

Best PM, Cox CL, Crofts AR, Feng AS, Gennis RB, Gillette R, Grosman C, Jakobsson E, Tajkhorshid E, Wraight CA

Learning & memory

Ceman S, Clayton DF, Cox CL, Feng AS, Gillette R, Greenough W

Membrane biochemistry & biogenesis

Blanke SR, Crofts AR, Cronan JE, Fratti RA, Gennis RB, George JM, Glaser M, Kaufman SJ, Kemper BW, Leckband DE, Morrissey JH, Ordal GW, Orlean PA, Tajkhorshid E, Wraight CA

Microbial Ecology

Whitaker RJ

Molecular evolution

Crofts AR, Farrand SK, Gerlt JA, Lu Y, Olsen GJ, Robertson HM, Silverman SK, Stubbs LJ, Whitaker RJ, Woese CR

Molecular immunology

Blanke SR, Kranz DM, Shisler JL, Tapping RI

Neural networks

Anastasio TJ, Cox CL, Feng AS, Gillette R, Meisami E, Nelson ME

Neural plasticity

Anastasio TJ, Chiba A, Clayton DF, Cox CL, Greenough W, Meisami E, Nelson ME, Newmark PA

Neuroendocrinology

Meisami E, Ramirez VD

Pattern formation

Anastasio TJ, Cameron J, Chiba A, Cox CL, Feng AS, Gillette R, Henry JJ, Newmark PA

Photosynthesis

Crofts AR, Wraight CA

Physiology of behavior

Anastasio TJ, Cox CL, Feng AS, Gillette R, Nelson ME

Protein dynamics

Freeman BC, Grosman C, Jakobsson E, Kranz DM, Leckband DE, Lu Y, Sligar SG, Tajkhorshid E, Wraight CA

Protein-nucleic acid interactions

Bagchi MK, Cann IK, Ceman S, Farrand SK, Gardner JF, Ha T, Huang RH, Jones PL, Katzenellenbogen BS, Kemper JK, Kemper BW, Levesque L, Lu Y, Mizzen C, Nair SK, Nardulli AM, Prasanth S, Prasanth KV, Rivier DH, Silverman SK, Spies M, Switzer RL

Protein structure

Brieher WM, Crofts AR, George JM, Gerlt JA, Huang RH, Jakobsson E, Kranz DM, Leckband DE, Lu Y, Nair SK, Schuler MA, Spies M, Switzer RL, Tajkhorshid E

Receptor biochemistry

Bagchi MK, Blanke SR, Freeman BC, Glaser M, Jones PL, Katzenellenbogen BS, Kaufman SJ, Kemper JK, Kranz DM, Leckband DE, Nardulli AM, Ordal GW, Shapiro DJ, Tapping RI, Xiang KY

Regulation of gene expression

Belmont AS, Chen L, Cronan JE, Farrand SK, Freeman BC, Jones PL, Katzenellenbogen BS, Kaufman SJ, Kemper JK, Kemper BW, Kwast KE, Levesque L, Metcalf WW, Miller CG, Mizzen C, Nardulli AM, Prasanth KV, Ramirez VD, Salyers AA, Schuler MA, Shapiro DJ, Slauch JM, Stubbs LJ, Switzer RL, Vanderpool CK, Williams BD

RNA processing

Hergenrother PJ, Huang RH, Levesque L, Lu Y, Prasanth KV, Schuler MA, Shapiro DJ, Silverman SK, Switzer RL, Vanderpool CK

Sensory processing

Anastasio TJ, Cox CL, Farrand SK, Feng AS, Gillette R, Lu Y, Meisami E, Nelson ME, Ordal GW

Signal transduction

Bagchi MK, Best PM, Blanke SR, Chen J, Chen L, Farrand SK, Freeman BC, Gillette R, Glaser M, Katzenellenbogen BS, Kaufman SJ, Kemper BW, Kemper JK, Kwast KE, Lu Y, Nardulli AM, Ordal GW, Ramirez VD, Shapiro DJ, Sherwood OD, Shisler JL, Vanderpool CK, Wang F, Wilson BA, Xiang KY

Virology

Levesque L, Shisler JL

Neurodegenerative Disease

George JM