Biological Sciences Research Area: DNA / RNA / Gene Expression

Faculty Members


Dr. Gordon Chua
Functional genomics in fission yeast; deciphering biological networks of gene regulation and genetic interactions.
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Dr. Peter Dunfield
Ecology and genomics of extremophilic bacteria; environmental microbiology of the methane cycle.
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Dr. David Hansen
Genetic analysis of stem cell self renewal; negative regulation of notch signaling.
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Dr. Joe Harrison
Microbial population biology; biofilm microbiology; bacterial genetics and genomics; cyclic-di-GMP signalling; antibiotic and metal resistance; chronic infectious disease.
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Dr. Michael Hynes
Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; regulation of genes involved in rhizobium symbiosis; rhizobium plasmids; chemotaxis; microbial ecology.
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Dr. Doug Muench
Molecular/cell biology of mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton; metabolic engineering.
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Dr. Lars Petersen
Teaching interests include energy flow in biological systems; principles of genetics; DNA, inheritance and evolution.
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Dr. Dae-Kyun Ro
Biochemistry and molecular genetics of plant secondary metabolisms; plant and microbial metabolic engineering for the production of pharmaceuticals; nutrient-enhanced crops; and renewable energy.
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Dr. Sean Rogers
Molecular ecology and evolution; ecological genomics and the genetics of adaptation; the genetics of reproductive isolation and speciation; the molecular ecology of invasive species; conservation genetics.
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Dr. Steven Zimmerly
Transposition of group II introns in bacteria and evolution of group II introns.
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