Cell Development & Physiology
Chair:  Dr. Wic Wildering

Dr. Heather Addy - Biology of root endophytic fungi and plant-fungal symbioses; science education

Dr. S. Huang -

Dr. David Bird -

Dr. Manfred Lohka - Cell-cycle control; regulation of mitosis; nuclear envelope assembly in tissue culture cells and Xenopus egg extracts.

Dr. George Bourne - Comparative cardiorespiratory physiology; biology of mollusks.

Dr. Douglas Muench - Molecular/cell biology of mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton; translational control.

Dr . Andre Buret - Immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases, apoptosis, cytokines and inflammation.

Dr. Richard Pharis - Developmental physiology of plant growth and differentiation; gibberellins and flowering.

Dr. C.C. Chinnappa - Genetic regulation of phenotypic plasticity in Stellaria longipes ecotypes

Dr. David Reid - Plant stress physiology; hormones; root-shoot communication; root development.

Dr. Gordon Chua - Functional genomics in fission yeast. Deciphering biological networks of gene regulation and genetic interactions.

Dr. Marcus A. Samuel - Plant reproductive development-cellular signaling during pollen-pistil interactions; Plant stress signaling and crop improvement.

Dr. John Cobb - Mammalian developmental biology. Role of homeodomain transcription factors in patterning the mouse embryo with an emphasis on limb development and the control of gene expression.

Dr. Carrie Shemanko - Mammary gland development and breast cancer; prolactin Jak-Stat signaling; mammary epithelial stem cell biology.

Dr. Lashitew Gedamu -Molecular Biology of Leishmania: Functional studies and stage specific regulation of genes involved in Leishmania survival and pathogenesis. Evaluation of Leishmania Vaccine Candidate Genes.

Dr. Doug Syme - Comparative muscle, locomotor physiology

Dr. Jeff Goldberg - Physiology, developmental biology and behavior of molluscan embryos; developmental roles of neurotransmitters; neural control and signal transduction of cilia beating.

Dr. Trevor Thorpe - Experimental plant morphogenesis; developmental physiology; micropropagation.

Dr. Cindy Graham - Plant hormone metabolism and stress responses; Natural Science Education.

Dr. Jacob Thundathil -

Dr. Hamid Habibi - Molecular endocrinology; Pharmacology and environmental toxicology.

Dr. Richard Walker - Comparative physiology: transport regulatory mechanisms in aquatic vertebrates.

Dr. Dave Hansen - Genetic analysis of stem cell self renewal; Negative regulation of Notch signaling

Dr. Wic Wildering - Cellular and molecular foundation of neuronal aging and age-associated learning and memory impairment. Cell adhesion mechanisms and their role in the regulation of inflammation, nervous system function and repair.

Dr. Petra Hermann -

Dr. Ed Yeung- Structural, physiological and biochemical ontogeny of plant embryogenesis