Faculty Directory
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Michael Adams
Molecular and cellular physiology of chemical signaling
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Tel: (951) 827-4746
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: michael.adams@ucr.edu
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Huiwang Ai
We are interested in utilizing molecular tools that are created through protein engineering, and the state-of-the-art analytical techniques such as proteomics and light microscopy to investigate the underlying biology of living organisms.
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Tel: (951) 827-3710
Fax: (951) 750-5138
E-mail: huiwang.ai@ucr.edu
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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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Richard Cardullo
Our laboratory is currently employing advanced imaging technologies along with biochemical and biophysical methodologies in order to determine both the molecules involved in fertilization as well as the precise sequence of molecular events ultimately leading to the fusion of mammalian sperm and egg.
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Tel: (951) 827-6457
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: richard.carullo@ucr.edu
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Monica Carson
The role of microglia in the central nervous system (CNS)
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Tel: (951) 827-6089
Fax: (951) 827-5504
E-mail: monica.carson@ucr.edu
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Xuemei Chen
Cell fate specification and stem cell regulation in flower development; molecular mechanisms of microRNA metabolism and RNA silencing.
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Tel: (951) 827-3988
Fax: N/A
E-mail: xuemei.chen@ucr.edu
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Margarita Curras-Collazo
Neuroendocrinology and medical neuroscience.
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Tel: (951) 827-3960
Fax: (951) 827-2966
E-mail: margarita.curras@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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Kathryn DeFea
How different G-protein coupled receptors can utilize protein scaffolding complexes to direct the sub cellular localization, and thus the downstream effects, of MAPK activation.
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Tel: (951) 827-2871
Fax: (951) 827-5506
E-mail: kathryn.defea@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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Iryna Ethell
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synapse development and plasticity.
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Tel: (951) 827-2186
Fax: (951) 827-7121
E-mail: iryna.ethell@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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Todd Fiacco
Understanding fundamental astrocyte Gq GPCR signaling domains, plasticity of astrocytic receptors, modulation of astrocyte glutamate uptake, and role of astrocytes in epilepsy.
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Tel: (951) 827-7865
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: todd.fiacco@ucr.edu
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Kaustabh Ghosh
Cellular biomechanics, vascular tissue engineering and biomaterials for organ regeneration.
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Tel: (951) 827-4203
Fax: (951) 827-6416
E-mail: kghosh@engr.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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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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Leah Haimo
Research in my laboratory is focused on understanding the mechanisms generating and regulating intracellular movements.
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Tel: (951) 827-5632
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: leah.haimo@email.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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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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Paul Larsen
Research in my lab focuses both on ethylene signal transduction and plant responses to abiotic stress.
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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) 827-4834
Fax: N/A
E-mail: karine.leroch@ucr.edu
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Jiayu Liao
My research includes studies on signal transduction pathways, small ubiquitin-like modifier ligase, G protein-coupled receptors, and lipid receptors.
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Tel: (951) 827-6240
Fax: (951) 827-5696
E-mail: jiayu.liao@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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David Lo
Research in my laboratory is concerned with the study of the basic developmental biology of mucosal immune tissue, CD4 T cell homeostatic regulation, and the role of relB in the regulation of NF-kappaB activity and cellular differentiation.
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Tel: (951) 827-4553
Fax: (951) 827-5504
E-mail: david.lo@ucr.edu
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Christian Lytle
Our research strives to understand the ion transport processes that underlie fluid and electrolyte secretion in the gastrointestinal tract, the mechanisms by which they are regulated, and how they might be altered in disease.
Tel: (951) 827-2592
Fax: (951) 827-5504
E-mail: christian.lytle@ucr.edu
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Julia Lyubovitsky
Our laboratory is pursuing interdisciplinary research spanning disciplines such as Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Engineering with a goal to develop molecular level understanding and control of protein/peptide assembly and disassembly and to apply this knowledge to diseases, tissue engineering, nanotechnology and biomaterials.
Tel: (951) 827-7231
E-mail: julia.lyubovitsky@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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Thomas Miller
Insect physiology and toxicology applied to crop protection.
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Tel: (951) 827-2278
Fax: N/A
E-mail: thomas.miller@ucr.edu
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Ashok Mulchandani
Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Biosensors, Environmental Biotechnology.
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Tel: (951) 827-6419
Fax: N/A
E-mail: adani@engr.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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Eugene Nothnagel
Occurrence, biosynthesis, and function of O-methylated sugars in plant
cell wall polymers.
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Tel: (951) 827-3777
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: eugene.nothnagel@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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Joao Pedra
Immunity and pathogenesis of tick-borne diseases
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Tel: (951) 827-5294
Fax:
E-mail: joao.pedra@ucr.edu
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Michael Pirrung
Dr. Pirrung is an organic chemist with research in the areas of chemical biology, synthesis, and nucleic acids. He is a pioneer in the field of microarrays, which have important biological applications in genomics. Recent interests have included combinatorial chemistry, focused on solid-phase synthesis and natural products.
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Tel: (951) 827-2722
Fax:(951) 827-2249
E-mail: micahel.pirrung@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: arao@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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Noboru Sato
Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology
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Tel: (951) 827-3644
Fax: (951) 827-4434
E-mail: noboru.sato@ucr.edu
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Frank Sauer
Stem Cell Biology and Biomedical Research
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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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John Shyy
The major aim of my research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which fluid shear stress and mechanical stretch activate gene expression in cells in the cardiovascular system.
Tel: (951) 827-3863
Fax: (951) 827-5504
E-mail: john.shyy@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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Harley Smith
Molecular mechanisms that control morphological changes in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) upon floral induction
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Tel: (951) 827-2643
Fax: (951) 827-4437
E-mail: harleys@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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Prudence Talbot
Effects of environmental chemicals on reproduction and development using
mammalian models based on stem cells.
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Tel: (951) 827-3768
Fax: (951) 827-4286
E-mail: prudence.talbot@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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Yinsheng Wang
Our research focuses on using mass spectrometry (MS) to understand important biological problems, and we are particularly interested in DNA damage induced by reactive oxygen species and covalent modifications of proteins.
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Tel: (951) 827-2700
Fax:
E-mail: yinsheng.wang@ucr.edu
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Susan Wessler
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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Emma Wilson
The primary focus of the lab is the immune response in the brain following Toxoplasma gondii infection.
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Tel: (951) 827-4328
Fax: (951) 827-5504
E-mail: emma.wilson@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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Laura Zanello
Physical Biochemistry, Molecular Endocrinology, Biomedical Research
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Tel: (951) 827-3158
Fax: (951) 827-4434
E-mail: laura.zanello@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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Nicole zur Nieden
Molecular regulation of stem cell expansion, differentiation and toxicity with a focus on Wnt/beta-catenin and miRNAs
Tel: (951) 827-3818
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: nicole.zurnieden@ucr.edu
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