Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes and transformations in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and other biomolecules.

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• Dr. Arik Dvir - Biochemistry and enzymology of eukaryotic gene transcription.
• Dr. Chhabi Govind - Eukaryotic transcription; recruitment and functional analysis of histone modifying and chromatin remodeling complexes.

Cell biology is the study of cells including their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level, chiefly involved with the understanding of interactions between the various systems of a cell, including the interrelationship of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and their regulation.

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• Dr. Amy Banes-Berceli - Physiology of hypertension and cell signaling, with a particular focus on JAK/STAT pathway; involvement of JAK/STAT in diabetes mellitus and ANG-induced hypertension.
• Dr. Chhabi Govind - Eukaryotic transcription; recruitment and functional analysis of histone modifying and chromatin remodeling complexes.
• Dr. Anne Hitt - Cellular and molecular biology of the membrane skeleton of amoeboid cells, membrane protein structure and function.
• Dr. Lan Jiang - Mechanisms of biological tube formation in Drosophila tracheal system.
• Dr. Zijuan Liu - Molecular mechanisms of metalloid transport in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
• Dr. Rasul Chaudhry - Human embryonic stem cell research - molecular mechanisms of cell differentiation and applications in tissue engineering; molecular genetics of developmental, degradative, and virulent genes.
• Dr. Sheldon R. Gordon - Cytoskeleton regulation of cell migration and cell cycle progression. Interactions between the basement membrane and cytoskeleton during wound repair.
• Dr. Susmit Suvas - T-cell response to viral infection.
• Gerard Madlambayan - Defining the biological mechanisms underlying primary stem cell function in different cancers; applying these findings towards developing clinically relevant drugs and drug delivery strategies to treat these diseases.

Behavior or ethology refers to the actions or reactions of an organism, usually in relation to the environment. Social behavior is behavior directed towards, or taking place between, members of the same species. Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics, or traits of a population of organisms. Heritable traits are encoded in the genetic material of an organism (usually DNA); changes in this genetic material (mutation) and the subsequent spread of these changes in the population drives evolution.

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• Dr. Keith Berven - Amphibian population biology and evolution of life history patterns.
• Dr. Scott Tiegs - Stream and river ecology; River restoration; Resource subsidies; Organic matter decomposition; Human impacts to riverine ecosystems; Stream-watershed interactions; Roles of species in ecosystems.

Genetics is the study of gene function, heredity, the study of inheritance and the science of variation. Bioinformatics is the creation and advancement of algorithms, computational and statistical techniques, and theory to solve formal and practical problems posed by or inspired from the management and analysis of biological data.

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• Dr. Fabia Battistuzzi - Assessment and development of bioinformatics tools  to address established areas of research and develop new tools to answer the needs arising from a growing community of researchers in evolution.
• Dr. Lan Jiang - Mechanisms of biological tube formation in Drosophila tracheal system.
• Dr. Shailesh Lal - Mechanism and regulation of pre-mRNA processing in plants.
• Dr. Barkur Shastry - Characterization of genetic abnormality associated with human hereditary disorders; biology of mutant genes.
• Dr. Douglas Wendell - Mechanisms of growth control; genetics of complex traits; genetic mapping and molecular cloning of tumor growth genes.

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• Dr. Amy Banes-Berceli - Physiology of hypertension and cell signaling, with a particular focus on JAK/STAT pathway; involvement of JAK/STAT in diabetes mellitus and ANG-induced hypertension.
• Dr. Charles B. Lindemann - Physiology and biophysics of mammalian sperm motility; causal factors involved in the maintenance of and cessation of sperm motility.

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• Banes-Berceli, Amy: Physiology of hypertension and cell signaling, with a particular focus on JAK/STAT pathway; involvement of JAK/STAT in diabetes mellitus and ANG-induced hypertension.
• Gerard Madlambayan Defining the biological mechanisms underlying primary stem cell function in different cancers; applying these findings towards developing clinically relevant drugs and drug delivery strategies to treat these diseases.