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Major Research Areas

Genetics of Disease

Jeffrey Amack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Genetics and cell biology of organ morphogenesis during embryonic development.
Frank Middleton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Molecular basis of cortical-basal ganglia and cortical-cerebellar circuit formation and dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disease.

Xin Jie Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mitochondrial biogenesis and inheritance, aging and aging-related degenerative diseases.
M Golam Mohi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanism of leukemia; study the effect of oncogenic mutations in pathogenesis of leukemia using mouse model.
Stephen Glatt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics
Eric Olson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cerebral cortex development.
Wendy Kates, Ph.D.
Professor
Anatomic and functional imaging investigations of neurodevelopment in individuals with genetic or psychiatric disorders
Andras Perl, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Genes and Viruses Predisposing to Autoimmunity, Genetics, Apoptosis, Endogenous Retroviruses, Transaldolase
Barry Knox, Ph.D.
Professor
Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins
Mark Schmitt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ribonucleoprotein assembly and biogenesis; mitochondrial RNA import, mRNA degradation, cell cycle control
Michael Lyon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Age-related changes in the laryngeal muscles and vocal folds.
M Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Apoptotic signal transduction and cancer biology.

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