Faculty & Research

Sidney Auerbach, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Monoamines
 
Bruce S. Babiarz, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati
PROFESSOR
Mammalian development
 
Joanna Burger, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
PROFESSOR
Animal behavior, avian ecology, behavioral toxicology, ecological risk
 
Lori Covey, Ph.D.
Columbia University
PROFESSOR
Immunology
 
Gabriella D'Arcangelo, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Stony Brook
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal proliferation, differentiation and migration
 
Robin L. Davis, Ph.D.
Stanford University
PROFESSOR
Sensory signaling and ontogeny, as related to molecular mechanisms that regulate auditory function
 
David T. Denhardt, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
PROFESSOR
Systems Physiology of Osteopontin
 
Emmet A. Dennis, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
PROFESSOR AND DEAN
Parasitology, schistosome immunopathology/epidemiology
 
Bonnie Firestein, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Targeting of neuronal proteins
 
Dunne Fong, Ph.D.
Princeton University
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Molecular cell biology of proteinases and parasitic protozoa
 
Martin Grumet, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
PROFESSOR
Molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion in the nervous system
 
Nathan Hart, Ph.D.
Harvard University
PROFESSOR
Cytoskeleton and early development of the zebrafish egg
 
Ronald P. Hart, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
PROFESSOR
MicroRNA mechanisms in neural stem cell development
 
Karl Herrup, Ph.D.
Stanford University
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR
Alzheimer's Disease
 
Shu Chan Hsu, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking underlying synaptic development and function
 
Arnold Hyndman, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
PROFESSOR
Neural development, the role of transferrin in the development of the chick retina
 
Megerditch Kiledjian, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
PROFESSOR AND CO-ASSOCIATE CHAIR
RNA-Protein interactions in the regulation of mammalian mRNA turnover and genetic disorders
 
Alice Y.C. Liu, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
PROFESSOR
Stress response, cell aging
 
Charles E. Martin, Ph.D.
University of Florida
PROFESSOR
Regulation, intracellular targeting and function of genes involved in the assembly of membranes at the ER surface
 
Gary F. Merrill, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
PROFESSOR
Mammalian cardiovascular system
 
Charles Page, Ph.D.
University of Illinois
PROFESSOR
Motor control in crustaceans
 
Mark R. Plummer, Ph.D.
Stanford University
PROFESSOR AND CO-ASSOCIATE CHAIR
Regulation of synaptic transmission
 
Jamshid Rabii, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
PROFESSOR
Neuroendocrinology. Involvement of biogenic amines and opiates in the CNS regulation of pituitary hormone release
 
Melitta Schachner, Ph.D.
Max-Planck-Institut for Biochemistry
RESEARCH PROFESSOR II
Formation of the appropriate connections among nerve cells
 
Kathleen Scott, Ph.D.
Yale University
PROFESSOR
Mammalogy, vertebrate paleontology, functional morphology
 
Guy Werlen, Ph.D.
University of Geneva, Switzerland
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Signal transduction in life and death during T lymphocyte development and activation
 
Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
THE RICHARD H. SCHINDELL CHAIR IN NEUROSCIENCE
Spinal cord injury
 

Emeritus Faculty

Morad Abou-Sabe - Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Microbiology, molecular genetics
 
A. Farmanfamaian - Ph.D. Stanford University
Mechanisms of membrane transport; effects of environmental toxic substances on membranes; nutritional physiology of aquatic animals
 
Robert Herman - Ph.D. Rutgers University
Parasitology
 
William Jenkins - Ph.D. University of Maryland
Soil borne nematodes, especially those parasitic on plants, their ecology, pathology, and biology
 
Richard E. Triemer - Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Protistan cell biology and evolution
 
Aurea Vasconcelos - Ph.D. University of Chicago
Physiology, plant cell biology, organelle development
 
Edward Zambraski - Ph.D. University of Iowa
Neural and endocrine control of renal function in various disease states and under the conditions of exercise and environmental stress