You will have the opportunity to contribute to advancing our understanding of:

DNA replication, repair and transcription
Human molecular genetics
Protein/enzyme and polynucleotide structure and function
Molecular evolution
Mechanisms of oncogenesis
Retroviral recombination
Signal transduction mechanisms

You will train in a collaborative collegial research environment. By aligning yourself with this area of concentration you will maximize your exposure to the variety of molecular biological and biochemical approaches currently available.

You will participate in departmental student research seminars, hear the most recent research from nationally acclaimed laboratories through departmental seminar programs, and participate in annual molecular biology retreats.

Current and recent PhD students in this track have published 36 papers and presented their work at over 40 international, national and local meetings over the past five years. You could be next!

Participating faculty and areas of research
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• Gerald M. Alter, Ph.D. Protein structure and dynamics. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
• Steven Berberich, Ph.D. Nuclear proteins associated with cellular proliferation; oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Dissertation qualified. [home][research][e-mail]
• Patrick Dennis, Ph.D. Regulation of the ribosomal protein S6 kinase, p70^s6k. [home][e-mail]
• Michael Leffak, Ph.D. DNA sequences and proteins involved in eukaryotic DNA replication. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
• Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D. Transcriptional regulation of p63 and p73 target genes. [home][e-mail]
• Daniel T. Organisciak, Ph.D. Light-induced retinal degeneration. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
• John Paietta, Ph.D. Molecular genetics, gene regulation, and control of sulfur metabolism. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
• Oleg Paliy, Ph.D. Investigation of bacterial physiology and cellular dynamic using large-scale research methods. [home] [e-mail]
• Steve Patrick, Ph.D. Cancer research, DNA repair and nucleic acid enzymology. [home] [e-mail]
• Lawrence Prochaska, Ph.D. Mitochondrial energy conservation. Dissertation qualified. [home][research][e-mail]
• Nicholas V. Reo, Ph.D. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies of liver metabolism; hepatotoxicity and effects of peroxisome proliferators. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
• John Turchi, Ph.D. Mechanisms of mammalian DNA replication and repair. Dissertation qualified. [home][research][e-mail]

Department of Biological Sciences

• Scott Baird, Ph.D. Genetics and molecular biology of reproductive isolation and host-associate interactions in the nematode genus, Caenorhabditis. [home(biology)][research][lab][e-mail]
• Dan Krane, Ph.D. Molecular evolution, population genetics [home] [e-mail]
• Mark Mamrack, Ph.D. Cell cycle control. Dissertation qualified. [home][e-mail]
• Mill Miller, Ph.D. Nuclear transport and nuclear glycosylation. [bio][home][research][e-mail]
• Stephanie Smith, Ph.D. Microbiology and enzymology of CO2 fixation [home] [e-mail]

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Courtney Sulentic, Ph.D. Cellular and molecular immunotoxicology and immunopharmacology [home] [e-mail]

Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology

• Thomas Brown, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of apoptotic cell death. [bio][home][e-mail]
• Julian G-Cambronero, Ph.D. Cell signaling, protein-protein interaction, enzyme inhibitor design. Dissertation qualified. [bio][research][e-mail]
• Adrian Corbett, Ph.D. Ion channel structure and function. Dissertaion Qualified. [e-mail]
• Dawn Wooley, Ph.D. Mechanisms of retroviral variation and pathogenesis [research][e-mail]