Gene Expression Research

Faculty in the focus area investigate the fundamental mechanisms, signal transduction pathways, and proteins involved in the regulation of transcription, mRNA turnover and protein synthesis.

Faculty in Gene Expression

Gerrit J. Bouma
Assistant Professor (Biomedical Sciences); Ph.D. University of Idaho 2003.  Transcriptional control and cellular signaling pathways mediating mammalian fetal gonadal development and differentiation.

Daniel Bush
Professor and Chair (Biology); Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1984.  Signal transduction pathways that regulate the systemic distribution of organic nutrients in plants.

Norman P. Curthoys
Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Ph.D. California (Berkeley) 1970. Effect of acidosis on renal gene expression; mRNA stability; structure of glutaminase.

David D. Frisbie
Assistant Professor (Clinical Sciences); Ph.D.; Colorado State University, 1999. In vitro and in vivo approaches to diagnostic and therapeutic musculoskeletal disease with an emphasis on molecular and surgical techniques.

Deborah N. Garrity
Assistant Professor (Biology); Ph.D. Cornell 1998.  Molecular genetic approaches to heart development in zebrafish.

William H. Hanneman
Assistant Professor (Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences); Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1995. Developmental neurotoxicology,identification and characterization of developmental genes involved in response to hazardous environmental chemicals.

John Kisiday
Assistant Professor (Clinical Sciences); Ph.D., MIT, 2003.  Mechanobiology of cartilage regeneration; cartilage tissue engineering.

Paul J. Laybourn
Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Ph.D. California (Davis) 1989. The mechanism of transcription regulation in a chromatin context..

Marie M. Legare
Assistant Professor (Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences); Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1995. Genetic and molecular approaches to studying neurotoxicology.

Donald L. Mykles
Professor (Biology); Ph.D. California (Berkeley) 1979. Regulation of protein turnover; calcium-dependent and ATP/ubiquitin-dependent proteinases; myofibrillar proteins.

Jennifer K. Nyborg
Professor (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology); Ph.D. California (Riverside) 1986. The mechanism of transcriptional deregulation by the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-I) tax protein.

Marvin R. Paule
Professor  Interim Chair (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology); Ph.D. California (Davis) 1970. Molecular mechanisms of transcription initiation and control in eukaryotic cells; coordinate expression of ribosomal components.

Rajinder S. Ranu
Professor (Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management); Ph.D. Pennsylvania 1971. Eukaryotic protein synthesis; plant molecular biology; plant gene expression.

Anireddy S.N. Reddy
Professor (Biology); Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru 1984. Signal transduction mechanisms; regulation of gene expression; crop improvement by genetic engineering.

Carol Wilusz
Assistant Professor (Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology); Ph.D Imerial College, London. Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in myotonic dystrophy. Interactions between viruses and the cellular mRNA decay machinery.

Jeffrey Wilusz
Professor and Head (Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology); Ph.D. Duke, 1985.    Mechanisms of regulated post-transcriptional control in mammalian cells.