Cell & Developmental Biology

Research on the cell biology and development of animal, plant and microbial systems.

Faculty have a broad diversity of research interests including topics such as signal transduction, membrane traffic, cell polarity and motility, regulation of gene expression, cell-cell interactions, specification of cell identity, spatial patterning of developing embryos and evolution of developmental mechanisms. There is also a strong commitment to imaging techniques including scanning laser confocal microscopy, in vivo imaging of developmental processes, measurements of intracellular ion concentrations and electron microscopy.

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Aaron Baker

  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Brian Belardi

  • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Chemistry
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Amy Brock

  • Associate Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-232-1928
Building: MBB
Room Number:2.148BA
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Can Cenik

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Looking for highly motivated and ambitious Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to join the team. 

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Daniel J. Dickinson

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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John Digiovanni

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jennifer Donegan

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Neuroscience
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

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Johann K. Eberhart

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Stephen Carl Ekker

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Andrew Ellington

  • Professor
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Janice A. Fischer

  • Professor
  • Director, Biology Instructional Office
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Biology Instructional Office
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ernst-Ludwig Florin

  • Associate Professor
  • Physics
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Vernita Gordon

  • Professor
  • Physics
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Elizabeth B. Gleeson Professorship in Plan II (Fellow)
Trull Centennial Professorship in Physics #1 (Fellow)

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Ryan S. Gray

  • Associate Professor
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Human Ecology
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-495-5052
Building: DPI
Room Number:3.206
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Jeffrey M. Gross

  • Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellow

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Juan Guan

  • Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Enamul Huq

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Brent Iverson

  • Professor
  • Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Distinguished Teaching Professor
The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers Fellow

Telephone Number:512-750-0519
Building: NHB
Room Number:5.136A
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Christopher Jolly

  • Associate Professor
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Thomas Juenger

  • Professor
  • Integrative Biology
  • Texas Field Station Network
  • Biodiversity Center
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Adrian T. Keatinge-Clay

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NHB
Room Number:4.123
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Jonghwan Kim

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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John Kuo

  • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jaime Lopez

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-471-5842
Building: MBB
Room Number:1.318
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Yi Lu

  • Professor
  • Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry

Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

Building: WEL
Room Number:4.244
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Edward M. Marcotte

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1
  • Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: MBB
Room Number:3.148BA
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Andreas Matouschek

  • Professor
  • Associate Dean for Research and Facilities
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • College of Natural Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay

  • Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicolog
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

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Hong Qiao

  • Associate Professor
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Elif Sarinay Cenik

  • Assistant Professor
  • Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Eric Senning

  • Assistant Professor
  • Neuroscience
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jeanne Stachowiak

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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David S. Stein

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Laura Suggs

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Keiko Torii

  • Professor
  • Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:5.104A
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Carla Van Den Berg

  • Associate Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Steven A. Vokes

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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John B. Wallingford

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Doherty, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Arielle Woznica

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs