Molecular Genetics

Research exploring inheritance and changes of genetic information in living organisms at the level of DNA, RNA and protein.

The track includes diverse fields of biology ranging from cellular processes including DNA recombination, repair, transcription, splicing, translation, genomics, gene silencing, chromatin modifications, epigenetic mechanisms, RNA interference, microRNA regulation, and control of the cell-division cycle, to molecular evolution as well as human cancers and other diseases. Faculty affiliated with this track represent a broad range of research interests and experimental systems from phage, virus and bacteria to yeast, plants, flies to mice and humans

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Hal S Alper

  • Professor of Chemical Engineering
  • Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #1
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jeffrey E. Barrick

  • Professor
  • Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professor in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ethel Bayer-Santos

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:(512) 471-0966
Building: NMS
Room Number:2.116
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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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Zengjian Jeffrey Chen

  • Professor
  • D.J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Integrative Biology
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Maria Croyle

  • Professor
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
  • Glaxo Wellcome Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Bryan W. Davies

  • Professor
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:3.118
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Jaquelin P. Dudley

  • Professor
  • Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Lauren I. Ehrlich

  • Professor
  • Associate Professor of Oncology
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology
  • 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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George Georgiou

  • Professor
  • Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: CPE
Room Number:4.410
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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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Arbel Harpak

  • Assistant Professor
  • Integrative Biology
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Rasika M. Harshey

  • Professor
  • Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jon M. Huibregtse

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Vishwanath Iyer

  • Professor
  • Professor of Oncology, Dell Medical School
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: MBB
Room Number:3.212A
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Makkuni Jayaram

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Arlen W. Johnson

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ken Keiler

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:3.306
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Benjamin Keith Keitz

  • Associate Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Nayun Kim

  • Associate Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Alan Lambowitz

  • Professor
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • 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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Mikhail Matz

  • Professor
  • Integrative Biology
  • Biodiversity Center
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Despoina Mavridou

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ian J. Molineux

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Nancy Moran

  • Professor
  • Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chair
  • Integrative Biology
  • Biodiversity Center
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Vagheesh Narasimhan

  • Assistant Professor
  • Integrative Biology
  • Statistics and Data Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Howard Ochman

  • Professor
  • Joseph J. & Jeanne M. Lagowski Regents Professorship in Molecular Bioscience
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Tanya T. Paull

  • Professor
  • Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: MBB
Room Number:2.448
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Shelley M. Payne

  • Professor
  • Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
  • Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair
  • Distinguished Teaching Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:2.104
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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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Scott W. Stevens

  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Christopher S. Sullivan

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • 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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Karen Marie Vasquez

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Arielle Woznica

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