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
Hal S Alper
- Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #1
Ethel Bayer-Santos
- Assistant Professor
Xiaolu (Lulu) Lim Ang Cambronne
- Associate Professor
Can Cenik
- Associate Professor
Looking for highly motivated and ambitious Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to join the team.
Zengjian Jeffrey Chen
- Professor
- D.J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics
Maria Croyle
- Professor
- Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
- Glaxo Wellcome Professor
Bryan W. Davies
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
Jaquelin P. Dudley
- Professor
- Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Professor of Oncology
Lauren I. R. Ehrlich
- Professor
- L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology
- Professor of Molecular Biosciences
- Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Dell Medical School (courtesy appointment)
Stephen Carl Ekker
- Professor
Andrew Ellington
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry (Holder)
Lief Fenno
- Assistant Professor
George Georgiou
- Professor
- Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
Jeffrey M. Gross
- Professor
- Department Chair for Molecular Biosciences
Arbel Harpak
- Assistant Professor
Rasika M. Harshey
- Professor
- Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
Jon M. Huibregtse
- Professor
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
Vishwanath Iyer
- Professor
Arlen W. Johnson
- Professor
Ken Keiler
- Professor
Benjamin Keith Keitz
- Associate Professor
Nayun Kim
- Associate Professor
Alan Lambowitz
- Professor
- Professor of Oncology
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
Jaime Lopez-Mosqueda
- Assistant Professor
Yi Lu
- Professor
- Department of Chemistry
Edward M. Marcotte
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
Andreas Matouschek
- Professor
- Senior Associate Dean for Research and Resource Management
- Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Mikhail Matz
- Professor
Despoina Mavridou
- Associate Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
Ian J. Molineux
- Professor
Not currently accepting students into the laboratory
Nancy Moran
- Professor
- Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chair
Vagheesh M. Narasimhan
- Associate Professor
Howard Ochman
- Professor
- Joseph J. & Jeanne M. Lagowski Regents Professorship in Molecular Bioscience
Tanya T. Paull
- Professor
- Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
- Professor of Oncology
Shelley M. Payne
- Professor
- Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair
- Distinguished Teaching Professor
Elif Sarinay Cenik
- Associate Professor
We welcome inquiries from motivated graduate students and from first and second year undergraduates interested in gaining research experience and pursuing PhD or other research intensive careers. Interested students should email a brief description of their interests, goals, and availability.
Scott W. Stevens
- Associate Professor
- Director, Biology Instructional Office
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Christopher S. Sullivan
- Professor
Keiko Torii
- Professor
- Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Karen Marie Vasquez
- Professor
- Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Arielle Woznica
- Assistant Professor