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Faculty Research Interests
All areas

Sharon Babcock

Functional and Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates

Alex Bannigan

Organization of the plant cytoskeleton in interphase and mitosis

Marta Bechtel

Molecular biology and mechanical properties of cartilage tissue

Tim Bloss

Mechanisms of cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Justin Brown

Physiology of stress responses in the neonatal brain

Corey Cleland

Neurobiology of movement using the simple spinal reflexes in rats

Dean Cocking

Landscape and community ecology;  mercury as an ecosystem contaminant

Kerry Cresawn

Protein traffic in polarized epithelial cells

Steve Cresawn

Bacteriophage Genomics

Janet Daniel

Biochemistry and molecular biology of glucose transport across membranes

Jim Dendinger

Invertebrate physiology

Judy Dilts

Paramecium Genetics

Elizabeth Doyle

Plant molecular biology; starch metabolism

Mark Gabriele

Neurobiology and Anatomy of the auditory system

Norm Garrison

Translational control of early embryonic development

Katrina Gobetz

Functional morphology of burrowing vertebrates.  Diet of extinct herbivores.

Heather Peckham Griscom

Forest restoration ecology in tropical and temperate regions

Susan Halsell

Genetic and molecular characterization of shape changes during development

Reid Harris

Population Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Disease Ecology

Jim Herrick

Environmental and Molecular Microbiology

Mark Hudy

Freshwater Fish and Aquatic Ecology

Carol Hurney

Molecular biology of salamander tail development

David Jaynes

Biochemical analysis of healing and nonhealing wounds

Jon Kastendiek

Influence of grazers and understory vegetation on forest regeneration

Steve Keffer

Insect Systematics, Human Behavior, and Stress Reduction

Chris Lantz

Allergy and Inflammation

Christine May Aquatic ecology; linking physical and biological processes in river systems.

Conley McMullen

Pollination Biology and Plant Systematics

Jonathan Monroe

Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Kit Murphy

Animal Behavior and Sexual Selection

Mike Renfroe

Plant Development; Germplasm Conservation; Antioxidants in Foods

Lina Rifai

Desert ecology and behavioral ecology

Terrie Rife

Molecular Biology. Regulation of nitric oxide synthase I in brain cells

Chris Rose

The role of hormones in the development and evolution of amphibians

Ken Roth

Immunology

Kyle Seifert

Surface Antigens of Group B Streptococci

Kim Slekar

Anti-oxidant genes in yeast

Bruce Wiggins

Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology

Roshna Wunderlich

Functional morphology and biomechanics of primate locomotion

Grace Wyngaard

Chromatin diminution during development of microcrustacea






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