Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

Subject abbreviation: CMDB College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Peter W. Atkinson, Ph.D., Director Graduate Program, 1140 Batchelor Hall

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Professors Michael Adams, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience/Entomology) Peter W. Atkinson, Ph.D. (Entomology) Julia Bailey-Serres, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) James Baldwin, Ph.D. (Nematology) Nancy Beckage, Ph.D. (Entomology/Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Katherine Borkovich, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Richard Cardullo, Ph.D. (Biology) Wilfred Chen, Ph.D. President’s Chair, (Chemical and Environmental Engineering) Xuemei Chen, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Carl Cranor, Ph.D. (Philosophy) Shou-Wei Ding, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Brian Federici, Ph.D. (Entomology) Sarjeet S. Gill, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Leah Haimo, Ph.D. (Biology) Bradley Hyman, Ph.D. (Biology) Howard Judelson, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Xuan Liu, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) David Lo, Ph.D., M.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Manuela Martins-Green, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Dmitri Maslov, Ph.D. (Biology) Thomas Miller, Ph.D. (Entomology) Ashok Mulchandani, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Eugene Nothnagel, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Michael Pirrung, Ph.D. President’s Chair (Chemistry) Alexander Raikhel (Entomology) Natasha Raikhel (Botany and Plant Sciences) A.L.N. Rao, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Victor Rodgers, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Jerome S. Schultz, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) John Y.-J. Shyy, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Frances Sladek, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) B. Glenn Stanley, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience/Psychology) Daniel Straus, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Prudence Talbot, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Linda L. Walling, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Yinsheng Wang, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Shizhong Xu, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Zhenbiao Yang, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Jian-Kang Zhu, Ph.D. President’s Chair (Botany and Plant Sciences) Raphael Zidovetzki, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Professors Emeriti Robert Heath, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Helen Henry, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Anthony H.C. Huang, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Elizabeth M. Lord, Ph.D. (Biochemisty) Charles F. Louis, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Anthony W. Norman, Ph.D. (Biochemistry/ Biomedical Sciences) Associate Professors Jeffrey B. Bachant, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Christopher Bardeen, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Maksim Bazhenov, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Quan Cheng, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Margarita Currás-Collazo, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Scott N. Currie, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) 148 / Programs and Courses

Kathryn DeFea, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Iryna M. Ethell, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Hailing Jin, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Isgouhi Kaloshian, Ph.D. (Nematology) Paul Larsen, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Stefano Lonardi, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Christian Lytle, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Morris F. Maduro, Ph.D. (Biology) Ernest Martinez, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Constance I. Nugent, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Cengiz Ozkan, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Mihri Ozkan, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering) Frank Sauer, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Patricia S. Springer, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Assistant Professors Anupama Dahanukar, Ph.D. (Entomology) Thomas Eulgem, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Todd Fiacco, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Venugopala Gonehal, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Jiayu Liao, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Karine G. Le Roch, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) Julia Lyubovitsky, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Wenbo Ma, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) James Ng, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Anand Ray, Ph.D. (Entomology) Noboru Sato, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Harley Smith, Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Sciences) Jan Walter, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Emma Wilson, Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences) Laura Zanello, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Nicole zur Nieden, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience)

The Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biol ogy Graduate Program is an interdepartmental program offering M.S. and Ph.D. degrees to students seeking advanced training in these disciplines. The program foc uses on the bridge between basic and ap plied research and on the interface between cell, molecular, and developmental biology. Par tici pating faculty are drawn from numerous biol og ical sciences departments whose res earch interests in cell, molecular, and dev el op mental biology span biomedical to agr i cultural problems, and students in the program benefit from unique training opportunities.

Students seeking admission into the program should meet all general requirements of the Graduate Division as printed in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog.