Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Subject abbreviation: CBNS College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Morris F. Maduro, Ph.D., Chair Viji Santhakumar, Ph.D., Vice Chair Department Office, 2710 Life Sciences, Psychology Bldg.

• (951) 827-5903; mcsb.ucr.edu

Professors

Michael E. Adams, Ph.D. (Molecular, Cell,

Systems Biology and Neuroscience/Entomology) Margarita C. Currás-Collazo, Ph.D. Anupama Dahanukar, Ph.D. Karine G. Le Roch, Ph.D. Morris Maduro, Ph.D. Manuela Martins-Green, Ph.D. Anandasankar Ray, Ph.D. Viji Santhakumar, Ph.D. Frances M. Sladek, Ph.D. Raphael Zidovetzki, Ph.D. Nicole zur Nieden, Ph.D.

Professors Emeriti

David A. Eastmond, Ph.D. Sarjeet S. Gill, Ph.D., Professor of the Graduate Division Dmitri Maslov, Ph.D. B. Glenn Stanley, Ph.D. (Molecular, Cell,

Systems Biology and Neuroscience/Psychology) Prudence Talbot, Ph.D.

Associate Professors

Jeffrey B. Bachant, Ph.D. Jun-Hyeong Cho, M.D., Ph.D. Scott N. Currie, Ph.D. Todd Fiacco, Ph.D. Weifeng Gu, Ph.D. Fedor V. Karginov, Ph.D. Constance I. Nugent, Ph.D. Martin Riccomagno, Ph.D. Hongdian Yang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

Garret R. Anderson, Ph.D. Sachiko Haga-Yamanaka, Ph.D. Huimin Zhang, Ph.D.

Research in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology uses multidisciplinary approaches to understanding basic cellular processes in various tissues, including the nervous system, as well as more integrative levels of analysis, including behavior. Areas of research represented in the department include the following:

• Biophysical properties of excitable

membranes

• DNA repair

• Transcriptional regulation

• Mechanisms of toxicity

• Insect development

• Membrane transport

• Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome

transmission

• Telomere maintenance

• Synaptic structure and function • Changes in nervous system with experience

• Interactions of nervous and endocrine

systems

• Reproductive biology and fertilization

• Cell and molecular mechanisms of

response to injury

• Glia-neuron signaling and sensory and

motor integrative processes

• RNA Biology

Students interested in Cell Biology and Neuroscience with Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology can obtain training through the interdepartmental major in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology leading to the B.S. degree. Students interested in neuroscience can obtain training in behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology, and neurochemistry through the Neuroscience major leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree. The Neuroscience major is an intercollege major offered by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. See Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology section and Neuroscience Undergraduate Major section, respectively.

Courses and research opportunities are offered by the graduate programs in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology; Environmental Toxicology; and Neuroscience. See the respective graduate program section.