Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Subject abbreviation: CBNS College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Michael E. Adams, Ph.D., Chair Viji Santhakumar, Ph.D., Vice Chair Department Office, 2710 Life Sciences, Psychology Bldg.

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Professors Michael E. Adams, Ph.D. (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology/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. 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 and Systems Biology/Psychology) Prudence Talbot, Ph.D. Raphael Zidovetzki, Ph.D.

Associate Professors Jeffrey B. Bachant, Ph.D. Jun-Hyeong Cho, M.D., Ph.D. Todd Fiacco, Ph.D. Weifeng Gu, Ph.D. Sachiko Haga-Yamanaka, 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. Bryan Brown, Ph.D. Pooja Flora, Ph.D. Yan Hong, Ph.D. Huimin Zhang, Ph.D. Ting Zhao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Teaching Scott N. Currie, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Teaching Brian Duistermars, 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, Mo- lecular, 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 sec- tion 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.