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Genetics

Faculty

Cell fate, stem-cell behaviors, and cell polarity in plant epidermal lineages

Martha S. Cyert

Phone: (650) 723-9970
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Chemical and systems biology of Ca2+ dependent phosphatase signaling networks
Cell patterning and cytoskeleton organization during development

Marcus Feldman

Phone: (650) 725-1867

Human genetic and cultural evolution, mathematical biology, demography of China population genetics
How social behavior changes neurons and their connections in the brain

Hunter Fraser

Phone: (650) 721-5781
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The evolution of gene expression, integrating experiments and computation

Wolf B. Frommer

Phone: (650) 739-4208
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Nutrient uptake & secretion, sugar sensing & distribution, pathogen nutrition
Protein folding, protein quality control, amyloid and misfolding diseases
Role of chromatin signaling in nuclear programming and disease regulation
Transcription effects on genomic instability with non-canonical DNA structures

Patricia Jones

Phone: (650) 725-4816

Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate immune responses

Sharon R. Long

Phone: (650) 723-3153
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Biochemistry, genetics and cell biology of plant-bacterial symbiosis

Liqun Luo

Phone: (650) 723-6645
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Genetic analysis of neural circuit organization and assembly in flies and mice

Stephen Palumbi

Phone: (831) 655-6210
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Using genomics to understand ecology, evolution & conservation of marine species
Evolution of genomes and population genomics of adaptation and variation
Genomics, human genetic and phenotypic variation, evolution

Noah Rosenberg

Phone: (650) 721-2599
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Human evolution, mathematical models, population genetics, statistical genetics

Tim Stearns

Phone: (650) 725-6934
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Cell organization and signaling and deciphering human genetic variation

Shripad Tuljapurkar

Phone: (650) 723-6311
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Demography: animal and human; Theoretical ecology and evolution

Virginia Walbot

Phone: (650) 723-2007
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Mechanisms of cell fate specification

Courtesy Faculty

Kathryn Barton

Phone: (650) 325-1521

Genetic and environmental control of leaf and meristem development
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Devaki Bhaya

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Molecular ecology of phototrophic communities, metagenomic analysis, cyanophages