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Molecular Biology

Faculty

Investigating cell death pathways using chemical biology and functional genomics
Cell patterning and cytoskeleton organization during development
The evolution of gene expression, integrating experiments and computation
Role of chromatin signaling in nuclear programming and disease regulation
Transcription effects on genomic instability with non-canonical DNA structures
Developmental biology of dopamine neurons and mRNA processing

Patricia Jones

Phone: (650) 725-4816

Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate immune responses

Ron Kopito

Phone: (650) 723-7581
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Protein quality control and molecular mechanisms of disease

Sharon R. Long

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

Ashby Morrison

Phone: (650) 721-6589
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Chromatin regulation of genome stability

Kabir Peay

Phone: (650) 723-0552
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Ecology, community structure & ecosystem function of plant-microbial symbiosis

Carla Shatz

Phone: (650) 723-0534
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How experience tunes up brain circuits during critical periods of development

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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Molecular ecology of phototrophic communities, metagenomic analysis, cyanophages
Molecular basis of how light and hormones control growth and development in plants

Paula Welander

Phone: (650) 723-7341
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Microbial physiology, molecular geomicrobiology, lipid biosynthesis