Faculty Roster
Adleman, Leonard
Henry Salvatori Distinguished Chair in Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science and Biological Sciences
Keywords: computer science, number theory, molecular biology, DNA computing, quantum computing, computer viruses, cryptography
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Alber, Frank
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
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Aparicio, Oscar
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: DNA replication, DNA repair, chromatin, checkpoints, cell cycle, replication origins, replication forks, budding yeast, S. cerevisiae, genome
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Arnheim, Norman
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Ester Dornsife Chair in Biological Sciences
Keywords: human germline mutation , human recombination and genetic disease
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Arnold, Donald
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: brain, cell, neurobiology, ion channel, neuron, confocal microscopy, membranes & transport
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Baker, Bob
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: cancer, protein, folding, protein-protein interactions, protein-nucleic acid interactions, monomers
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Butler, Samantha
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: spinal cord, developmental biology, molecular biology, neurobiology, axon guidance, neurons, roof plate mediated, chemorepellents,chemoattractants, central nervous system, genetics, plasticity
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Calabrese, Peter
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Computational biology,
Population genetics,
Mutation mechanisms,
Recombination hot spots,
Approximate Bayesian Computation
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Chen, Liang
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: mRNA alternative splicing, Microarray expression data analysis, High-throughput sequencing data analysis,
Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) mapping, Genetic linkage and association studies
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Chen, Lin
Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Keywords: signal transduction
transcription
epigenetic control
chromosome structure
NFAT
MEF2
FOXP3
stem cell
pluripotency
lineage control
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
ligand-gated ion channels
crystallography
protein-protein interactions
therapeutic drugs
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Chen, Ting
Professor of Biological Sciences and Computer Science
Keywords: bioinformatics, computational biology, proteomics, genomics, algorithms, pattern recognition
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Chen, Xiaojiang
Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Keywords: Cancer Biology, Virology (HIV, HPV, EBV), Immunology (autoimmune, B cell humoral responses), Protein Nano-Machines, DNA replication, Structural Biology, X-ray Crystallography, Biophysics
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Davies, Kelvin
James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology and Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences
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Dean, Matthew
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
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Ehrenreich, Ian
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: quantitative genetics, genomics, genetics, population genomics, next generation sequencing, adaptation, ecological genomics, microbiology, microorganisms
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Finch, Caleb
University Professor, ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Chair in the Neurobiology of Aging and Professor of Gerontology, Biological Sciences, Anthropology, and Psychology
Keywords: Alzheimers Disease, Biological Causes of Aging, Human Longevity
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Finkel, Steven
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: bacteria, microbial genetics, aging, DNA, RNA, survival in bacteria, evolution in bacteria, environment, stationary phase of bacterial life cycle
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Forsburg, Susan L.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: genome integrity, replication, recombination, chromosomes, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, fission yeast, genetics, model system, cell cycle, cancer, cell biology, molecular biology, MCM proteins
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Goodman, Myron
Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Keywords: mutation, gene, DNA, RNA, polymerase, replication, repair, modification, bacteria, error-prone DNA polymerases, genomic stability, DNA replication fidelity, SOS mutagenesis, immunoglobulin genes, trip
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Goodman, Steven
Associate Professor of Dentistry and Biological Sciences
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Hacia, Joseph
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biological Sciences
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Li, Lei
Adjunct Associate Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: DNA sequencing, microarray, functional genomics, bioinformatics, ageing, mathematical model, computational biology, algorithm, statistics, time series, signal processing, information theory
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Lieber, Michael
Professor of Pathology and Biological Sciences
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Liman, Emily
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: sensory transduction, ion channels, pheromone, olfactory system, molecular neurobiology, TRP channel, taste, pain
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Longo, Valter
Associate Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences
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McKemy, David
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Somatosensation, Pain, TRP ion channels, Temperature sensing
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Michael, Matthew
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: cell cycle control, DNA replication, translesion synthesis, cell cycle checkpoints, checkpoint signaling during early embryonic development, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics
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Nordborg, Magnus
Associate Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Population genetics, molecular evolution, genetic mapping, linkage disequilibrium, evolution, Arabidopsis, adaptation, flowering, computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics
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Nuzhdin, Sergey
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: population genetics
quantitative genetics
transposable elements
genomics
bioinformatics
life span
Drosophila melanogaster
Medicago truncatula
Pea aphids
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Petruska, John
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: DNA replication, repair, modification, mutation, DNA polymerases, DNA methylases, base-stacking interactions, islands, protein genetic code
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Pham, Phuong
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Somatic hypermutation
Class switch recombination
Activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID)
Apobec
Cytosine deamination
Error-prone repair
Mismatch repair
Base excision repair
Antibody diversification
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Pratt, Matthew
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences
Keywords: Glycosylation
Parkinson's
Ubiquitin
Click Chemistry
Chemical Reporters
Protein Chemistry
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Qin, Peter
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences
Keywords: site-directed spin labeling (SDSL), RNA, DNA, structure, dynamics, function, motors, packaging RNA
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Roberts, Richard
Professor of Chemistry, Biological Sciences and Chemical Engineering
Keywords: protein design, proteins, RNA, DNA, biophysical chemistry, chemical biology, therapeutics, origin of life chemistry
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Smith, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Computational biology; Transcriptional regulation; Genomics; Epigenomics; Molecular evolution; Analysis of second-generation sequencing data; Discrete algorithmics
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Snead, Malcolm
Professor of Dentistry and Biological Sciences
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Sun, Fengzhu
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: computational biology, bioinformatics, statistical genetics, linkage disequilibrium, polymerase chain reaction, mathematical modeling, statistics
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Susskind, Miriam
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: gene expression, initiation of transcription, mutations in promoters, RNA polymerase, activator protein
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Tabancay Jr, Angel
Lecturer
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Tavare, Simon
George and Louise Kawamoto Chair in Biological Sciences and Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: statistics, coalescent processes, linkage disequilibrium mapping, tumor progression and DNA methylation, microarray data, motif detection, probabilistic combinatorics
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Tower, John
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: aging, hsp70, hsp22, oxidative damage, ROS, life span, stem cells, replicative senescence, DNA replication origins, drosophila chorion gene amplification, replicator, follicle cells, biological scienc
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Waterman, Michael
University Professor, USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, Computer Science and Mathematics
Keywords: sequence comparison, Smith-Waterman algorithm, alignment statistics, Lander-Waterman formulas, DNA sequence assembly, RNA secondary structure
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Wu, Xuelin
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: developmental biology, transcription regulation, plant stem cell regulation
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Zhou, Xianghong
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Computer Science
Keywords: bioinformatics, genomics, computational functional genomics, cell regulatory network, cell metabolic network, gene expression, comparative genomics, evolution of biological systems, data integration, gene regulation, transcription factors, microarray analysis
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