Cell biology

Associate Dean, Research-Agriculture and Life Sciences, Associate Vice President for Research, Agriculture - Life and Veterinary Sciences / Cooperative Extension, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Physiology, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP, Associate Research Scientist, Respiratory Sciences, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute

The Buchan lab studies how cells regulate gene expression at the level of cytoplasmic messenger RNA (mRNA), the templates of protein synthesis. Areas of particular interest include mRNA-protein bodies called stress granules and P-bodies, which regulate mRNA function, cell signaling, and are implicated in the pathology of viral replication, various cancers and neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Associate Professor, Genetics - GIDP, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci, Associate Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Director, Pharmacogenomics, Professor, Pharmacogenomics, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Professor, Pharmacology, Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP, Associate, Center for Toxicology, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Professor, Genetics - GIDP, Endowed Professor, Holslaw - Pharmacogenomics, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Department Head, Environmental Science, Professor, Environmental Science, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Specialist, Embryonic Stem Cell Culture, Member of the General Faculty

I am investigating a human connective tissue disorder in mice. I am also investigating the role of gut bacteria in colon cancer risk in both a mouse model of colon cancer and in humans with colon cancer.

Professor, Plant Science, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, BIO5 Institute

I examine the molecular functions of the different cells found in the tissues and organs of plants and animals and how they combine these functions to optimize the health and vigor of the organism.

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Assistant Professor, Genetics - GIDP, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Department Head, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Director, Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Co-Director, Sarver Heart Center, Professor, BIO5 Institute

The research in my laboratory is focused on identifying the components and molecular mechanisms regulating actin architecture in cardiac and skeletal muscle during normal development and disease. Control of actin filament lengths and dynamics is important for cell motility and architecture and is regulated in part by capping proteins that block elongation and depolymerization at both the fast-growing (barbed) and slow-growing (pointed) ends of the filaments.

Executive Director, AHSC Biorepository, Professor, Immunobiology, Professor, Medicine, Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP, Professor, BIO5 Institute

We are involved in banking clinical specimens obtained from various patients for use in biomarker discovery and clinical therapies. Clinical therapies may include regenerative medicine, transplant or gene therapy.

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Associate Professor, Immunobiology, Associate Professor, Medicine, Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences, Associate Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute

Julie Ledford's research focuses on respiratory disease, and genetic and molecular mechanisms of allergic airway diseases in children.

Professor, Entomology, Professor, Entomology / Insect Science - GIDP, Professor, BIO5 Institute

Xianchun Li's research aims to use genetics to shed light on the defense signaling of plants and the counterdefense of herbivorous insects, which may result in the design of new insecticides for crops like corn, in defense against the corn earworm. Additionally, Dr. Li's research is to define, globally, the regulatory triangle between nuclear receptors (NRs), their ligands, and cytochrome P450s (P450s) in Drosophila melanogaster, and to investigate the molecular mechanisms of Bt and conventional insecticide resistance.

Professor, Physiology, Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP, Director, Aribi Institute, Associate Director, Shared Resources, Professor, BIO5 Institute

Precise diagnosis and treatment of disease requires an ability to target agents to specific tissues and cell types within those tissues. We are developing agents that exhibit cell type specificity for these purposes.

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry - Med, Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute

The Marty Lab uses mass spectrometry to study interactions of membrane proteins, peptides, and lipids within nanoscale membrane mimetics.

Professor, Medicine, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci, Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Associate Head, Faculty Development, Associate Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Associate Professor, Genetics - GIDP, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Nutritional Sciences, Associate, Center for Toxicology, Professor, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion, Distinguished Outreach Professor, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Professor, Plant Sciences, Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP, Professor, Genetics - GIDP, Professor, BIO5 Institute, Member of the General Faculty, Member of the Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute, Member of the General Faculty, Member of the Graduate Faculty

We combine chemical and computer vision approaches to discover how regenerative tissues process environmental information to promote accurate cell fate decisions and prevent uncontrolled cell growth.

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute, Member of the General Faculty, Member of the Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director, Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, Associate Department Head, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Associate, Center for Toxicology, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute, Associate Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP , Member of the General Faculty, Member of the Graduate Faculty
Assistant Research Scientist, Entomology
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Endowed Chair, Musil Family - Drug Discovery, Professor, BIO5 Institute